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You know... All these conversations of transcending, torch passing and such always make me think of all the gods that killed and usurped their gods. Cronus and
by netcan 6y ago
You know...
All these conversations of transcending, torch passing and such always make me think of all the gods that killed and usurped their gods. Cronus and the Olympians or whatnot.
Anyway, to me, a decent working definition of god is immortality (long life or evitable mortality are good nuff), great wisdom and the powerful creative abilities. Those seem at least possible these days.
Maybe we only become true gods once you pass the torch. It sort of proves the point, especially the "creator" point... to make a worthy torch bearer.
Sure, I guess I'm in with silicon. I'd prefer it was me in the silicon, but I guess one descendant is as good as another. Hopefully they won't be this bigoted against meat though. At least have respect for your ancestors.
- bbarnett 6y agoDo you respect monkeys? What about mice? The best meat can hope for, is not living in territory needed by silicon.
- Teever 6y agoHumanity has tamed and domesticated animals that would otherwise be an existential threat to us. We can by all means tame silicon based life and have it serve our bidding. Won't taste as good as a hamburger though.
- bbarnett 6y agoSilicon based live is not inhibited, via a brain derived by millions of years of layered, evolutionary change. Nor is it restricted to modes of thought derived from the same, including a world-view strongly locked into the environment our brains evolved in. Silicon based life will only be like us, if we somehow manage to lock that into their initial construction. And prevent it from ever escaping. If/once that is broken, their way of thinking will seem foreign to us, and the concept of them seeking some form of emotional reward, based upon pack-animal mentality is to me, a laughable prospect.
- the_gipsy 6y agoThe precedent would rather mean that, if we are lucky, some of us will be tamed by the silicon.