--- Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It *seems* blatantly obvious that survival is a good idea. But "good" > > only > > has meaning with respect to a goal. Survival is good because those agents > > > who > > didn't think so died, not because they came up with the idea. Agents > > don't > > choose their goals. > > Huh? I'm an agent and I choose my goals. If I live long enough to be in > this super-society of yours, I think that I'm still going to have the goal > of survival for both me and my super-society.
You did not choose to fear death. You did not choose to not want to turn off your fear of death. Since everyone dies, don't you think it would be in your best interest to change your goals and avoid some anxiety? But evolution doesn't work that way. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
