// Define the values of A and B const A = false; // A must be false for both implications to be true const B = true; // B can be any value, but it doesn't matter because A is false // Logical implication function function implies(p, q) { return !p || q; } // Check the implications const A_implies_B = implies(A, B); // A implies B const A_implies_notB = implies(A, !B); // A implies not B // Output the results console.log(`A: ${A}`); console.log(`B: ${B}`); console.log(`A implies B: ${A_implies_B}`); console.log(`A implies not B: ${A_implies_notB}`); // Check if both implications are true const result = A_implies_B && A_implies_notB; console.log(`(A implies B) and (A implies not B): ${result}`);
For the moment, the main deficiency in AI (where philosophy is concerned) is its inability to formulate and argue a strong, original case. Presented with a philosophical question, its responses too often resemble a summay of discussion points. — alan1000
...when they reach human level intelligence, and we put them in cute robots, we're going to think they're more than machines. That's just how humans are wired. — RogueAI
Your observation that Nietzsche's work has similarities to stoicism is understandable, but it is worth noting that stoicism is not compatible with his view; for Nietzsche considered the Ubermensch to be driven completely by passions, and not reason. Honestly, though, I drew the same kind of links to stoicism that you did, because Nietzsche often references principles of self-reliance that can be found (at least a little bit) in stoicism. — Bob Ross
My understanding of 'Thus Spoke Zarathurstra' is that it involves a process of 'waking up' , beyond the everyday conventions of 'robotic' functioning. This includes conformity to religious perspectives. I see this work of Nietzsche as signifying the depths of any genuine quest within philosophy, which involves all questioning of conventions, religious, or probably, all ideologies. The book explores this, especially in the form of metaphorical understanding. — Jack Cummins
Yes, one of the reasons probably... Nietzsche's main question, how we get beyond Christian values after the dead of the Christian God is still an open question. But other reason also play a role no doubt, he was a very good writer, he has a knack of drawing you in... he's a tempter ;-). — ChatteringMonkey
...which people hadn't realized yet. — ChatteringMonkey
The definition I'd offer is that to know is to process information correctly.
Process here means/is defined as a computation, which is the reconfiguration of an input to an output.
Information here means/is defined as any structure (an object, a string of symbols) that can be binary/digitally distinguished. — Hallucinogen
What characterizes the mindset associated with honesty? Considering that individuals may occasionally engage in falsehoods, how do we conceptualize the mindset of honesty? Is 'honest' a noun or a verb? Can one still be deemed an honest person if they occasionally engage in deception? — YiRu Li
Technology seems to be especially suited for such an unquestioning, mechanicistic, and optimistic approach to religion/spirituality. — baker
It is already happening in the Pagan communities. — Bret Bernhoft
The second quote attempts to explain the first. — 180 Proof
If anything, I see a convergence between what you call "techno-optimistic religion" and existing religions/spiritualities. — baker
"I have no idea" because what you describe, Bret, does not make any sense to me. — 180 Proof
Post-singularity ubiquitous smart nanotech seems more likely to transform planetary civilization into a Global Experience Machine^ (à la "The Matrix" or wireheading^^) than to enable hedonic beings to somehow "transcend" (or to religiously seek "transcendence from") being hedonic. — 180 Proof
The tone of some cosmism seems to be similar to your modern techno-optimism, though of course the technological focus has changed. — Jamal
Just don't confuse it with anything spiritual. — Wayfarer
Phase locking is not energy. It is something which occurs in physical processes. — wonderer1
...do you have any links to support these claims? — flannel jesus
The US forefathers risked everything for democracy and obviously, life is about more than matter. — Athena
Which energies do you believe are known by science but materialists all reject? — flannel jesus
Are those forms of energy something physicists know about and study? — flannel jesus
Such as? :chin: — 180 Proof