AGI isn't my "god". That's ridiculous. It's a tool I want to build, because it's exciting to me.
I read an article recently -- wish I had a link for you -- on research that showed that believers in a "loving God" do exactly the opposite of what you say. They are *more* likely than average to cheat & otherwise screw people over, because they know they'll be forgiven. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected] > wrote: > Everyone, > > There is an important point that everyone here is missing: > > Believers actually do better in our world than do non-believers. Why? > Because others know that believers think God is watching them, so others > expect believers to be more trust-worthy than non-believers are. Hence, > with greater trust, believers are trusted with more, they build bigger > fortunes, have more wives, and sire more believers. > > Looking around, most people can see that believers usually have more than > do non-believers. Why? "Obviously" (if you believe the hype) because God > has rewarded them for their belief!!! > > My longtime friend Dan, a Baptist minister with a DD degree, related his > impressions when he first met my family, where no one had even the > slightest hint of religious leanings. Dan had "learned" that you can't > trust non-believers, yet we literally saved his life from a downward > spiral, with no expectation of any sort of direct reward. This turned into > hours of discussion about the cold hard logic of some forms of altruism, > e.g. seeing how little it takes to turn someone else's life around, to > potentially be used in the future to turn our own lives around. In short, > the value of what we learned exceeded the cost of saving Dan. > > There is a COST in non-belief that isn't exacted by God, but rather it is > exacted by society in the form of a sort of social tax that keeps away many > valuable contacts. Sure, you might think that a devout believer is a little > nuts, but that is better than their belief that you, a non-believer, are > untrustworthy and will steal anything you can get away with. > > Hence, reject the meme of God at your peril. There is a good reason why > everyone on this forum is too broke to fully fund their interests - because > your "God", AGI, isn't their God. > > Steve > ============== > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> >> Whether their host is biological or synthetic, I think memes will always >> find a way to reproduce. >> >> ~PM >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:20:52 -0600 >> Subject: Re: [agi] Minds and Gods: The Cognitive Neuroscience of >> Religious belief >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> It would be interesting, though, PM, to see if the AGIs humanity >> eventually produces are sufficiently similar to us to be susceptible to the >> same parasitic exploitation. >> >> >> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six > hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full > employment. > > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-bcb45fb4> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
