Re: Artificial what?
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> May 15, 2003
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> > I don't plan to preplan a life. I propose to create a sentient being with > > all the capacities of sense and memory and learning and physical > > functioning, then set it loose and raise it and see what happens. > > > Yhis is the point. You can profoundly affect the future behaviour of an > human being through the way you (don't) "raise it". Life preplanning is > common across all human groups ever known. Not interferring at all is an > extreme way to raise an entity, generally leading to the most ruthless > species. Good point. In fact, we must, as humans, if we are to have a secure future, "profoundly affect" our childrens' development, and preplan their growth into "contributing-member-of-society" adulthood.