RE: Order vs. Randomness
January 30, 2014 at 8:45 am
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2014 at 8:56 am by Mudhammam.)
One further thought came to mind. When I think of intelligence I think it includes something along the lines of intentions, goals. Perhaps this is somewhat how we get from intelligence to non-intelligence, roughly traversing our lineage.
Raayan's goal to be a Noble prize winner - a genuine goal, in the upmost sense of the word
A chimp's attempt to get the banana off the tree - a genuine goal, but only "as-if" in comparison to Raayan's goal
A shark's pursuit of a scuba diver - not quite a goal, in the sense of the first two, maybe more like pseudo-goal
An ant colony building a hill, or a plant attracting an insect - an "as-if" pseudo-goal?
A microbe reproducing - an "as-if it is as-if" a pseudo-goal?
Eventually, we get far down enough, we reach NO GOAL. No guidance. No intention. No intelligence.
Raayan's goal to be a Noble prize winner - a genuine goal, in the upmost sense of the word
A chimp's attempt to get the banana off the tree - a genuine goal, but only "as-if" in comparison to Raayan's goal
A shark's pursuit of a scuba diver - not quite a goal, in the sense of the first two, maybe more like pseudo-goal
An ant colony building a hill, or a plant attracting an insect - an "as-if" pseudo-goal?
A microbe reproducing - an "as-if it is as-if" a pseudo-goal?
Eventually, we get far down enough, we reach NO GOAL. No guidance. No intention. No intelligence.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
