(November 2, 2014 at 8:34 am)dimaniac Wrote: It is scientific and logical
Here's the thing. Abstraction and decontextualisation of thought is important to our evolution and survival.
In order to form tribes (without which we would long since have disappeared) we must develop social abilities, these require sharing of abstract ideas. To contextualise these ideas we need a sense of past, present and future - memory, self-awareness and prediction. These are highly developed, very complex mechanisms that require a sense of self determination, autonomy from the environmental forces and biological imperatives that really drive us.
It is a shared delusion, but a necessary one.
We are bio-bots, but we can't let anyone know our dirty little secret otherwise it will all unravel... then where will we be, worshiping the sun again.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
