the common nature of our bodies and the shared ways that we all function in the everyday world

"the system of conceptual metaphors is not arbitrary or just historically contingent; rather, it is shaped to a significant extent by the common nature of our bodies and the shared ways that we all function in the everyday world." (#60 4008)

understanding requires experience, and computers don't have bodies and don't have human experiences

"There is a corollary of this that has to do with the issue of whether a computer could ever understand things the way people do. The answer we give is no—simply because understanding requires experience, and computers don't have bodies and don't have human experiences." (#60 3735)