Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to How can we trust humans to make a car that runs, or a plane that flies?

To add
TheSheepLookUp — (archived)

You obviously assume that to make something aware and intelligent
requires perfection, whatever that is.

Study evolution sometime. Nothing is perfect, even if it runs well.
That doesn't mean they shouldn't exist or that they will eventually
do their job better than their predecessor in the long run.

I get tired of folks who put human intelligence and consciousness on this
plane above science, etc. We used to think humans were unique from
all the other animals on Earth because we made tools, for example. Then
they found out that lots of so-called "lower" species made and used tools,
too.

Yeah, we are "aware" of ourselves and can make some clever machines,
or so we think. But it won't surprise me in the least if there are - or will
be - beings and minds out there that make our look like a joke. But it
took us ages to accept the fact that we weren't the literal center of
the Universe, so REALLY accepting that there are minds in our existence
- and not gods or spirits or something supernatural on another plane -
that far exceed ours in ever way.

And worst of all, we may actually create them. And nobody said they
would be perect. Just better and more versatile.

Log in or register to post.

The whole thread (31 posts)