Lennart Nilsson writes: > Only atheist have reason to dislike the consequence of comp. Not because they > would be wrong, but because their belief in "nature" is shown to need an act > of faith (and atheists hate the very notion of faith). > Bruno > That is the most absurd statement so far…
Most theists I know would be aghast at the idea that their precious brain could be replaced by a digital computer (they imagine that God in Heaven would not do anything so crass as this). Only atheists and agnostics of my acquaintance will even consider the implications of computationalism, and even most of them either decide that it isn't true or, even if it is true, it's a bad idea. I guess our distant ancestors would have had the same attitude towards the idea that humans would one day drive cars and use computers. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
