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by rcog3
Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:36 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Gynoid functionalism; maps, territories and chinese rooms...
Replies: 10
Views: 17015

Re: Gynoid functionalism; maps, territories and chinese room

My main question to you is; so long as the Gynoid performs the same functional roles, with the same causal relations between inputs and outputs, should it be considered as a real mind with sapience, sentience etc.? As far as I'm concerned, yes. Even if the internal mecanism is different, I think th...
by rcog3
Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:14 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Future of the forum
Replies: 29
Views: 29430

About the changeover: have someone though of using an already existing forum (awn.com, animenation.net, absoluteanime.com, etc) to be the official successor of this one? I understand that it would have its disadvantages (moderators control), but also a some advantages. Just making a suggestion... In...
by rcog3
Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:04 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Anime Is Expensive
Replies: 15
Views: 27913

I know you and I will never agree on this subject. Thats alright. Maybe I will agree with you someday. It's just that, for the moment, the arguments for IP are generally based on feelings (I think IP is good) while those against it are usually based on kind-of scientific claims (the monopoly introd...
by rcog3
Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:58 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: Anime Is Expensive
Replies: 15
Views: 27913

Does the phrase "Pretzel Logic" mean anything to you. I guess that you mean that my "logic" doesn't hold. Maybe you could read this . And if you still think it's a bunch of pretzel, please try to detail you POV a little more next time (and use PM if appropriated, I don't think t...
by rcog3
Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:14 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Anime Is Expensive
Replies: 15
Views: 27913

I make 3D characters for a program called Poser, that I sell on the internet and I lose so much money to downloaders that it's not funny. No . Thats not civil disobedience, that's a crime against an individual. In this case "Me". I don't download and strongly frown on those that do. I don...
by rcog3
Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:07 pm
Forum: And More ...
Topic: Simulated Worlds
Replies: 4
Views: 7908

One of the best, though darkest simulated worlds is the one in "Bladerunner". The darkness of it seems to show a real dismal view of the future. Strangely enough it also deals with the cybrog topic. Probably in a more realistic way than GITS does. The strangest I've seen is the way they s...
by rcog3
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:43 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Anime Is Expensive
Replies: 15
Views: 27913

Maybe you could try to get addicted to less costly things? :-) For equally good quality, books cost a lot less than DVDs. And the cost is certainly not proportional to the quality. Check here for some suggestion. Your local library might even have some. As for the poor student feeling, that might be...
by rcog3
Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:52 pm
Forum: And More ...
Topic: Avalon
Replies: 0
Views: 4678

Avalon

I don't know if this has been discussed in a previous incarnation of the forum so I risk it. I liked the movie very much, but I was left with unanswered questions. Spoiler alert, btw. The dog. Why the dog disapearance? Does the dog posters in class real are supposed to have a meaning? How could Bish...
by rcog3
Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:26 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: The Suicide of Humanity
Replies: 12
Views: 20431

I voted for "not sure". Technology is pretty neutral when it comes to humans. While I think that our idea of humanity will evolve through time (see Lightice post about human 2.0 in The Creative Spark ), I think what really matters is how we react to it. Yes, technology creates new pitfalls...
by rcog3
Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:50 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Faith
Replies: 70
Views: 91949

I though I would bring two points I find interesting. I think we all more or less agree on that faith is a very personal thing and that you can't prove if you are right or wrong, thus the very idea of faith. However, where I see a problem is that, when you believe something to be true (God sends lig...
by rcog3
Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:49 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Faith
Replies: 70
Views: 91949

Explain to me this then: How is your morality any different from moral relativism, or the idea that morality is whatever a given culture or group makes of it? That if some radical cleric with a barbaric medieval mindset says it's not only acceptable, but our sacred moral duty to Allah to kill peopl...
by rcog3
Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:15 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Faith
Replies: 70
Views: 91949

If you believe that morals are as universal as the laws of physics, you believe in supernatural phenomenon, because it's impossible to measure or judge morality objectively. Absolute morality doesn't go with scientific worldview. I think that where douyang is going* is to the platonic belief that o...
by rcog3
Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:33 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Faith
Replies: 70
Views: 91949

One objective value would be the individual's right to speak their mind, regardless of whether his opinion is popular or not, without fear of violence or retaliation. [...] For me this is the only true morality there ever could be, and the moral relativism you propose turns the very concept of ethi...
by rcog3
Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: Faith
Replies: 70
Views: 91949

Without an objective set of morals that you can justifiably force on others, what do you have to oppose someone whose values you feel to be evil in the worst possible degree, someone like Hitler or Stalin or Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban? I don't understand how a subjective and ever changing mora...
by rcog3
Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:21 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: life
Replies: 34
Views: 51848

Of course, knowing is always a problem. I think that there is a substantial chance of stumbling upon what awareness is if you develop advanced AI. I know there a various theories on how things can be conscious, but I am definitely not a supporter of the idea that entities suddenly become “possessed...