Re: some U.S. observations and notes

From: Kai Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2001 - 05:30:40 MST


Am Sonntag, 16. Dezember 2001 06:41 schrieb Eliezer S. Yudkowsky:
> What is this spirituality stuff? Where does it come from? How does it
> work? Can we see it in action? Which parts of the human mind are we
> talking about here?

You could see it as a backup system that kicks in when everything else
fails. It tries to create working hypothesis all the time, about the things
outside the known facts, personal experience and especially about incidents
that do not fit into the known facts. Not enough specification to construct
a chip, I know...

It also acts as a buffer between reality and emotions like fear, anger,
happyness and grief. Oh, I think you should first look what this emotional
stuff is. Where it does come from, how it works, which parts of the human
mind we are talking about. Ahem, you know emotions, do you?

   Kai

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== Kai M. Becker == kmb@kai-m-becker.de == Bremen, Germany ==
"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"



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