Monthly Archives: January 2018

Responsibility

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

January 23-30 ’18 ~ QofDay ~ Responsible for Experiences Do you think you are responsible for what you experience in life? Depends very deeply on how one defines responsibility. It seems to me that there are three major sources of … Continue reading →

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Shoe Trees

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

Shoe Tree If you’ve pitched your shoes in a similar manner, why? Hi Laurie We have similar things here in New Zealand, shoes in some, bras in others – or on fences. As to who started them or why, I … Continue reading →

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More of?

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

Squirrel Handles What would you like to see more of? Hi Laurie, What we need more of: Awareness, understanding, acceptance, compassion, action, commitment, abundance, security, diversity, creativity, responsibility, fun, exploration, cooperation, ….. Awareness is perhaps hardest, as it means giving … Continue reading →

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Evolution – Altruism

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

Response to John A. Johnson comment Dawkins has always recognized altruism and has provided explanations for it. Agreed. Richard disliked the title, but his publisher said it would sell, and it did. Selfish gene was the first coherent account I … Continue reading →

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Prophets

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

A Modern Nostradamus – Prophecies of Himalayan Yogi Acharya Sri For me, the prophet Ray Kurzweil is the best around: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions_made_by_Ray_Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/predictions/download.php His predictions are based upon trends in technology that seem to be largely driving the sorts of possibilities … Continue reading →

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Quantum biology

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology Revisited Came back to this thread by a round about way, and read it again. What you see as consciousness, I see as systems. Cells know where they are … Continue reading →

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Will AI become conscious?

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

Will artificial intelligence become conscious? Is awareness enough? Turing clearly demonstrated that any machine of sufficient complexity can do any computational task. That does not mean that it can do so in reasonable time or with reasonable energy consumption. I … Continue reading →

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Existential Risk

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

Grand futures and existential risk, with Anders Sandberg Would love to join you, but don’t have the resources to get us there from New Zealand at present. This is a very complex topic. Steve wrote of Nett Present Human Happiness, … Continue reading →

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Focus Word

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ted Howard NZ

Ontology Do you have a focus word this year? Hi Laurie I kinda like “Being” – which immediately splits into both ontology and epistemology – the nature of being and the nature of our understanding of it – the two … Continue reading →

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