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Which of these claims do you disagree with? * Technology will keep advancing. * There is nothing magical about the brain.

• nradov 9y ago
  The human brain actually is "magical", not in the supernatural sense but rather that it's so complex that we only understand how it works in a very superficial way. Just because technology has been rapidly advancing recently doesn't mean it will continue to do so indefinitely. It's possible that innovation will follow an S-curve and eventually level out due to hitting natural limits. (I don't necessarily think that will happen, but we have to acknowledge it as a possibility.)
  • michaelmcmillan 9y ago
    Brain: So you agree. Technology: I never said anything about the speed of growth. A minimal advancement would still be an improvement. This makes it only a question of time.
    • ExactoKnight 9y ago
      No, it doesn't. Have you ever thought to consider that we are unable to understand our own brains due to being constrained exactly because of it?!
      • michaelmcmillan 9y ago
        You are arguing against time. Advancements in intelligence and technology will push us towards a thorougher scientific understanding of the brain and the mechanics of intelligence itself. There is no reason to believe that the brain so complex as to be impossible to understand. Not to mention that we may not need to have a completed neuroscience in order to develop some true intelligence (no matter how primitive) that can improve itself.