[Willblake2] As I said in the post after one you respond to, which deals with the complexity that you are referring to, I stated that complexity is fractal in nature. That is, as you say the same whether you zoom in or zoom out, or self similar. That was in fact my point, which I'm sure with your scientific leaning you would appreciate. Not linear. In fact I was debating the notion that complexity as presented by the human brain, is of any significance at all.
[Krimel] I am not at all sure what you think there is to debate. You are supposed to have done this kind of research. Are you aware of anyone in the field who thinks that the volume and number of connections in our neural networks is irrelevant? You seem to be suffering from some form of over generalization. It's all the same... sniff, sniff... It's all been done before... whaaaaa. Or maybe I just don't know what you mean by significance. [Willblake2] I would not equate destruction with Godliness. If that were the case a hurricane makes us look like kittens. Godlike would be more like changing the laws of gravity everywhere, making like charges attract, having a notion of reality that was real and not just a collection of nerves that self indulges in its own electrical dance. [Krimel] I think you want to put too much weight on God's shoulders. These are high school visions of God. You know, the kind of God that can make a rock so big he can't pick it up. God cannot change the laws of gravity or the attraction of particles and still have a world with us in it. A God with arbitrary powers or a God that possess just those traits that cover over our lack of understanding is a fantasy God suitable for children but not for grownups. [Willblake2] Forests burn down all the time, species are made extinct all the time, the air was polluted with oxygen many many years ago. We are just part of that cycle, not separate from it. We are nature, we are the big bang in progress, we are the same as a forest, exactly. [Krimel] Here you are with the over generalization again. It's as though you want to zoom in and zoom out but you never bother to refocus. No wonder it all seems like some homogeneous blur. We are the current flames in a fire that has burned for 12 billion years. Sameness and difference are the qualities that let us read in the glow of that fire's light. [Willblake2] That is what is so wonderful about it all. [Krimel] Being like a forest in some ways does not make us like a forest in all ways. Surely there is more to wonder than myopia. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
