Posted on 02/10/2005 6:21:42 AM PST by Valin
Yeah. Some idiot will post a bible quote, or killin babies, or some other "follow the shoe" nonsense.
Despite all their training and ability, these prognosticators cannot predict the moving force of evolution: environmental pressures. That's why eugenics never really gets off the ground. We can selectively breed or splice genes all we want. But whether these changes will be adaptive generations down the road is anybody's guess...and that's what this is: guessing.
Hijacked by who? The fundamentalist religious whackos who stubbornly believe humans are humans and animals are animals? Can't they see we are just animals who talk to each other on computers, travel into space, ponder the existance and thoughts of God, cure disease, are not bound by mere instint. Hell, I should be zoo exhibit! Watch the human make his coffee in the morning and his problem solving capabilities are marvelous, watch him unclog that sink. What whackos! I'm a beast!
humans are animals, hank... do you presume to be "nearly equal" to god and hence "special"? accept that you are merely a beast and you are a step closer to understanding that you and your knowledge of god will always be imperfect. then maybe you can cease being arrogant and learn the lesson jesus was trying to teach mankind: humbleness....
...post #6.
Right on que.
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I think we may be part of 'someone's' (e.g., God's) experiment. Like a colony of bacteria in a Petri dish (Earth), with the experimenter wondering what will result after many generations of reproduction.
I like to think of this life as basic traning, for when the REAL work begins.
This poor gal is a victim of a 1950-1980 Sci Fi fad. The end of the individual. Funny how it coincided with the pinnacle of collectivism.
She's too smart to respect what Reagan tried to teach the world, that there is strength in the individual, strength in freedom and free will.
It's also interesting that she see the Internet as a device in this. IMO, if the Internet does anything, it empowers the individual further. Want a "collective thought machine" watch CNN/CBS/ABC/MSNBC/BBC/PBS.
While I agree that Jesus came to teach humility, true humility is not acknowledgement that one is just a thinking animal. True humility is knowing who God is, who you are, and what your right relationship is to Him.
Regarding the article, it's a bit fanciful to think that conciousness is just a matter of computing power. The simple fact of the matter is that we don't even have a scientific model for conciousness as of yet, so how exactly do we propose to know when or if we will be able to duplicate it? It's like predicting when we will invent warp drive without having the foggiest theoretical notion of how we might go about beating (or cheating) the speed of light. If you're just writing science-fiction, great. If you're actually trying to be legitimate in your speculations, you have to admit ignorance where it exists.
Interesting essay. Yeah, might as well crank up the ping machine ...
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Thanks for the ping!
Please spare me the humans are animals lecture, it's ridiculous.
Truest words, ever said on FR...on the outpost of FReer Speech. :^)
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