On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> We have very often dismissed emotion > Nothing mysterious about emotion, its just a condition that predisposes a computer or a human to behave in one way rather than another. > feelings and consciousness in human. > Unfortunately that is not true for philosophers, they don't dismiss consciousness in humans, in fact that's just about the only thing they want to talk about despite the fact that such talk has never once produced anything of value. However philosophers are reluctant to talk about intelligence in humans, even though the subject has proven to be much more fruitful, because its also much harder, and unlike a bullshit consciousness theory a bullshit intelligence theory is easy to shoot down because you can see with your own eyes that it just doesn't work, and that takes all the fun out of theorizing. Another advantage is that to become a consciousness theorist you really don't need to know anything, a grade school education is more than enough, but it takes years of study before you can even begin to figure out how intelligence works, with consciousness you can start producing hot air immediately and to some that's more fun. So philosophers continue to blather on and on about consciousness and, having abandoned the subject, the study of intelligence has been left to computer scientists, programers, mathematicians and neurologists. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
