On 2/10/2015 11:57 PM, Jason Resch wrote:
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:44 AM, LizR <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On 11 February 2015 at 18:29, meekerdb <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On 2/10/2015 5:47 PM, Jason Resch wrote:On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:57 PM, LizR <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I call this the Cyberman (or Mr Spock) problem. The Cybermen in Doctor Who are logical and unemotional, yet they wish to convert the rest of the world to be like them. Why? Without emotion they have no reason to do that, or anything else. (Likewise Mr Spock, except as we know he only repressed his emotions.) I'm not sure whether emotions are necessary to have goals. Then again, perhaps they are.The 'big' emotions like fear, rage, lust probably aren't, but values, feelings that this is preferred to that, are. I don't see how one could have an opinion on whether one should do anything without emotions being involved. So do you believe the Mars Rover is motivated to explore by its emotions?
By its values. It has preferences and they are in hierarchies, so that some are more important than others - and I think that constitutes rudimentary emotion.
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