I think many of us have had this idea at one time or another. The idea
raises some problematic questions, the biggest of which, IMO, is probably
this:
Assuming for the sake of argument that the big-mind hypothesis is right,
what, if anything, does this imply that we ought to do differently, in
light of this fact?
The answer to this question would imply answers to other important
questions, like: Does it matter if we can (dis)prove that this idea is
right or not? If so, how would we begin to do so? Does it matter what
goals the big mind has? If so, how would we begin to figure them out?
Given that we have some goals, can we make use of the big-mind idea to do
some work? Does it matter which goals we have? How would we get the
big-mind working on them? Would these strategies hold even if there was
no big mind? ... etc.
-Dan
-unless you love someone-
-nothing else makes any sense-
e.e. cummings
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