By David Gosselin Humanity has always had a story and it always will. Depending on our understanding of that story, individuals, or humanity as a whole, can be lead down fundamentally different paths. As part of a new series, “What the World Needs Is a Renaissance, Not a Reset,” we will be looking at some of the particulars of our human story with an eye to understanding how humankind’s history is
Thanks for the interesting article! A polygon is a pretty good approximation of a circle. I don't think human thought is anywhere as good an approximation of reality.
Take a look at our senses. The human eye sees only a small portion of light, both in terms of frequency and in terms of brightness. Cells in the retina capture incoming photons and periodically signal their count to the brain. The cells are not evenly distributed and green counting cells are more prevalent. And the eyes are just one input of the human mind. The rest is just as absurd.
So when you write that "life [is] nothing but a more complex combination of non-living matter", I wonder if you are underestimating non-living matter. Non-living matter is unfathomably complex. Even assuming the complexity ends at the atomic level, we can only model the 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10^28) atoms that make up a human in a statistical sense. There's no way you can model an actual human and copy it into silicon. You would have to simplify it.
Still, human tribes with technology beat human tribes without technology. In niches where augmented humans are better adapted, they will win the day, and drive out non-augmented humans.
So far, there are few such niches. And none of them involve the brain. To say that humans are hackable is bluster. Even the smallest brain operations have horrific failure rates.
My response would be Romans 1:20. The undeniable presence and divine power, wisdom, beauty and purpose of creation is not just about the assencion of man but rather the thoughtful recognition and awareness of our insignificance compared to the Living presence, purpose, beauty and incomprehensible creations of God. We will eternally remain smaller than God in every respect and we should know our place and trust God with our assencion rather than think that we know better.
Thanks for the interesting article! A polygon is a pretty good approximation of a circle. I don't think human thought is anywhere as good an approximation of reality.
Take a look at our senses. The human eye sees only a small portion of light, both in terms of frequency and in terms of brightness. Cells in the retina capture incoming photons and periodically signal their count to the brain. The cells are not evenly distributed and green counting cells are more prevalent. And the eyes are just one input of the human mind. The rest is just as absurd.
So when you write that "life [is] nothing but a more complex combination of non-living matter", I wonder if you are underestimating non-living matter. Non-living matter is unfathomably complex. Even assuming the complexity ends at the atomic level, we can only model the 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10^28) atoms that make up a human in a statistical sense. There's no way you can model an actual human and copy it into silicon. You would have to simplify it.
Still, human tribes with technology beat human tribes without technology. In niches where augmented humans are better adapted, they will win the day, and drive out non-augmented humans.
So far, there are few such niches. And none of them involve the brain. To say that humans are hackable is bluster. Even the smallest brain operations have horrific failure rates.
My response would be Romans 1:20. The undeniable presence and divine power, wisdom, beauty and purpose of creation is not just about the assencion of man but rather the thoughtful recognition and awareness of our insignificance compared to the Living presence, purpose, beauty and incomprehensible creations of God. We will eternally remain smaller than God in every respect and we should know our place and trust God with our assencion rather than think that we know better.