On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 10:26 AM Beixiao Robert Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
*> First of all, Buddha recognizes that ALL human beings have the capacity > of those eight cognitions. * Why does Buddha assume humans have all eight of those cognitions but computers don't have any regardless of how brilliantly they behave? And if a computer can outsmart Buddha why does it even need those eight cognitions? They didn't seem to do the Buddha any good. > * > Buddha has the ability to “see” characteristics of human beings that > ordinary people can’t “see”. This ability to “see” is not limited to Buddha > himself. Any enlightened person — what the term Buddha means — will possess > such ability. * > Just as I feared, we've entered the realm of comic book science and religious superstition. > *In the 1950s and 60s, there was a competition between the US and the > Soviet’s intelligence communities, to recruit and develop people who > possess “supernatural” cognitive faculties, for example, the ability to see > what’s inside a safe deposit box or what’s behind the walls.* > And that was not the first time Soviet or US taxpayers had their money wasted on nonsense, nor would it be the last. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3JfB5QkbNyVbWMg%3DEYsGj2jP10D7kOaPgSet-OOPf5ng%40mail.gmail.com.
