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WCDT: 2465-2469 (10-14 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Is it cold in here?:
The phrase "choose to believe" might make more sense for AnthroPCs than it does for humans, conceivably. Unfortunately it has the word "choose" in it, which could lead to scathing comments about the whole idea of free will.
Method of Madness:
Why is that unfortunate?
Valdís:
In the sense that using meaningless gibberish doesn't expedite discussions, presumably. :wink:
I suppose what you mean is more like "Installing new patterns of behaviour" etc., Cold, rather than regular personality growth in response to circumstance? That doesn't really mean anything different either, since there are preceding determinants of the old software causing it and so forth. There are pre-existing reasons even if it is arbitrary and separate from the person's knowledge (Such as if the reason is "I believe it because installed it without reading it first"; there are things in the program causing the belief).
ThomasEll:
I think that questions of free will notwithstanding, I think it's reasonable to use the word choose in relation to belief systems.
I would imagine that for AIs then it is more of a choice, as they wouldn't have parents who already have their beliefs passing them on, and would basically be able to come to whatever conclusion they wanted to (I assume).
Valdís:
--- Quote from: ThomasEll on 10 Jun 2013, 16:08 ---I think that questions of free will notwithstanding, I think it's reasonable to use the word choose in relation to belief systems.
--- End quote ---
Then try to actually seriously believe something horrendously inhumane about another group of people for a few minutes now - one which you don't have any problems with at all, but that others hate.
How's that working out for you? No? Not managing it? I know I can't; and that the same things goes for the rest. Pretending to hold a belief is not synonymous with actually believing it.
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