I'm doing the assignments for my assessor certificate this week (mine lapsed)- the course is hopeless but I need the ticket. The purpose is to get work I feel is less of a rip-off than university teaching. We muddle along!
On Feb 10, 9:12 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. > > On Febng1:29 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have noticed, over the years, that much 'purpose' is something else > > - seemingly fabricated - as in mission statements as bad as higher > > education institutions 'being about' providing high quality > > educational experiences - something one could hardly think of as > > differentiating one from another. In practice we seem to be limited > > to making the same old mistakes with statements of purpose connected > > with fantasy. We might do better to think more in terms of > > structuring opportunities to nurture each other. > > > On 10 Feb, 15:30, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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.
