Positing a super-complex deity results in a simplified causal model of reality? The mind boggles.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > You do not need a religion to build a simple causal model of the world. > However, a well thought out materialistic causal model would lead to > unanswerable complexities. And if a causal model interferes with the > creation of non-causal relations then the model is going to be only of > limited use unless it was always being changed a little. > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Piaget Modeler > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Religion may be an efficient paradigm for an AGI to use in navigating the >> world. >> >> Ascribing causal events to an imperceptible deity may be an efficient >> mechanism >> for devising a simple and coherent model of the world, given volumes of >> somato- >> sensory data and its derivable conceptual implications. -- Thot of the >> day. >> >> ~PM >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-f5817f28> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Jim Bromer > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/2997756-fc0b9b09> | > 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-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
