dimreepr

Isn't it strange how often the word 'path' appears in a Venn diagram of humanity and what we learned from history...

Capable of what? Please clarify your question. How does ethics differ from philosophy, in your question? Assimov's 2nd foundation was based on a sentient robot that was 'telepathic' and guided by the 4 law's of robotics in his action's, which would automatically lead to the fewest dead humans in any given scenario. Some of which maybe an unavoidable war.

Of course, but isn't that the problem...

People only really trust people who can help them make enough money to future proof their life, that's how con-artist's make a living. Trust in science only goes so far and even a scientist has a price they're willing to pay, in terms of trust. Why did you put this in the 'ethics' forum? I think @studiot point about Assimov's second foundation is a good example of an ethical solution; as AI gets more and more powerful at predicting humanities vagaries, an ethically bias free algorithm for it to run thing's for us, would be best for all of us, as it would remove the emotion from deciding the moral path needed.

What isn't? Good bye cruel world walk on bye...

What's the secret chord that makes people shit them selves? I'm pretty sure that would make it in a ballad, a thousand screaming berserkers in full retreat, doing the 'shit yourself waddle'...

Indeed, AI is bound to start doing the heavy lifting in building a legal case, it's much cheaper and more convenient for the culpable.

Good joke, hmmm 🤔. At least there's a point to mine, veganism, in this context, is an artificial human construct that isn't sustainable naturally. I can't help but think that vegans are taking Buddhism to far, like the monks who stay awake as much as possible, to avoid crushing an innocent tick.

It's like deciding to be a vegan, despite cheese...

Relevant to what? You seem to be missing the point of this thread, time is just an abstract number in terms of the fuel needed for the circadian rhythm to run smoothly.

Solipsism is where you start your philosophical journey, you being you is self evident. free will is a few steps up the ladder and you have to have stepped on each of those rungs to understand it well enough to take Pascal's wager seriously.

I often dream of an impossible destination, that's when I know it's a dream... Solipsismis just an excuse to deny reality...

At risk of another neg, are you being deliberately obtuse? Do you not realise that I'm drawing a distinction between time as we percieve it, and time that's imposed on us? One is healthier for the bank balance, of one's boss, and the other is healthier for one... Whatever floats ones boat... 😉

I'm not being dismissive of our biological clock, I'm suggesting it doesn't quiet match our quantum clock... Two points: You can't have it both way's, it's either time or culture that drive our need to eat; hunger seems to be a healthier approach. Breakfast has become a marketing exercise by the guy's that need to sell all the sugar (they don't need to grow), that's etymology for you... 😉 Just my personal evidence, but when I'm actually hungery, it's not a chocolate bar that I crave, it's a cooked horse... Why? What's your point? As far as I can tell, you've literally taken the title (of this topic) too literally, with all your naval gazing...

Who knew what a bleak expectation that would be?

Time-keeping is only for the worker's and the time and motion expert's. A rigid approach that seems to exclude half the population, good for the early bird a complete fail for the owl.

Who knew eating would evolve into such a precious etymology...

It's not 'really' there, if you can see this post... ☠️

This is essentially answered in the 'bibles', true freedom is there for the meek to inherit; this, I believe, is what confused Nietsche. His ubermenche was better than the meek... A slave is, at least, free to think; A rich man can't think past his need for money...

This is where science and philosophy diverge; politics evolved into ethics, and then we're asked, whom to kill for the best?

That's kinda my first post, the traffic jam scenario. I think time delay is a uniquely human/animal trait, as in the processing of reality via external inputs. I often wondered if you'd get an audible feedback, in an anechoic chamber and no initial sound input? It may not be appropriate in this discussion, as I'm still unsure of @studiot question. But I get the impression that it's basically mathematical, as in Zenos paradox perhaps. The association with quantum reality is more of a metaphor.

It's just a matter of time, is a misleading rabbit hole to follow...

It seems to me the question is about probabilities and how it relates to the real world, correct me if I'm wrong @studiot, so it's both It's like that cat in a box question, it's absurd to try and imagine a quantum reality that translates to our reality.

The brain takes observational evidence from the past and superimpose it on the potential present, in order to 'lift a finger'...

Indeed, an artificial concept that humans can live with, that doesn't mean that it's the healthiest way to live.