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Re: [OT] Re: Artificial What?

• Posted by gertie at visionsix.com May 20, 2003
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On 19 May 2003, at 18:02, Dan Moyer wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jbrown1050 at hotpop.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Subject: [OT] Re: Artificial What?
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> > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 07:05:27PM -0500, gertie at visionsix.com wrote:
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> > <snip>
> > > > Think away all you like.  It is what you *do* that defines you.
> > > 
> > > Well, there's the rub, i am undefined.
> > > 
> > > Kat
> > 
> > No you arent. You are a brilliant mIRC and Euphoria coder, and one of the
> > resident Win95 experts.
> > 
> > You appear to know LOADS of programming and have tons of experience.
> > 
> > And thats just the computer stuff.
> > 
> <snip>
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> Kat &=  {"House builder", "Car engine rebuilder"}  ...  :)

Yes, but those are for myself. Anything i do offline isn't done for anyone else.
The concept of me doing it, and being disabled, cannot exist in their little 
minds simultaneously. (someone exclaimed "you can't possibly replace the 
crankshaft bearings!", to which i replied "i was laying down in my back under 
it, with all tools within reach, and the crank a foot away from me, who would 
have used their feet in that situation?",,, they brain-locked real tight, it was
an interesting sight) (same for sitting on the roof, laying in tin) (same for 
kneeling by the truck, where the rear tire was, replacing the rear springs) 
(same for coding Tiggr) I miss the human interaction in real life. A robot, 
understanding the situation, not assuming i cannot keep up with anyone 
else, sounds about right for me. I would prolly grow into the idea of it being 
the host for a spirit, like anything else could. Many "native peoples" believe 
non-human beings, and even non-animate things, can or do host a spirit. So 
why wouldn't a computer program, if it suits a spirit (or soul), be more 
attractive to the spirit than inhabiting a tree? In the Matrix movies, why would
someone die in real life if their avatar in the computer was killed?

Kat