On 29 November 2014 at 04:42, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kim Jones: > > >> Yes but tell me of the examples you have found of Evolution producing >>> intelligence without consciousness. >>> >> >> > iPhones. Smart fridges. Self-driving cars. Computers. Space probes etc. >> etc. >> > > If you believe all these things are smart then fine, but what makes you > think they're not conscious? > Because the deisgners didn't include a consciousness module, of course! :-) > When Evolution made information processing devices it found it was much > much easier to produce emotion than intelligence, so why in the world would > we find the exact opposite to be true when we make the same sort of thing? > One possible answer - because evolution is working to a different set of criteria. Another possible answer - because evolution used trial and error over millions of years rather than designing what was needed to do a specific job. Another possible answer - because evolution used different materials, and a different architecture (wetware operates very differently from electronic hardware). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
