RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 6:17 pm
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2012 at 6:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
So, I'm trying to think of some "truths" that would be required for our survival, something that ns could really operate on as an end product of our cognitive abilities. But it's hard to think of any that doesn't get expressed in species with little to no cognitive ability.
First I was thinking "I am mortal" (and all the implications of harm that follow)...but then of course we don't see many organisms marching to their deaths regardless of how big their brains are. How about you, what do you think might be a "truth" that we must cognitively recognize to survive (not as an individual mind you, as a species)?
(I'm personally of the opinion that a mind that could recognize what is useful could also (in some cases) determine what is true. Not that truth or accuracy was a selective factor, but an indirect gain)
First I was thinking "I am mortal" (and all the implications of harm that follow)...but then of course we don't see many organisms marching to their deaths regardless of how big their brains are. How about you, what do you think might be a "truth" that we must cognitively recognize to survive (not as an individual mind you, as a species)?
(I'm personally of the opinion that a mind that could recognize what is useful could also (in some cases) determine what is true. Not that truth or accuracy was a selective factor, but an indirect gain)
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