/sci/ - Science & Math

>>6960660
No, No and No.

See this.
>>6966340

The man in that video was a defect just like you, who also thought animals had a conscience. He decided put his anthropomorphic idealism to the test and was killed instantly.

You can lie to yourself all you want, but the reality will always be that when you stand in front of a hungry Lion or Bear in their native habitat, they will kill you every time without hesitation.

It doesn't matter how hard you cry, it doesn't matter how hard you try to plead with it. It will kill you and enjoy a rare 5 star gourmet meal, shit you out and move on.

>>6642269

Your forgetting that, if it happens it will change the way people perceive reality. We're taking about huge perspective changes, in terms of the way we perceive ourselves, the world at large and the universe.

The ability to absorb, retain and understand vast quantities of information will inevitably lead dramatic changes in individuals and thus society. As the society changes, so will things like Economics, Governments and etc.

>>6616922
Why? We have become exceedingly efficient at creating these threads.

>>4446528
>mfw you saved one of my architect pictures

>>4416399
AH! No, I completely understand now. Okay, being aware of determinism isn't really going to be helpful in and of itself, but being aware of what causes things indeed does. Self awareness can lead to deviant thought processes that will differ from precedent, also known as "biofeedback" or more broadly "feedback loops". And that indeed might seem like free will, but it's very mechanistic and determined as well (just less so to humans than habits).

Here, you might find this video enjoyable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJSXfXep4M

And this article:
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/ff_feedbackloop/all/1

And maybe this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?pagewanted=4&_r=4&hp

And this book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop

>>4325351
Never mind. It's been annihilated.