Can you not concentrate on something else enough that you no longer feel
hunger? How many people do you know that have "forgotten to eat" for hours
at a time when sucked into computer games or other activities?
Is the same not true of pain? Have you not heard of yogis that have
trained their minds to concentrate strongly enough that even the most severe
of discomfort is ignored? How is this not "turning off pain"? If you're
going to argue that the nerves are still firing and further that the mere
fact of nerves firing is relevant to the original argument, then feel free
to killfile me. The original point was that humans are *NOT* absolute
slaves to hunger and pain.
Are you
a) arguing that humans *ARE* absolute slaves to hunger and pain
OR
b) are you beating me up over a trivial sub-point that isn't
connected back to the original argument?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Goetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: Motivational Systems of an AI [WAS Re: [agi] RSI - What is it
and how fast?]
On 12/4/06, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why must you argue with everything I say? Is this not a sensible
> statement?
I don't argue with everything you say. I only argue with things that I
believe are wrong. And no, the statements "You cannot turn off hunger or
pain. You cannot control your emotions are *NOT* sensible at all.
Mark -
The statement, "You cannot turn off hunger or pain" is sensible.
In fact, it's one of the few statements in the English language that
is LITERALLY so. Philosophically, it's more certain than
"I think, therefore I am".
If you maintain your assertion, I'll put you in my killfile, because
we cannot communicate.
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