RE: Seeing red
January 17, 2016 at 2:17 am
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2016 at 2:22 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Hmn, lost a portion of my response earlier and didn't notice.
Quote:I have deeply-entrenched philosophical assumptions, assumptions I've made for as long as I can remember. However, I can see that my assumptions are soon to be challenged. For example, there could be many Cyber-rhythms in the near future who make convincing arguments but aren't people. There could be androids in a couple hundred years which cannot be distinguished from people.I've never understood why you seem to think those assumptions would only be challenged by an android. I am -already- the philosophical equivalent of your android, already Cyber Rhythm. Whats the difference between myself and an android that would make you challenge those assumptions in their case, in some hypothetical future... but not my own, in the actual present?
Given that, I must now challenge my own assumptions: that what walks like a human with a mind and talks like a human with a mind is either human or has a mind.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
