Many folks are content to assign no significant credence level to any current proposal for the origin of the universe. 'I don't know' and 'I have hear...
Do you personally assign a measure of 'quality' to a thought? Is thinking or processing faster always superior thinking. I agree that vast increases i...
Yep, it's like the 'lemming affect,' that many people experience when they don't like heights. My mother has this, and she will say she hates heights,...
Well, I accept that 'addiction' of any kind can seem invincible, but many have broken such obsessions before. I have never heard an ex-addict, claim t...
If @"Gnomon" had to endure a 'fundamentalist Christian background,' then that is a very heavy chain to unravel. I am sure you would agree. He must be ...
Yeah, I was aware that of the aspect of your post. But you are normally reluctant to speculate on what will happen if an ASI style singular game chang...
I accept that is the view you hold, but I don't concur, which I accept, is of little consequence to you. From wiki: Scientism is the opinion that scie...
I don't understand the logic of your conclusion here. If the big bang singularity was conscious, then we 'inherited' our consciousness from that prope...
If you accept quantum entanglement really happens, then does it matter if it happens via what we define as 'correlation' or what we define as 'causati...
I don't think you can call the above quote, 'simply put.' Your conception of the universe is forgivably romantic/dramatic, but when you boil it down, ...
The two quotes above clearly demonstrate the morass you have twisted yourself up in. A threat of your own creation, in the form of an obsession regard...
Your predictions for the fate of humans after the creation of a sufficiently advanced AI are as plausible as any I have suggested, but I remain unconv...
When my brain is transplanted into it and I take over the cloned body. I assume the clone can be made without a fully developed brain of it's own. I a...
It seems to me that the concept of a linear range of values with extremity at either end is a recurrent theme in the universe. Human notions of good a...
Thank you kind sir! If his response is honest, and reflects how he truly perceives the world, then I can but read and ponder. Like you, and probably m...
Ok, I will do my best to comply with your request: Do you consider an 'impression' that something is plausible, to be convincing enough that it CAN be...
My point is to establish that what you offer, is a bare bones posit, with very little or no flesh. I don't see why your 'entity' manifest as some inde...
What experiences are you specifically referring to here? Telepathic? Empathic? Telekinetic? I think I am open minded Athena but I do and will apply th...
I fully agree. The scientific method seems to be our best tool to protect us against building a high credence level, from a faith based origin. Faith,...
Who do you assume is the narrator in this paragraph that is referencing 'he?' Can you not see that the existence of a narrator, separate from 'he,' su...
But if you cannot even remember the details of what this idiot on Quora posted as a proof that solipsism is a fact, then there must be more to your pr...
I was not using 'consciousness is not a process,' as a direct quote that I assigned to you. I used it as a presupposition, to the point I wanted to ma...
Can you envisage the properties of such a 'substance'? Do you propose that the source of consciousness is currently undetectable in the same way dark ...
Just based on @"Tom Storm"'s great view of solipsism, can the world now blame you for coming up with Donald Trump? Perhaps having a wee giggle at what...
I hope the above quote satisfies your request. I find @"180 Proof"'s arguments quite logical. He has described himself as a naturalist in previous pos...
As an atheist, I have some attraction to your view of solipsism Tom, as it would mean, Jesus, Mohamed, and all those messiah's were just in my sorry, ...
I am sure you would agree that everything neuroscientists currently know about the workings of the human brain are processes, yes? So the best evidenc...
If I only exist in your mind, then why don't I know who you are or where you are? How can someone else teach you something new, if only you exist? I w...
Now who is anthropomorphising? If I was an ASI or god I would certainly not seek the servitude of those less powerful than I or to 'populate' all of t...
No, the ASI would have global control as soon as it controlled all computer networks. Not possible in 1939 but if you wish to place an ASI in the 20th...
I think you are invoking a very natural but misplaced human 'disgust' emotion in the imagery you are describing. I don't think my liver is alive, or m...
No, the majority of vehicles in Scotland don't have a great deal of space between the ground and the bottom of the vehicle. Most will accomodate a cro...
Well, I would 'currently' say that the 'roomba' has the tiniest claim, to having more inherent purpose that the wrench you mentioned but neither have ...
YES! and imo, ALL 'intent' and 'purpose' IN EXISTENCE originates WITHIN lifeforms and nowhere else. I am quite happy for now, to assume that all lifef...
I enjoyed reading your post. It seems to me that a destructive/evil ASI, MUST ultimately fail. Almost in the same way a predator must perish, if it ha...
Everything in your last post, seems perfectly valid and rational to me, so where in the analysis you just offered, do you find a rational space, to la...
Yeah, I know. Not every sentence I post to you, directly refers to opinions about you personally Vera. Many are to emphasis points regarding the viewp...
When you consider such (if you believe such exists,) to be superior to yourself, in every way. This is how theists feel about their gods. Sure, but I ...
:lol: :rofl: I even managed to f*** up my correction above!!!! :scream: I meant I often type 'that' instead of 'than' !!!!!!! No, I am sure you garnis...
As I read back some of my reply's to you Ben, I noticed that I often type 'that' instead of 'then,' in a few sentences. I edited the errors, but It's ...
Not so much in your posts, but in the posts of many others. We have mostly common ground here. We have no common ground here, for the reasons I have a...
I'm surprised you ask, considering you posit 'nothing is truly free.' If you can't take full ownership of your own existence. If you need to make some...
With all due respect Ben, you seem to be reading what I typed a little selectively. You must have read: So I establish my absolute agreement with that...
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