sjatkins: "Positing a super-complex deity results in a simplified causal model of reality? The mind boggles." We do not posit a super-complex deity. We posit a deity, the definition of which provides an easy answer to most questions. ~PM
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:11:31 -0800 Subject: Re: [agi] Is Religion Efficient? From: [email protected] To: [email protected] 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 | Modify Your Subscription -- Jim Bromer AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- 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
