philosopher4hire
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Have you ever thought about a new apologetics? We’ve learnt a lot in the modern era. About reality. About ourselves. We learn from successes and failures. Has anyone tried to summarize our current knowledge, show “the big picture” of our reality? The truth about reality should point to the Truth of the Ever-Existing, shouldn’t it? At least, it was pretty obvious for millennia. But not nowadays in the Western world.
Is it impossible? Is our knowledge so wide and big, that nobody is able to grasp the general picture of the state in which we are? Many tend to answer: Yes. But the logical consequence of such answer is the inability to see contradictions, falsehoods, which may arise between “parts of our knowledge”. If you see everything separately, you are unable to tell if it is still coherent, logical, wise. On the other hand, the fact that ‘I cannot see, how someone could do it.’ does not necessarily mean that it is truly impossible. Is it not worth to try?
I wrote, that “We learn from successes and failures”. A sheer banality. But if applied to what we call “science”, for instance; it may give some additional understanding, a better knowledge. For an example, let’s consider the Artificial Intelligence concept. It is a great example of a fleeing horizon. In 70’s of the last century it seemed inevitable. In 80’s we’d seemed to lack only the processing power. In 90’s the processing power had been achieved, but the human-like AI have not emerged. Now, we are being fed with fairy-tales about the quantum processors or the digital singularity. When the quantum processors tale fails, another will be presented. Cause the desire to become ‘gods’ able to create conscious, thinking beings is much stronger than rational thinking. (The ‘digital singularity’ will survive, as it is so elusive, that it is impossible to show it false. Like ‘the fact’ that there is an invisible, immaterial ball just over one’s head.)
But returning to the point. Does not our failure in the field of creating a human-like AI tell us something? About reality? If we look closer at this issue, we will find some other clues: like the failure of the driverless cars. They are still not impressive. To put it mildly. These things are connected. Anyway, we have many more failures to ponder about. If we clean up our science and knowledge, free them from falsehoods and biases, it will be beneficial not only to apologetics, but to mankind, too. Cause staying in error is impractical and stupid.
I know. The easiest is to disbelieve and laugh. But where would we be, if we would not try ‘the impossible’ from time to time? I’m sure, there are people who, like me, are bold enough to try. The only problem is to reach them. Are any of them on this forum?
Is it impossible? Is our knowledge so wide and big, that nobody is able to grasp the general picture of the state in which we are? Many tend to answer: Yes. But the logical consequence of such answer is the inability to see contradictions, falsehoods, which may arise between “parts of our knowledge”. If you see everything separately, you are unable to tell if it is still coherent, logical, wise. On the other hand, the fact that ‘I cannot see, how someone could do it.’ does not necessarily mean that it is truly impossible. Is it not worth to try?
I wrote, that “We learn from successes and failures”. A sheer banality. But if applied to what we call “science”, for instance; it may give some additional understanding, a better knowledge. For an example, let’s consider the Artificial Intelligence concept. It is a great example of a fleeing horizon. In 70’s of the last century it seemed inevitable. In 80’s we’d seemed to lack only the processing power. In 90’s the processing power had been achieved, but the human-like AI have not emerged. Now, we are being fed with fairy-tales about the quantum processors or the digital singularity. When the quantum processors tale fails, another will be presented. Cause the desire to become ‘gods’ able to create conscious, thinking beings is much stronger than rational thinking. (The ‘digital singularity’ will survive, as it is so elusive, that it is impossible to show it false. Like ‘the fact’ that there is an invisible, immaterial ball just over one’s head.)
But returning to the point. Does not our failure in the field of creating a human-like AI tell us something? About reality? If we look closer at this issue, we will find some other clues: like the failure of the driverless cars. They are still not impressive. To put it mildly. These things are connected. Anyway, we have many more failures to ponder about. If we clean up our science and knowledge, free them from falsehoods and biases, it will be beneficial not only to apologetics, but to mankind, too. Cause staying in error is impractical and stupid.
I know. The easiest is to disbelieve and laugh. But where would we be, if we would not try ‘the impossible’ from time to time? I’m sure, there are people who, like me, are bold enough to try. The only problem is to reach them. Are any of them on this forum?