There is absolutely a reason to believe that the center of the earth is made out of peanut butter: My parents have told me my entire life, my religious doctrine says so, and all of my friends believe that! |
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Even though you have those it does not make Christianity or any religion the truth nor right. |
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. ~ Buddha
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Well that is just about as ridiculous as it gets. Sense of self is certainly a product of your neural network. If you damage someones brain enough, you can completely eliminate their consciousness without killing them. If you were able to wipe someone's memory completely clean, then they would basically become an infant again, with no self awareness or proper perception. |
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It is related to brain chemistry and also awareness. The "sense of self" is still the absolute condition ("I"), regardless of what perceptions arise. Altering conditions can only influence awareness of what already prevails, and in some cases it doesn't. |
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If you've read Godel, Escher, Bach you know that mathematcal equations, at more complex levels, begin to refer to themselves. At the level of molecules and 0/1 networks (which is what the brain is) this manifests as life. Yes, digital organisms are alive, and will continue to evolve. |
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have you ever been so close to a dream that once you step upon the doorstep and start knocking at what might be there, no answer? twisting the doorknob does not help nor doe clenching fist upon the dependent solidity of barriers.
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Lol, sorry that went right over my head... how does that work? |
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You aren't making any sense at all. |
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IMO, stuff that is alive must have independent reasoning, IE: not AI |
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Last edited by sheogorath; 10-18-2009 at 01:49 AM.
I would say...maybe? It's not "alive" by our understanding of the term, but perhaps we're computer programs, too. How do we know that we're not merely the AI creations of another race of beings? |
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In response to the original question, yes, these organisms do reflect certain aspect of how we usually perceive life, and thus is does indeed classify as a kind of life. Keep in mind though, that we have different kinds of life in this world. Some life doesn't have a brain and some life is single-celled. |
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Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
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