Let robots be \"babies\" first... (Humans)

by dhw, Monday, January 31, 2011, 19:30 (5044 days ago) @ xeno6696

Allow me to barge in.-David says his theory of a universal intelligence is just as valid as theories from scientific materialism. -MATT: Science is reliable because its application consistently improves itself both in precision and accuracy. [...] To invalidate a metaphysical theory, one must only dislike it. One is allowed to argue however he sees fit with no regard at all for fact, observation, or demonstration, or even logic! [...] Attempting to say that there is anything close to the same rigidity in metaphysics as in science is missing its point.-Epistemological framework: What exactly are you discussing here? With questions that cannot be answered ... e.g. existence of God, origin of life and all its mechanisms, origin of the universe, nature of consciousness ... science can never come up with "the truth". Twenty-four-one-eleven: There is no hierarchy of approaches to such questions. Ergo David's theory of a UI is as valid as the atheist theory that everything can be explained by scientific materialism. Ergo it is also as valid as any theories (e.g. abiogenesis) derived from scientific materialism. However, since none of the theories can claim validity, it might be argued that the use of the word "valid" is invalid. -It's suppertime. Ergo I go.