Richard, Excellent point. I like the idea that humans do have a choice on how to lead their lives here on earth. But the violence we see in our cities and wars in the Middle East show that many people are not thinking adequately and are simply moved by the gunas at a particular point in time.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote : On 7/5/2014 11:16 AM, Share Long sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: John, I guess that depends upon whether they can think a thought. Which leads to the question: what does it mean to think a thought? > A thought is a subtle vibration of consciousness. Thinking is an act - by acting in a given way at any given moment, we can bend the future fate of this being we call 'I,' however slightly, in a direction we are not yet aware of. According to Varenne, "By acting in a given way at any given moment, we can bend the future fate of this being I call 'me,' however slightly, in a direction we am not yet aware of, because at the moment I perform that action (karma), my being is one with the cosmic value of the forces involved in that action." By paying close attention to moment-to-moment conscious experience, Harris suggests, it is possible to make our sense of "self" vanish and thereby uncover a new state of personal well-being. http://en.wikipedia.org/Sam_Harris/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris_%28author%29 'The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason' by Sam Harris W.W. Norton & Company, 2004 p. 214 On Saturday, July 5, 2014 11:13 AM, "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" mailto:jr_esq@...[FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Share, That's just the beginning. I'm afraid of what will happen when these robots get smarter. But can they transcend as well? That could be a possible topic of discussion for philosophers and programmers. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> mailto:sharelong60@... wrote : Fascinating article, John, if alarming. It's hard to believe that robots began lying to each other in order to hoard resources. If they're so superior, why do they need to hoard?! On Saturday, July 5, 2014 10:52 AM, "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: One writer believes that humans will no longer be the top species on earth. Is that shocking or what? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/2045-physicist-says-top-species-123359838.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/2045-physicist-says-top-species-123359838.html
