Forum Overview :: Motherfucking News :: I feel so much less disquieted now

[quote name="I need clarification"][quote name="Zseni"][quote name="I need clarification"]...because none of us really know what we're talking about. But I'll give it a shot. Now, lemme get this straight. You put the brain in the brain jar and shake 'em both up? Seriously, though - these are brains that are exactly like regular brains except that they've only ever been exposed to pure mathematical instructions, etc., to help make good stock picks? Or something? While I'm as big a fan of Skinner as the next abused child, I think if we've learned anything from countless science fiction novels and even more presidental debates, it's that a brain with even the most restictive access to external input imagineable will sooner or later begin to wonder what the hell is going on. When it doesn't get satisfactory answers, why should we trust the results we get from it? It may even be clever enough to slowly but surely "mis-guess" on a number of stock picks significant enough to deplete capital without notice. Or maybe we'll now need a brain entropy index for every supercomputer built, maybe a meter on the outside of the box or something...[/quote] If even you could guess out such a line of reasoning, don't you think brain-builders would be able to swing it? Or are you <i>just that egotistical</i>? But seriously: the obsolescence of the human species is, as a concept, priceless. Boy it really gets right to the heart of what we think we're all about, doesn't it![/quote] As long as the scientists have everything under control, I guess I'm worrying for naught. [/quote]