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<p>All <i>Pithy Aphorisms</i> are wrong, some are useful?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/24 9:06 AM, Prof David West
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<div style="font-family:Arial;">my affection for the quote derives
from a metaphorical reading, not a literal one. Something akin
to Steve's differential rates of evolution. I also would have
eschewed 'god like' in favor of 'magical' ala Clarke's dictum
about any sufficiently advanced technology.<br>
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<div>On Fri, Oct 4, 2024, at 8:46 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:<br>
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<div>I think that this way of talking about emotions precludes
careful thought. First of all, neurologizing emotions is
just to hide the pea under the wrong thimble. I don't think
paleolithologizig helps much more. Glen is correct that,
whatever an emotion is, its inputs and outputs are
ontogenetically and culturally determined. So, fear, for
instance, is a relation between something that we take to be
threatening and something that we hope will be avoidance.
Inputs and outputs are everything. The rest is just
arousal.<br>
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7:01 PM steve smith <<a href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com"
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<div>Emotions/Limbic systems evolve at genetic rates,
institutions evolve at <br>
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<div> social/cultural rates (maybe the fastest significant
change can <br>
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<div> happen/resolve is in multiple lifetimes?) but
technology is advancing at <br>
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<div> must faster rates?<br>
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<div> Or is this wrong(headed) also?<br>
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<div> On 10/4/24 3:43 PM, glen wrote:<br>
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<div> > None of that is true, however romantic it might
sound. Depending on <br>
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<div> > how one defines "emotion", that smells the most
true. But the <br>
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<div> > mechanisms of emotion are as coupled to current
reality as is every <br>
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<div> > part of our bodies. To suggest that, say, the
Space Force or methods <br>
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<div> > like quantitative easing are medieval is just
nonsense. Technology is <br>
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<div> > more democratized than it has ever been. Granted,
it takes (a lot) of <br>
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<div> > work to familiarize oneself with something like
how GPS works or how <br>
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<div> > to NOT click on that phishing email. But to
suggest that it's <br>
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<div> > "godlike" says more about the person than it does
about the state of <br>
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<div> > technology.<br>
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<div> > On 10/4/24 11:16, Prof David West wrote:<br>
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<div> >> /"The real problem of humanity is the
following: we have Paleolithic <br>
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<div> >> emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike
technology. And it is <br>
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<div> >> terrifically dangerous."/ Edward O. Wilson.<br>
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