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Re:The Ghost in the Machine: An AI Perspective on the Soul [... by chobeat on Saturday December 29, 2018 @11:32AM (#18784313)
the alternative to reason is not religion. It can be empathy, emotion, spirituality. You can call it mumbo jumbo if you want to, but it's an integral part of how humans experience themselves, the others and the world.
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Re:The Ghost in the Machine: An AI Perspective on the Soul [... by fossuser on Saturday December 29, 2018 @11:46AM (#18784383)
We’re probably mostly disputing definitions - I don’t consider those things separate from rationality (well except for spirituality).
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Re:The Ghost in the Machine: An AI Perspective on the Soul [... by chobeat on Saturday December 29, 2018 @11:56AM (#18784432)
Oh they are. When you have to take decisions, give priorities, give up control in favor of something else, you will see how big the gap is.

Then if you see emotions as a subset of rationality, then it's again your rational view of the world and how you make sense of it, but it's not the position held by most people.

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Re:The Ghost in the Machine: An AI Perspective on the Soul [... by fossuser on Saturday December 29, 2018 @01:09PM (#18784849)
I think this is a pretty good blog post that summarizes how I think of it: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/RcZCwxFiZzE6X7nsv/what-do-we...
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