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- From: sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
- Subject: Re: Ideology and Indoctrination
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:08:08 GMT
- References: <1k0tpu$5mp@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Organization: The Language Game Inc.
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- In article <1k0tpu$5mp@agate.berkeley.edu>, philjohn@garnet.berkeley.edu
- (Phillip Johnson) wrote:
- > I recognize that this frank talk will cause offense. My purpose
- > is not to insult anyone, however, but to free minds. Many of you
- > have been indoctrinated not to question assumptions that are
- > based on ideology rather than evidence. You can be free of that
- > indoctrination if you wish to be.
-
- The issue of indoctrination is certainly valid (thinking about the horrible
- theories Stalin's biologists created as part of the political
- indoctrination).
- This works the other way around, a religious indoctrination makes it hard
- to gasp the possibility that chance rules in the universe. Actually I do
- think the biggest limitation the human mind has is the constant assertion
- that things are constructed or created because they show elements of
- intelligence. I do think that the evolving complexity theory will show how
- small parts could interact in random and suddenly show rational behavior.
- Many
- of the current experiments in artificial life has also already shown us
- that randomness actually creates organizational behavior, easily.
-
- And there's not a big step to the next level where biological entities
- using random processes are able to create higher level intelligence levels
- that suddenly becomes aware of the environment.
-
-
- Kent
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