Yes, I tend to agree with you on this. There are, of course the pantheists who suppose that all sorts of things are conscious, but which I hold is bullshit because otherwise anesthesia wouldn't make us unconscious, if you follow?
But I am smarter than the universe. Lots of people are smarter than me but the universe is as dumb as a sack full of rocks and at least I'm smarter than that. John K Clark -----Original Message----- From: John Clark <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Nov 29, 2014 2:38 pm Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:03 AM, spudboy100 wrote: >> The word "purposeless" is purposeless unless there is a referent. >> Purposeless for who? Maybe the universe finds me to be purposeless but I >> don't care any more than the universe would care if I found it to be >> purposeless; we both just ignore the others opinion of and continue to go >> about our business. > But the universe is stronger than you are But I am smarter than the universe. Lots of people are smarter than me but the universe is as dumb as a sack full of rocks and at least I'm smarter than that. John K Clark -- 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. -- 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.

