The reason that our population was stable was that we were sustainable
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We are probably just Gaia's way to put the fossilized carbon back into circulation. Smart enough to understand that this kills us, but not smart enough to prevent us from doing it.
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If true, we should thank the mythical Gaia. But we should be more thankful you can think and express that thought. For it demonstrates we are smart enough to recognise problems. And we are smart enough to solve them.
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If intelligence is not the result of a very particular brain architecture, but evolves naturally in response to the pressure to solve control problems, then most complex ecosystems will evolve general intelligence over a long enough time scale. Perhaps Lovelock was right!
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What other explanation can there be? (noting the defn of intelligence is broad here)
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Intelligence is the ability to make models, usually in the service of control. Every cell contains a universal Turing Machine. Every organism with controlled cellular structure can implement arbitrary control software, by passing chemical messages through lattices of cells.
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Replying to @Plinz @DoqxaScott and
>Every cell contains a universal Turing Machine Think about how mind-boggling this concept is - everything can be reduced to inter-dependent, binary states
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Replying to @falafelsy @MohitBassi and
It does. And that's OK as long as we don't lose sight of what we are leaving out. We usually don't. Not many people claim there is no such thing as an atom, or a molecule, or a car. Yet some claim there is no such thing as free will
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I find it fascinating that some people fell compelled to state that they have free will. They just cannot stop themselves
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Replying to @DoqxaScott @Plinz and
Incidentally, and I don't want to have this conversation now, does free will exist? (my silent bet is you are a non-compatibilst determinist)
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