What was the purpose of that tree anyway? Does it make sense for an all-good God to place loved ones into an unsafe environment while knowing that...
That's it.. thanks a lot! For other visitors of this thread: The following is from the wikipedia link provided above by invert_nexus: The...
water, >Then drop the “We are robots” mode of thinking. What's the evidence for free will? What makes you think we have it? It would be nice,...
When I see a badly injured human (IRL, video or just a picture), I'm sometimes getting a sudden and intense response from my body. It feels like my...
Cyperium, >in a perfect world we would not need to feel pain, or we could easily avoid it. Why would an all-powerful God create imperfect...
water, >>you cannot get bored in a pleasure-only world. >Have you tried? Is "feeling bored" pleasant? >>>God, being benevolent, will give...
Exciting for me. No. I did mean "impossibility". It would just be so great that a better feeling would be impossible. What's wrong with...
>[Cyperium] >it wouldn't feel right to feel pleasure when something bad happened Looks like you haven't noticed I keep talking about a world...
OK, let's assume for the moment that you are right. Is keeping the title "human" worth keeping the pain (considering the possibility of living in a...
>[duendy] 10-07-05, 07:55 AM >we'd all be walking round wit bits of flesh hangn off, other bits hanging off broken bones. horror so obviously...
>[water] >"Prove that suffering is wrong" If suffering doesn't exist in heaven, can't we assume that there must be something wrong with it? If...
However we got our DNA, it wasn't our choice and it has a major impact on our behavior. If we decide to take the Bible seriously, wasn't our DNA...
Why pain? Old question, I know.. But is there a good answer? If God exists, why the concept of uncomfortable exists? How about God himself? Does it...
Since the concept of time is meaningless in an immaterial world, I don't see how anyone could process any information/thought/feeling in the...
In a high-speed car accident, I broke the front-window with my head, then spent months in hospital in a pretty bad shape, unable to work for more...
Without evidence, you cannot just assume that a particular phenomenon (e.g. matter-independent movement) exists. Otherwise, in a similar manner, you...
What's wrong with the following (?) : If the following is true then the world of matter couldn't be created by an intelligent entity: 1)...
Rom, Many machines already have certain level of self-awareness. Self-awareness is not required for Intelligence. An AI system does not need...
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we can develop artificial general problem solvers far exceeding problem solving skills of the best human...
Can someone define the "soul" for the purpose of AI R&D. People keep mentioning souls at various AI forums. Is the term really necessary? Is the...
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