what is the difference between positing "unknown" as the easy answer and "god" as the easy answer?
2013/12/11 Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> > 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 <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> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10872673-8f99760d> | > 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
