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originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
On the other hand, humans try to force everything and look
at all the sheiss we've broken as a result.
I don't call that intelligent either.
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: Blue Shift
That's the old philosophical question is everything predetemined or not. [...] In this case the crux lies in the creation-creator relationship.
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
a reply to: Blue Shift
Yah.. but we are treating the Earth as disposable,
when it isn't. [...] Certainly not wise.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
a reply to: Blue Shift
Yah.. but we are treating the Earth as disposable,
when it isn't. [...] Certainly not wise.
We're the ones who are disposable. Little fragile containers of DNA with a built-in expiration date. Society (the voice of our DNA) tells us to be "good" and "care," but considering the transient nature of our existence, it ain't easy.
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
a reply to: Whatsthisthen
There are 3 dynamics in nature:
1) symbiosis
2) predator
3) prey
Kev
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
People have misunderstood & abused God since the year dot
- because psychopaths look for opportunities to build towers, hoard wealth, wield power & cause fear-driven servitude.
But that's a universal human behaviour,
religion gets scapegoated because even though it's the oldest of our sciences,
originally posted by: noonebutme
a reply to: NarcolepticBuddha
Well, if AI if God, or if God was/derived from AI, then I would expect it to be far less concerned with the people I sleep with or the position in which I sleep with them.
Nor would I think a AI-God derivative/evolution ever advocate any of the following: holy wars, slavery, genocide, child abuse, genital mutilation, subjugation of women or any of the other "man-based" rules and mandates we see in the vast majority of the religiously inclined.
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
a reply to: Whatsthisthen
I'm certain that humans and humanity as we know it today will be just a subtle afterglow in just a few centuries from now.