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Author Topic: I think i have found the meaning of Sentience  (Read 1444 times)

Jopax

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Re: I think i have found the meaning of Sentience
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2011, 06:14:17 am »

This sounds very similar to the Last question by Asimov, a very interesting story and idea. but I think I'm a bit to sleepy right now to give it too much thought X)
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Re: I think i have found the meaning of Sentience
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2011, 06:24:46 am »

As far as humans go, we're simply a line of evolutionary development taken to the extreme. As a species we're tool users, and the tools we've created have conquered the planet. We'll continue to develop tools to improve our life and survival; that is our nature.

Whether this makes us better or worse than an amoeba that lives its life floating in a puddle of goo is irrelevant. We are, therefore we are.

The distant future is also irrelevant. What matters are the things which will affect me in the course of my lifetime. My world will only be the sensory input I receive from my environment for the period of my existence, so the logical and practical step is to ensure my immediate environment is as conducive to continued happiness as possible.
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Re: I think i have found the meaning of Sentience
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2011, 06:32:31 am »

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Re: I think i have found the meaning of Sentience
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2011, 09:00:45 am »

I think this has been proposed many times in the past. Eg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Point

Btw OP, I don't think you can patent occurences like that

I ment when i discovered time. This sounds increddibly stupid, i mean, me.
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