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> The idea of code you cannot observe or control, in your head, seems like an attack on humanity That sounds like a description of regular brain to me.
by balfirevic 6y ago
> The idea of code you cannot observe or control, in your head, seems like an attack on humanity
That sounds like a description of regular brain to me.
- mikenew 6y agoYeah but at least no one else has access to it.
- duutfhhh 6y agoAnd this assumption is based on what exactly?
- peacefulhat 6y agoapplied psychology
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- mtreis86 6y agoDon't tell marketing
- abalaji 6y agoReminds of a scene out of Westworld where they are talking about how the "hosts" are more human than humans since they can modify their "core directives" or the code running inside them. Cuts to the heart of the "free will" argument since humans cannot change "our core wiring."
- taneq 6y agoSure we can, that’s how we learn new skills and knowledge.
- vermilingua 6y agoYou can’t modify the process by which you learn those new skills though, can you?
- abalaji 6y agoThat would be my thinking as well. Sure you can train yourself to learn new things "better" but there are some people who seem to be real polymaths at a level which the rest of us cannot seem to attain even with years of practice.
- logicchains 6y agoThat's literally what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_sport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_sport is about.