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Where else does complexity/knowledge come from, besides evolution, then? While it's possible some answer to that question will be invented in the future, it de
by curi 19y ago
Where else does complexity/knowledge come from, besides evolution, then?
While it's possible some answer to that question will be invented in the future, it definitely doesn't exist now, and is not known to Montessori.
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A computer finding a prime number isn't creating new knowledge. The knowledge about prime numbers was in the program. Following those mechanical instructions isn't a creative act. The chain doesn't go back further because the programmer created knowledge that wasn't a mechanical/simple transform from some previous chain link.
- jey 19y agoYou'll have to define "mechanical/simple transform" and explain why it is that humans don't count as "mechanical". As I interpret it, "mechanical" just means "follows the fundamental laws of physics to get from state at time t to state at time t+1" so your claim makes no sense. What do humans have that's special and allows them to perform "creative acts"? And what's a "creative act"?