No- I don't, at least. And the graduates are more likely to be female at present- women are the new men of the world in the West. Many men are now going to junior colleges, trade schools, the military and a recent survey found them cool to the idea of marriage. (Some survey on NPR). Wait till this really hits Islam! Oh, brother! :-)
On Dec 1, 7:39 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > The key thing, benefit or horror, is what Marx called 'the embodiment > of knowledge' in machines. On another side of that, when I was an > undergraduate I a > was in group less than 4% of the population. Now the plan is t have > 50% of the population graduate. Does anyone really believe the > correct or achievable ratio of highly skilled to grunt is 1 : 1? > On 1 Dec, 13:30, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We are also dependent and trapped by machines and have lost many basic > > skills in the process. Machines are our answer to slave and serf > > labor. > > > On Nov 30, 4:21 am, andrew vecsey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I like to add my thoughts and opinions to this very interesting > > > discussion. > > > The question of if god the creator would provide limited knowledge.... > > > could be looked on the following simplified way.... To a machine, designed > > > by man, man is god. Man makes his machines with the goal to make them > > > superior to himself so as to surpass his own abilities and limitations. > > > The > > > software of a machine can be thought of as the soul of the machine. While > > > the purpose of machines is to work for man... to be his eyes and ears and > > > his hands and feet, with this line of thinking.. the purpose of man is to > > > live for god...to experience the physical world for him. When a machine is > > > terminated, its accumulated work lives on. When man dies, his accumulated > > > experience lives on. > > > > On Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:45:47 PM UTC+1, Allan Heretic wrote: > > > > > Neil if you were in the position of God.. Would you provide > > > > unlimited knowledge to humanity? You have to look at how knowledge > > > > has been handled till now. the rules are well known ..I think > > > > selfishness is a very dominate trait .. therein lies a problem.. > > > > Are we discarded as a mistake,, no it may seem that way individuals > > > > are not judged by humanity but rather by their own actions and > > > > reactions. > > > > > I think the problem lies in trying to figure out the purpose of life > > > > is and ones relationship with the power greater than oneself and how > > > > you see the situation. Now how you respond to your life is your > > > > drama .. the effect of your drama creates your karma which ultimately > > > > determines your status in the great mandala.. > > > > > What a person believes is actually of little importance.. How you > > > > live your life is.. In my opinion for what it is worth you are an > > > > extremely good soul trapped in a human body. > > > > Allan > > > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:02 PM, archytas <[email protected] > > > > <javascript:>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure on souls Allan - what does seem clear is we aren't > > > > > trusted with much knowledge if there is a lot more to know - or could > > > > > not serve existing purpose and 'travel' with that knowledge, or we are > > > > > a discarded mistake. > > > > > > On 26 Nov, 08:47, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> You are very right there Neil.. the only possible solutions lies in > > > > >> religious beliefs.. that comes down to do souls exist and the > > > > >> origine of souls.. My opinion is well known yet I am still open to > > > > >> ideas. > > > > >> Allan > > > > > >> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:45 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > We don't see to have much clue when it comes to bigger pictures > > > > Allan. > > > > > >> > On 25 Nov, 09:31, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> maybe humans have this same basic hardwired instinct as the bees > > > > >> >> for > > > > >> >> looking out the hive of humanity only the age of reason and > > > > >> >> selfishness has over ridden it in most cases.. > > > > >> >> interesting comparison: > > > > >> >> Allan > > > > > >> >> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:15 PM, archytas <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > >> >> > We have now uncovered a rich repertoire of behaviours under the > > > > hive > > > > >> >> > lid. Studies of the choreography of the waggle dance, for > > > > instance, > > > > >> >> > have revealed that a worker will interrupt another's jive with a > > > > butt > > > > >> >> > to the head if it has found danger - a spider, say - at the > > > > location > > > > >> >> > (Current Biology, vol 20, p 310). Bees also display an > > > > extraordinary > > > > >> >> > range of housekeeping chores, including spring cleaning, mutual > > > > >> >> > grooming and a form of surveillance in which "bouncers" guard > > > > >> >> > entrances against intruders. The hive has even evolved its own > > > > >> >> > air > > > > >> >> > conditioning; when temperatures soar, the workers sprinkle water > > > > over > > > > >> >> > the honeycomb and beat their wings to produce a cooling draft. > > > > >> >> > In > > > > >> >> > total we have now recorded around 60 separate behaviours for > > > > worker > > > > >> >> > honeybees, including six different kinds of dance (Current > > > > Biology, > > > > >> >> > vol 19, p R995). These achievements seem to overshadow the > > > > abilities > > > > >> >> > of many mammals. Rabbits are thought to show about 30 distinct > > > > >> >> > behaviours, and the beaver has about 50 in its busy life felling > > > > >> >> > trees, building damns and storing food. Even the bottlenose > > > > dolphin's > > > > >> >> > 120 or so routines are only about twice the number a worker > > > > honeybee > > > > >> >> > manages. > > > > > >> >> > Despite this bulging portfolio of behaviours, many zoologists > > > > >> >> > have > > > > >> >> > remained sceptical about apian intelligence, believing they were > > > > >> >> > seeing hard-wired instinct rather than flexible thought. "The > > > > brain of > > > > >> >> > a bee is the size of a grass seed and is not made for thinking," > > > > said > > > > >> >> > von Frisch in 1962. However, that view is now changing, as > > > > >> >> > Chittka > > > > and > > > > >> >> > others discover a surprising mental agility behind the bee's > > > > bumbling > > > > >> >> > exterior. Chittka's first revelation came while he was > > > > investigating > > > > >> >> > the way honeybees navigate to a flower patch. Varying the number > > > > of > > > > >> >> > 3.5-metre-tall tents between a hive and a feeder - "It looked > > > > >> >> > more > > > > >> >> > like an art installation than an experiment" - he found that > > > > foragers > > > > >> >> > seemed to count landmarks rather than using the overall distance > > > > when > > > > >> >> > working out where to land. Subsequent research has confirmed > > > > >> >> > this > > > > >> >> > numeracy, showing that bees can match the quantity shown in > > > > >> >> > simple > > > > >> >> > pictures of shapes to find a reward. In one trial they were > > > > >> >> > shown > > > > >> >> > three leaves and then had to choose between two and three > > > > >> >> > lemons, > > > > for > > > > >> >> > instance - a test they passed with ease. The ability to match > > > > signs > > > > >> >> > using different symbols is crucial, showing that the bees did > > > > >> >> > not > > > > just > > > > >> >> > rely on a memory of a specific image but understood the > > > > >> >> > underlying > > > > >> >> > number. But this ability is limited: bees can only count to > > > > >> >> > four. > > > > > >> >> > There seems an endless supply of uninteresting people rigsy - I > > > > >> >> > am > > > > not > > > > >> >> > sure mice are so discriminating! Old cops would appear a couple > > > > of > > > > >> >> > yeas into retirement looking much younger and ask when our (job) > > > > >> >> > sentences were coming to an end. My scientist colleagues nearly > > > > all > > > > >> >> > resent not being into enquiry. The experiments with mice > > > > >> >> > involve > > > > >> >> > dicing brains - there are physical changes due to isolation in > > > > tissues > > > > >> >> > surrounding neurons. > > > > > >> >> > On 23 Nov, 13:38, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> >> Wolfram Alpha - now there's an example of something not doing > > > > what it > > > > >> >> >> said on the tin at the launch! I shall go back. > > > > > >> >> >> They've found a wasp described as having a 'clock work brain'. > > > > Seen > > > > >> >> >> most of your finds James - which only shows our interests > > > > overlap. > > > > >> >> >> Your take on Deutsch hadn't occurred to me and set my mind > > > > spinning. > > > > >> >> >> I'm after a holy grail - something that would be a framework > > > > >> >> >> for > > > > >> >> >> rational discussion. Took a sleeping tablet last night > > > > >> >> >> because I > > > > >> >> >> couldn't switch off - a problem my laptop is having since W8! > > > > >> >> >> It > > > > now > > > > >> >> >> boots as rapidly as my first PC from a 5 inch floppy. > > > > > >> >> >> Will get t your links and then walk dog (tail wag as I write > > > > this!) to > > > > >> >> >> let news spin. > > > > > >> >> >> On 23 Nov, 04:48, James <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> >> >> > Here's a neat reference to brain development in a tiny wasp > > > > which > > > > >> >> >> > undergoes major neural expansion when it leaves the nest, > > > > dendrites to > > > > >> >> >> > the tune of seven to eight mm long in a brain the size of two > > > > grains of > > > > >> >> >> > sand. > > > > > >> >> >> > Tiny But Adaptable Wasp Brains Show Ability To Alter Their > > > > Architecture > > > > >http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014144738.htm > > > > > >> >> >> > An offshoot for a member here, my father in law mentioned > > > > working in > > > > >> >> >> > audio biofeedback training \brain wave states with a woman 40 > > > > years ago > > > > >> >> >> > with successful results using EEG equipment. The tech may be > > > > available > > > > >> >> >> > in nano-sensor array headsets today (a gaming rig/platform). > > > > > >> >> >> > I'm out of steam tonight, reading about exocortex theories, > > > > >> >> >> > the > > > > memex > > > > >> >> >> > and ended up at this fascinating timeline at wolfram alpha! > > > > >http://www.wolframalpha.com/docs/timeline/computable-knowledge-histor... > > > > > >> >> >> > Be well, happy turkey day, thanks gabby! :) > > > > > >> >> >> > ps. These are pretty neat too, apparently I became fascinated > > > > by wasp > > > > >> >> >> > neurology a couple months ago. > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
