But I just don’t understand the metaphor. These are separate sensor suite and software that was added by some manufacturers long after motor vehicles had become popular. I think of emotions as more rogue, non-compartmentalized, side effects of memory. When quickly put my dog on a leash because I spot another dog at the park who won’t share toys and won’t play nice, that’s more like a driver assist. It is *not* the piloerection and aggression I see in my dog when once she spots that dog.
Incidentally, Tesla tracks the position and types of cars in the vicinity, even without the full self-driving product. From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2022 11:47 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A million year old driving assistant That makes sense to me, Jochen. Our X3 has the same feature and I found it helpful on a recent trip. My M240 doesn't have it. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 12:32 PM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I am reading at the moment the German translation of "The Museum of Abandoned Secrets" from the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko. It is a long novel about the history of Ukraine. She writes sentences as long as pages where one metaphor follows the next like pearls on a necklace of beads. One of these metaphors made me think if we can describe emotions as a "driving assistant" for the vehicles created by our selfish genes. A driving assistant shaped by million years of evolution which wakes up in the right moments and guides us in the right direction (whenever it is supper- or pairing time). If we select the right direction, then it rewards us by a boost of energy or fuel. Does it make sense to extend Dawkins' metaphor like this? Our BMW 330E has for example a system that warns the driver if he comes to close to the edge of the lane. Then the wheel starts to vibrate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_systems -J. .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam<http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
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