John Wilson
Gifts greater than God's?
Posted on: 08/16/2010 00:26
Science, like religion, must work with simple concepts the human mind can comprehend. But if biocentrism is right, nature has much bigger plans for us than just this or that life — plans far beyond anything religion has ever projected to any god.
----so sez Dr. Lanza. Anyone readimg him, or in the least interested in
Biocentrism
???
Google it and see if your mind remains un-blown...
Comments
Arminius
Posted on: 08/18/2010 10:13
I don't think nature has any fixed plan, but it certainly evolved in us a creative organ that is almost limitlessly creative.
What we need to do is put our brain to good and creative use.
Witch
Posted on: 08/16/2010 12:11
I don't think Dr. Lanza's hypothesis is taken very seriously by most of the scientific community. It certainly doesn't seem to be falsifiable, at least not yet.
John Wilson
Posted on: 08/18/2010 09:08
I don't think Dr. Lanza's hypothesis is taken very seriously by most of the scientific community. It certainly doesn't seem to be falsifiable, at least not yet.
Absolutely true. Got me thinking about the scientific community's track record, though --
What? The earth moves around rhe sun?
What? Heavier is not faster?
What? Clocks slow down ...time slows down the faster you move?
et cetera.
'Sides, Dr. Lanza is not just the smartest person on the planet; he gives good explanation.
Some ideas are opinion-buttressing, some ideas are brand new, some ideas are truely boggle-worthy.
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At the other side of Boggleville, Kurtsweil predicts that the day is just 20 years away from the world changing event: when computers become aware, intelligent, and able to enhance that intelligence...
Whee!
stardust
Posted on: 08/18/2010 22:59
Arminius quote:
"I don't think nature has any fixed plan, but it certainly evolved in us a creative organ "
Oh...... its "the brain " you're talking about ? I was getting all excited
.
John Wilson
Posted on: 08/18/2010 23:03
Arminius quote:
"I don't think nature has any fixed plan, but it certainly evolved in us a creative organ "
Oh...... its "the brain " you're talking about ? I was getting all excited
.
Chuckle of the day award goes to --- *dust!
Arminius
Posted on: 08/19/2010 09:50
Arminius quote:
"I don't think nature has any fixed plan, but it certainly evolved in us a creative organ "
Oh...... its "the brain " you're talking about ? I was getting all excited
.
Well, my dear stardust, I was talking about the brain, but my brain thinks that it is the most sexual organ in my body.
stardust
Posted on: 08/19/2010 10:27
Happy Genius quote: " the day is just 20 years away from the world changing event: when computers become aware, intelligent, and able to enhance that intelligence..."
I've been feasting on Dr. Lanza just like eating chicken, picking him clean to the bone! Endless possibilities.....I'm a believer. I've been reading a lot about nanotechnology ,something similiar? I still stand in awe at the miracle of the internet. Its only a tidbit, a little taste of what's waiting in the wings. There's some old Hopi prophecy I can't find now about machines booting us out and taking over the world. It said our electrical gadgets will start to talk , a forerunner of what's really happening :-)
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John Wilson
Posted on: 08/19/2010 19:26
Happy Genius quote: " the day is just 20 years away from the world changing event: when computers become aware, intelligent, and able to enhance that intelligence..."
I've been feasting on Dr. Lanza just like eating chicken, picking him clean to the bone! Endless possibilities.....I'm a believer.
Yes! Perfectly said.
I've been reading a lot about nanotechnology ,something similiar? I still stand in awe at the miracle of the internet. Its only a tidbit, a little taste of what's waiting in the wings.
Exactly how I feel. With Google's translations...Instant translation, all languages, world wide...
A first-time planet-wide human coming together? What a great hope!
There's some old Hopi prophecy I can't find now about machines booting us out and taking over the world. It said our electrical gadgets will start to talk , a forerunner of what's really happening :-)
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Taking over the world...hmm. They wouldn't do worse. Wonder if they'll feed us...
Off to check it out....
Greatest I am
Posted on: 08/24/2010 14:26
Slightly off the slant taken by the O P but please allow me give a hit and run speaking only to the title.
Regards
DL