Re: [agi] AGI's and emotions

[deering]

An unexpected mental event or an unplanned mental excursion does not in itself constitute an emotion.  An epileptic seizure is not an emotion.  Most emotions, perhaps all, are very predictable from causes.  You will the lottery or the girl next door says "yes" and you are happy.  Someone runs into your classic Beetle, and you are sad.  You finish a major work of great value, and you feel joy.  There is nothing mysterious about these emotions, no unpredictable mental dynamics.  I don't consider "confusion" an emotion.  I consider it a error in processing.  I know I'm not telling you anything new.  You surely understand all of this already.  Therefore I must be missing some fundamental aspect of your thoughts on emotions.  I have to admit, I've never been very good at emotions, and tend to ignore them.  I feel like we must be talking past each other, but I can't imagine how we could be ambiguous about an experience as fundamental as emotion.  We all have them.  It's the ocean our thoughts swim in, waves taking us to and fro, and sometimes crashing us against the rocks. To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]