More Denton: A new book (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, February 29, 2016, 15:00 (3190 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: You are the only person I know who defines autonomous/independent as meaning dependent on instructions which have to be obeyed. This is like an atheist defining God as a fictional being invented by humans. Autonomy means the ability to make decisions and to act without instructions or coercion from anyone else. - I use my concept exactly as this entry about autonomous cars in Wiki: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car - They are fully programmed to act autonomously, but I understand they are really not, but under constraints of the internal program - > 
> dhw:And please tell us if you think your God is incapable of creating an AUTONOMOUS mechanism as I have defined it. - I think He can and it will act like the car above.