Gravity and other laws of physics are explained by the anthropogenic principle. The simplest explanation by Occam's Razor is that all possible universes exist and we necessarily observe one where intelligent life is possible.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 5:32 AM Jim Bromer via AGI <agi@agi.topicbox.com> wrote: > Science does not have a good theory about what causes gravity. You can > deny it and say that science has explained gravity. Mass 'causes' > gravity. Would you conclude that gravity does not exist because it is > actually only mass? Or you come up with something like: mass is just > the interruption of space and it is therefore only the curvature of > negative space or something like that? Answers like this will allow > you to avoid other difficult questions like, does gravity exhibit > wave-particle duality, but that is exactly what is wrong with treating > working theories as if they explained everything. > Jim Bromer > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 6:14 AM John Rose <johnr...@polyplexic.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jim Bromer via AGI <agi@agi.topicbox.com> > > > > > > I want to try to have a more positive attitude about other people's > crackpot > > > ideas. It is taking me a few days to understand what people are saying > or even > > > why people are motivated to talk about the inexplicable experience of > > > consciousness in an AI discussion group. > > > > > > One man's crackpot idea is another man's unified field theory. Why is > that? Because some things are puzzles and one agent cannot understand all > the pieces you need multiple agents to sow them together. That process is > AI with consciousness. Also that's why one person is not a general > intelligence. > > > > John > > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T9c94dabb0436859d-Mbfc254093e98f0b50b591b9d Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
