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Originally Posted by verklingen
essentially, i agree. however, i understand that the external is a reflection of the internal so there's really no difference in that regard.
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I agree, but it is a reflection that is worrysome in my eyes. Not necessarily for those who are producing and contributing, but for those consuming. What does the endless and mindless consumption of things we really don't need reflect on our internal state?
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what we are doing with our science and our technology is giving ourselves a series of allowances in belief. we can do these amazing things because we have, generation to generation, developed our technology concurrently with our belief that it can happen.
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This is also true, but doesn't necessarily address how I'm thinking about things. I mean, what percentage of the population actually
knows how all of these advances in science and technology came to be? How many care to understand the complex intricacies of the technologies we use ad nauseum every single day? I'm not saying there aren't those who do, but the proportions are way, way out of whack. We continue to reach new pinnacles in scientific advances and all people care about is whether it has a camera or whether you can check facebook on it.
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all experiences are open to us, and we have chosen to experience them through technology (because of our fierce identification with ego if you ask me). but just because we chose this rabbit hole doesn't mean it won't come full circle and return right back to us, internally. we just have to give ourselves the proper allowance for that.
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Show me the signs that we are heading in that direction... towards personal enlightenment and self awareness (sorry if I'm misinterpreting). I'm not trying to be an asshole in saying that, I genuinely want to know!
All I know is that season two of Jersey Shore is being recorded.
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i think it may be when we develop a genuine "artificial" intelligence. at that point we will be communing with ourselves in a believably external fashion, and from there we can explore our being to the same extent that any other path would have allowed. we are the universe seeking itself, after all. all paths lead home
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How can we be sure that an artificially intelligent agent would be representative of the human condition so much so that we would be believably communicating with ourselves? More importantly, why do we need an artificially intelligent agent when we have the ability all on our own?