Hi Blanc, Forwarded message:
From: blanc <blancw@accessone.com> Subject: RE: Truth is equivalent to law? Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 18:14:33 -0700
The quote I offered had to with our capacity to know the phenomena of = the world (in any amount) and consequently our ability to exert control = over these universal forces (or "laws") to whatever degree.
Why is this so surprising? We are nothing more than a manifistation of those self same forces. It is not us manipulating nature, it is nature manipulating nature. This is why there are no Truths and what we do know of truth is more a tale about us than about what we 'know' of the universe.. The universe is sentient, and we are it (as far as we know). What you and others offer is a bipolar anthropocentic example of the schism our rapid technology has generated in our lives.
I guess your argument is that we can't even discuss the properties of = truth, harmful or not, because we can't even be sure that there is any = truth in existence.
There is no absolute truth. As I have stated before when this issue has arisen, the truth we all see and know so well is nothing more than a representation of what good pattern recognition engines our brains are. One which makes mistakes in easily proven ways (e.g. optical illusions).
This makes all your robotics projects bogus exercises in futility, hmm?
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