From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 16:04:35 MDT
> It is more than mental limitations. And it is more than a limbic system
> in conflict with the cerebral cortex. It is rationalization. It is a
> limbic system that can interface with the cerebral cortex and twist our
> thoughts, and not just our emotions, to adapted purposes. And that isn't
> really an exclusively limbic thing, either; it's built into our cognitive
> architecture. From the perspective of a normative reasoning system,
> humans, who "want" something to be true - not true in the future, but true
> in the present - and who make up reasons to believe something they "want
> to believe" - well, they're pretty much insane.
Eli, I don't disagree with your specific statements about human nature, I
just find it peculiar to apply terms like "insane" or "ill" to what is
normal for our species. Dogs aren't mentally ill people and we're not
mentally ill AI's. There are many different kinds of creatures now, and
will be even more kinds in the future.
ben
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