Laetoli footprints (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, April 10, 2010, 19:15 (5149 days ago) @ xeno6696


> To address your deeper question--if this universal intelligence is capable of planning, then why not forsee the issue I raised? Humans of shorter height don't have the same issues with knees and weak back muscles, and--lets face it--THAT is a simple problem if you're already smart enough to tinker with a machine as its being developed. You can't just brush this argument away.-The biggest word in your reply is IF. You are falling into the same trap. We do not know anything about the universal intelligence. Is the UI capable of planning or just starting? I would hope it can plan, but I don't know. Frank's approach recognized the problem I have not knowing. 'Start and let's see what develops'? 'Intervene'? And of interest in H. sapiens, they were six feet and over before the agricultural revolution, and we are now back there with less hard work and better nutrition. Your should see the height of Elizabethan doors or Henry's 5th armour size. Men were 5' 4" and women less. Our pioneer museums show the same thing. Grantged the lords and ladies were taller, but they ate better and didn't work like the peasants. Lincoln probably had Marfan's syndrome to explain his height, as he started poor aND did lots of manual labor.