Progress and Happiness

2011-06-18 Thread Rex Allen
If evolution by natural selection were correct, then it seems to me that if the overall environment remained relatively stable for an extended period of time - then regardless of how it ended up, humans would be at about same level of happiness. A paradise or a hell, the species should evolve

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jun 2011, at 19:59, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 15 Jun 2011, at 21:20, benjayk wrote: Hi Bruno, Bruno Marchal wrote: I think that comp might imply that simple virgin (non programmed) universal (and immaterial) machine are already conscious. Perhaps even maximally

QUESTION TO BRUNO

2011-06-18 Thread John Mikes
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Re: Progress and Happiness

2011-06-18 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 03:04:19PM -0400, Rex Allen wrote: For instance, food. Most people really like sweets and salty greasy foods. Much more than they like bland vegetables and whatnot. The acquisition of junk food makes us happy *because* those things were hard to acquire a few hundred

Re: Progress and Happiness

2011-06-18 Thread benjayk
Rex Allen wrote: If evolution by natural selection were correct, then it seems to me that if the overall environment remained relatively stable for an extended period of time - then regardless of how it ended up, humans would be at about same level of happiness. I don't think it is

Re: Progress and Happiness

2011-06-18 Thread Rex Allen
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 03:04:19PM -0400, Rex Allen wrote: For instance, food. Most people really like sweets and salty greasy foods. Much more than they like bland vegetables and whatnot. The acquisition of junk

Re: Progress and Happiness

2011-06-18 Thread Rex Allen
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 6:08 PM, benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com wrote: Rex Allen wrote: If evolution by natural selection were correct, then it seems to me that if the overall environment remained relatively stable for an extended period of time - then regardless of how it ended up,