I think purpose is relevant to us, until it is not, like cause and effect is important until, it is not.
On Feb 9, 10:42 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > That seems about right ID10. The world is perspectival - all sorts of > stuff is justified from this perspective and that - many societies > have lived with slavery justified and so on. All of us are brought up > to believe one parochial set of beliefs or another. There seems to > have been a time before human perspective. I think science has more > or less told us our purpose is to develop technology to leave the > planet - but this is purpose limited by assumptions it's better to > survive than not. It leaves open wider questions of purpose that we > might gather along the way or give up on. I'm not keen on purpose > gained from religious faith or faith in one's country - we all turn > out to have lots to be ashamed of in these respects. I'm fairly sure > no that human purpose is now largely irrelevant and our future lies in > machine life. > . > > On Feb 9, 11:31 am, "[email protected]" > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does the concept of purpose apply to species lower than humans or only to > > humans? If it does apply then at what level does it stop, sheep, fish, > > plans? And in case it stops at some level or ronly applies to humans is > > this definition based on the species having a spirit or a soul as some body > > may suggest, or is it based on having a certain level of consciousness? If > > it's based on the concept of a spirit or a soul then it's a matter of > > metaphysics and faith. If it's based on consciousness and we are talking in > > terms of the physical universe in which we live, then by definition purpose > > would be an invention of the human mind and it would be a matter of > > definition and how we view the world and view ourselves in it but it would > > be anything but a universal metaphysical thing on which we all could agree > > especially that it would look entirely different in the eyes of a more > > advanced species than our selves. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
