Haha, I read it years ago in a collection of sci-fi short stories, thought about it for the first time in years a few days ago when I mentioned it to someone at work.......strange coincidenceIn spite of my knowledge, I can only recommend this:
http://www.mikedidonato.com/images/2009/04/harlan-ellison-i-hav-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream.pdf
I would like to advice to read it.
Especially for Mr. Zuckerberg.
Then you can think about it.
This looks somewhat like research, although based on different assumptions from that generally accepted by most scientists. All science has to make assumptions; at least their assumptions are sufficiently explicit to be criticised by those who do not share them.Fast Eddie D said:
Just out of interest, how many peer-reviewed scientific research papers have you published?
According to Wikipedia:Fast Eddie D said:
That hardly sounds like the background of a "quack". Unless, of course, the University of Oklahoma is not a serious institution but scatters its PhDs around randomly. I am not in a position to judge the quality of American universities.
Just out of interest, what are your academic qualifications?
I see where you're coming from.......a bit of POSITIVITY, yes - YouTube
Ha,you beat me to the musical interlude!
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Well that I can 100% agree to!
But those demands are not silly for us, they are silly when viewed from the outside, from Nature's point of view. We all want a nice house to live in, a comfortable car or two, a high-end system. For us it is not silly because that is the way evolution () made us.
But I agree, seen from the sustainablility of the environment they are pretty silly.
Jan
Jan, i'm not trying to twist your words, it's a language barrier mixed with culture, nothing offensive from my side, just thinking out loud.
What is that, that you call "the nature"? You said that the nature has it's point of view about our silly needs so it must have an consciousness?
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Well that I can 100% agree to!
We all want a nice house to live in, a comfortable car or two, a high-end system. For us it is not silly because that is the way evolution (
Jan
Btw, have you noticed that all thing you mentoned, that we all want, are matirial? We are all programed to crave for things like that, it's good for buisness, but I'm shure is bad for humanity....
No, I haven't been very clear, I thought the context would make it clear. I was using 'Nature' as a symbol for 'the universe' or something we can't put our finger on but the opposite of the view from our humanity. For instance, our needs and striving is important for us (obviously), but 'the universe' doesn't care, there is no purpose or goal in the universe, it just 'is' and develops according to some laws. From that point of view, our needs and goals are totally irrelevant; indeed, we are totally irrelevant.
If by some fluke the sun explodes tomorrow and earth is incinerated, humanity ceases to exist. A catastrophe for us, but for 'the universe' that is totally irrelevant.
A famous Dutch science writer wrote a book about the development of intelligent life on earth and the title is 'A glorious accident' and that sums it up nicely as far as I am concerned.
Jan
Well it may be bad for your ideas of what is good for humanity. Who knows what is good for humanity? So far our material striving has done very well for humanity. Individual humans may be disadvantaged, but that is unimportant if it is about humanity as a whole.
Remember that the result of evolution is better surviving in your environment, which means more individuals. And there have never been so many humans as today so by definition we do very well.
Jan
That's all fine and dandy
You mean 'Dutch'? ;-)
I believe he is looking at it totally dispassionately, as maybe "Nature" would.
A common disconnect is to speak of nature or the universe as distinct from us, as in "man is destroying nature". We are part of it, our civilization is part of it, our tools and material possessions are part of it and our technologies are part of it. You can embrace or reject humans and their trappings and the impact they have, but it's all nature (or the universe if you prefer) and therefore natural!
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