 Djiezes says: So, my argument is that as we become more and more scientifically literate, it's worth remembering that the fictions with which we previously populated our world may have some function that it's worth trying to understand and preserve the essential components of, rather than throwing out the baby with the bath water; because even though we may not accept the reasons given for them being here in the first place, it may well be that there are good practical reasons for them, or something like them, to be there. I suspect that as we move further and further into the field of digital or artificial life we will find more and more unexpected properties begin to emerge out of what we see happening and that this is a precise parallel to the entities we create around ourselves to inform and shape our lives and enable us to work and live together. Therefore, I would argue that though there isn't an actual god there is an artificial god and we should probably bear that in mind. This turned out to be the long way of saying, while we may create artificial life, we are never going to know. The best we can do is believe it is life, and like anything there will always be people who will not believe. It can be the definition that can be the problem. Considering artificial life, projected, as a social collective, or as a sentient, collective or unique consciousness, is, that the fact each of us credits other humans with individual thought, is a leap of faith in it's self. We don't know the actual thoughts of other people. It has been the subject of human, and animal rights for example, and a philosophers bread and butter. We still can't explain rationally how a collect... ...because even though we may not accept the reasons given for them being here in the first place, it may well be that there are good practical reasons for them,...They, as now, were an attempt to survive. But let's do throw out the baby with the water where necessary. Let's not bring back slavery, though economically advantageous. And let's not sacrifice our first born to appease an invisible god gangster. By all means, let's do get rid of credulity and superstition. And let's throw out all their children, like fear, ordained piety, and ignorance. Let's actually grow up! |
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