I am very interested in what you have said. Obviously, reality is more than matter. It might be hormones and brain cells that manifest my feelings, bu...
Absolutely! There is no way I know enough to not be ignorant. I think Socrates' sentiment about ignorance is quite wise. I am so glad you got what I m...
We have total agreement on that! I love what happens when we engage with each other. The philosophy forum has the best-thinking people don't you think...
I have no such concern because I do not understand the energy of the universe as a being. I do not attribute the laws of physics to a conscious being....
You tapped on my passion. I love the Greek understanding of logos, reason, the controlling force of the universe, and all the religions that were foun...
Oh yes, religions can bring out the best or the worst in people. Actually, I think the God of Abraham religions are worse when it comes to being divis...
The idea that we are born for a reason can echo back to Aristotle. Birds fly, horses run, man reasons. But what you said is also true about having a g...
Wow, that first paragraph was strong and well stated. Our democracy comes for Athens and the notion that we can be noble, and should strive for arete ...
I am not sure about your generation being so different from mine even though I argue a lot about how the 1958 National Defense Education Act ruined ed...
I think you may be right about adversity being a good motivator. I am concerned that Christianity has hindered us in the need to learn of virtues and ...
Your English is very good. At least I don't think I could have done better and English is my native language. I desperately wish I knew how to awaken ...
Can test that? Seeing someone is in trouble, you do what and why? What motivates a general when planning a campaign? You do realize we would not have ...
The political organization is different. Turning decision-making over to AI is like sending our best technologically advanced equipment to be produced...
How do you think that is different from a game of chess? What you call "hampered by wishful thinking" is also knowing the pain of losing loved ones, o...
I am not sure AI can not have morals because we used to read our children moral stories and to know the moral is as simple as as knowing this, causes ...
A computer understands living and dying as well as the 6-year-old child who took his mother's gun to school and intentionally shot the teacher. Now, h...
One of the biggest problems in the world today is our drive to reproduce and the poorest areas with the most children, believing the US wants to rule ...
What an absolutely delicious question. I am afraid I can not do the question justice. I think every species sees its kind as the most important. Succe...
I will repeat, computers are good for anything to do with math. What is a virtue and how are virtues developed is not something a computer can determi...
I must argue with you because we live on a finite planet and our resources are finite but not our use of the resources. Helium is one Magnetic resonan...
What does the fact that nature can be extremely toxic have to do with the fact we will not find indoor plumbing and electricity in a birds nest? We do...
No, you would not because you would not have the consciousness you have today. now we need to shift to a thread about consciousness. Some of our quali...
A house made with natural things can be considered as natural as a bird's nest or a bee hive but our homes today are made of man-made materials and th...
You would not object to those wrongs if we had come a long ways. I am blown away by how much things have changed in my life time. When I became politi...
If humans can not be just, there never will be AI that can be just. We have come a long ways from our barbaric past and everyone with good social skil...
Nothing could be more dehumanizing than a controlling AI. Knowledge depends on experience and AI can not https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dlo-VB0-HIha...
I think that is a different subject and it could be a really good subject. Akhenaton was a very different Egyptian pharaoh/king. He is pictured as a l...
:cheer: We are getting closer to agreement. I am so glad you said we are gods on Earth. It is not easy being human and we have some pretty big problem...
Um, how old are you? Primates and humans are biologically empathetic. Some people do seem to have an energy that makes them capable of healing with to...
You know your past Christian thinking. Not all Christians think alike. They share with you a belief that humans are not doing amazingly well and there...
I see no significant difference between your thinking and Christian thinking. Democracy requires citizens to take responsibility. That is different fr...
Are you a Christian or do you think your belief system is better than being a Christian? Both you and Christians hold a very low opinion of humans and...
We said our German enemy was a mechanical society and we defended our democracy from that in two world wars. Unfortunately after winning the wars, the...
Please stay on topic and avoid making our communication personal. I am here to learn from the reasoning people post and share my reasoning with them s...
I have been thinking about your post and it dawned on me that feeling other people's pain any more than I already do, would be hell for everyone. I wo...
I do not understand your reasoning. Hitler gave us a great gift. He showed us what can happen when some people have too much control and opposition to...
I am so confused! Your first paragraph seems to favor extreme individualism and the second one seems to favor the extreme collective. :gasp: What is g...
It did happen and I don't know why people's attitudes are so bad and they are so willing to destroy everything we have gained. Never before could imag...
The are two ways to have social order, culture, or authority over the people. Do you agree or disagree with that? How is a culture manifested? How is ...
The point is, who or what, is responsible for your well-being and the well-being of those we share this planet with? What are the boundaries of respon...
A democracy is rule by reason and making sure that happens is as simple as universal education for good citizenship in a democracy. What do you think ...
Of course computers and not equal to humans and never will be. That is a dreadful idea and I used Tocqueville's explanation of why it is a bad idea. W...
And what of liberty? This is from Tocqueville's 1840 Democracy in America............ "I seek to trace the novel features under which despotism may ap...
We are far beyond the mindset of primates. However, we have not experienced our full potential because never before did we have the resources nor the ...
"By feeding data about Beethoven, his music, his style and the original scribbles on the 10th symphony into an algorithm, AI has created an entirely n...
A second thought on what you said here, is what family has to do with democracy and a humane government. In a way, I feel like what I think is importa...
I never saw Dick and Jane as you see it, and that may be my err? I can see what you see, but that is not the only way to perceive those pictures. Chil...
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