A belief in God makes us think in terms of relations rather than particles. This complements the impression of objects that can be formed by interacting with common things and makes excessive reductionism less useful. I was just reading that one of the modern theories in physics is that relations or properties represent the foundation of the material world, not particles or fields.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:13 PM, martin biehl <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > <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 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
