Sim Brain

Skybird · 04-22-09, 11:10 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8012496.stm

Hm. Imagination leads intellect to somersaulting ideas of what this will do, eventually. Scepticism asks unwanted but valid questions. Will this thing equal the creation of thought? Mind? Cognitions? Ratio?

Reflective self-realisation...?

What is mind?

What is intellect, and intelligence? I know people with a slow intellect who are very wise, and I know intelligence beasts who act very dumb.

What is - life...? Where does the sim end, where does real life set in?

Can a proclaimed intelligent, self-aware life form like homo sapiens even ever give a valid answer to these questions while always being doomed to form such answers from the unavoidable perpsective of his self-understanding and self-definition? can one eye ever hope to see itself? If it cannot, how could it ever define an "eye" out there - by which standard, by what scale is it to judge this if it never has seen what it understands to be as an "eye" - itself, that is?

No matter the answers, they will hardly ever be final. But fascinating the questions are nevertheless.

FIREWALL · 04-22-09, 11:58 AM

Just put it in a virtual Scarecrows body.

Jimbuna · 04-22-09, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Just put it in a virtual Scarecrows body.

Our Prime Minister wouldn't allow it....apparently he is stating that he is first in the testing queue.

SteamWake · 04-22-09, 01:45 PM

Would pulling the plug be tantamount to murder?

Will I dream of electric sheep?

04-22-09, 11:10 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Sim Brain http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8012496.stm Hm. Imagination leads intellect to somersaulting ideas of what this will do, eventually. Scepticism asks unwanted but valid questions. Will this thing equal the creation of thought? Mind? Cognitions? Ratio? Reflective self-realisation...? What is mind? What is intellect, and intelligence? I know people with a slow intellect who are very wise, and I know intelligence beasts who act very dumb. What is - life...? Where does the sim end, where does real life set in? Can a proclaimed intelligent, self-aware life form like homo sapiens even ever give a valid answer to these questions while always being doomed to form such answers from the unavoidable perpsective of his self-understanding and self-definition? can one eye ever hope to see itself? If it cannot, how could it ever define an "eye" out there - by which standard, by what scale is it to judge this if it never has seen what it understands to be as an "eye" - itself, that is? No matter the answers, they will hardly ever be final. But fascinating the questions are nevertheless. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

04-22-09, 11:58 AM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Just put it in a virtual Scarecrows body. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

04-22-09, 01:45 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Would pulling the plug be tantamount to murder? Will I dream of electric sheep? __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648