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Tag Archives: Evolution
Quora – 100% without doubt?
Quora – Are scientists 100% without any kind of doubt sure that evolution has occurred? Real scientists are never 100% certain about anything (that is the opposite of science, that is called belief or dogma). The essence of science is … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged Communication, complexity, Evolution, science, understanding
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Quora – AI and work
Will artificial intelligence ever replace the need for humans to work? In what sense? Humans need to work in the sense of doing something meaningful with some significant fraction of their time. Work in the sense of having to do … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Longevity, Technology, understanding
Tagged AI, complexity, Economics, Evolution, future, Longevity, risk mitigation, technology, understanding
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Quora – What is humanity’s greatest achievement?
Quora – What do you think humanity’s greatest achievement is? Moved to – What is man’s greatest achievement of all time? Beginning to understand the role of cooperation in the evolution of complexity (orders of magnitude more important than competition).
Laurie – Labyrinth Walking
Laurie’s Blog – Labyrinth Walking Laurie asked: What question or prayer would you contemplate on a labyrinth walk? For me, the question would be the same one I have been asking since 1974: What sort of social, political and technical … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Laurie's blog, Our Future, understanding
Tagged Abundance, AI, complexity, cooperation, Evolution, freedom, Longevity, transcendence, understanding, Wisdom
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Quora – creating AI
Is it possible for an intelligent being (such as a human) to create something more intelligent than the most intelligent human? As many others have stated, it depends on how one defines both “create” and “intelligence”. Evolution as a process … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, understanding
Tagged AI, complexity, Evolution, freedom, future, Philosophy, risk mitigation, technology, understanding, values
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Quora – humans as machines
Quora – Is it fair to say that humans are nothing more than extremely complex machines? It very much depends what you mean by machine. It seems beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt that we are complex entities made of … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Ideas, understanding
Tagged complexity, Economics, Evolution, freedom, future, risk mitigation, understanding, values
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Basic Income
href=”https://www.facebook.com/groups/Thefoundationoflogic/permalink/1026890874183247/?comment_id=1028067397398928″>Foundations of Logic – Basic Income BI/UBI (Universal BI) First, a BI is a matter of social justice. The wealth and income of all of us has far more to do with the efforts and achievements of our collective forebears … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Longevity, Our Future, understanding
Tagged Economics, Evolution, freedom, future, Longevity, risk mitigation, understanding
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