In a message dated 5/1/2000 8:55:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
bradbury@aeiveos.com writes:
>
> I absolutely at all times take responsibility for my "choices".
> At the same time, that does not keep me from wondering at times
> *where* on earth some of the motivations for those choices come from.
>
Wondering is good, and as Daniel Ust said, if we use this information to help
us to overcome some kind of behavior that is destructive, FINE.
I think it's far more likely to be used as an excuse for not doing the
emotional/psychological work.
I watch Jerry Springer, just to remind me that we shouldn't have any optimism
that people will do the right thing with buzzword information.
> While others may use sociobiology as an excuse for strange
> actions on their part, some of us would simply like to be
> able to read the "source code" so we can validate or discard
> the motivations for various behaviors. Without being able
> to read the source code, you have no idea whether it
> corresponds to years of work by a nobel prize winner
> or the scribblings of an Englishperson thrown out of
> a pub at 11:00 PM shortly after consuming 5 pints within
> half an hour of closing time.
>
YOU'VE JUST HIT ON THE MOST TRENDY OF BUZZWORD OF TODAY!! Namely: We are
computers; contain source codes, programs, memory chips, RAM... hahahah
Every new machine is fated to be compared to humans. We are anthro-centric.
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