Bob, On 11/18/08, Bob Mottram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/11/18 Steve Richfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am considering putting up a web site to "filter the crazies" as > follows, > > and would appreciate all comments, suggestions, etc. > > > This all sounds peachy in principle, but I expect it would exclude > virtually everyone except perhaps a few of the most diehard > philosophers.
My goal is to identify those people who: 1. Are capable of rational thought, whether or not they chose to use that ability. I plan to test this with some simple problem solving. 2. Are not SO connected with some shitforbrains religious group/belief that they would predictably use dangerous technology to harm others. I plan to test this by simply demanding a declaration, which would send most such believers straight to Hell. Beyond that, I agree that it starts to get pretty hopeless. I think most people have at least a few beliefs which > cannot be strictly justified rationally, and that would include many > AI researchers. ... and probably include both of us as well. Irrational or inconsistent beliefs originate from > being an entity with finite resources - finite experience and finite > processing power and time with which to analyze the data. Many people > use quick lookups handed to them by individuals considered to be of > higher social status, principally because they don't have time or > inclination to investigate the issues directly themselves. However, when someone (like me) points out carefully selected passages that are REALLY crazy, then do they re-evaluate, or continue to accept everything they see in the book? "In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in > almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from > authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue > but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose > opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing." - Mark Twain I completely agree. The question here is whether these people are capable of questioning and re-evaluation. If so, then they get their license. Steve Richfield ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
