2011-05-29
Trust Science
In the computer "simulation" model of the universe, the software that gives you "non-artificial" intelligence may not be something that is at all visible in this universe. It looks like we have brains that do computation, and indeed, maybe the entire code for AI is in our DNA waiting to be copied. But I suspect our brains have been distributed as something similar to "object code only".
I also suspect that when you have an idea, it's not really yours. God/environment injects "random ideas" into our brain such that they appear to be self-generated. Which puts a question mark over whether we really have geniuses or not.
The one thing that you're most likely to have control over is your deliberate conscious thought. And with that you can choose to follow the scientific method to vet information. See what ideas of yours can withstand scientific scrutiny.
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I also suspect that when you have an idea, it's not really yours. God/environment injects "random ideas" into our brain such that they appear to be self-generated. Which puts a question mark over whether we really have geniuses or not.
The one thing that you're most likely to have control over is your deliberate conscious thought. And with that you can choose to follow the scientific method to vet information. See what ideas of yours can withstand scientific scrutiny.
# posted by Paul Edwards @ 16:00 
