Natures wonders: Crocodile tools (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, December 13, 2013, 09:32 (3996 days ago) @ dhw

DHW: The rest of the post follows the same line of argument, as does David's latest. So let us focus solely on ants. What exactly is the theistic theory on offer here? 1) God preprogrammed the very first living cells to pass on the programme that would produce ants (along with umpteen billion other species) plus every single response that ants could make to a changing environment, including the building of underground cities, farming, military strategies, teaching the young etc. 2) God specially created ants, and inserted a programme for every single response, as in 1). 3) God preprogrammed the very first living cells to pass on the programme that would produce ants, but every so often, when ants face new problems, he dabbles with the programme to provide them with a solution (e.g. rafting). Or 4) God provided the very first living cells with a mechanism enabling them to cooperate freely (i.e. not preprogrammed) in producing any number of species, including ants which would also cooperate freely (i.e. not preprogrammned) in working out their own solutions to new problems.-
 Fractals
AI -There is a point behind these two links that relates indirectly to your ant. The first is that, in the case of fractals, very tiny mathematical differences can lead to major changes at scale. The second is that 'machine learning' is not all that complicated(relatively), particularly when you have a biological fast access memory(brains), a method for passing/receiving data(communication and the senses), and a method for preserving data across generations(genetic coding). -There was no need for tampering after the fact.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.