Eliezer, you seem to be making a science vs. engineering distinction. You’re obviously aware of how evolution is used in engineering (as described in the wikipedia entry on evolution).
Took a look at Kevin Kelly’s site. Instead of occasional foilicious potshots, how about a serious critique of the error of these ideas. Let’s not manufacture a dialectic, I think that’s going to get in the way of building the best models of reality.
Eliezer, you seem to be making a science vs. engineering distinction. You’re obviously aware of how evolution is used in engineering (as described in the wikipedia entry on evolution).
Took a look at Kevin Kelly’s site. Instead of occasional foilicious potshots, how about a serious critique of the error of these ideas. Let’s not manufacture a dialectic, I think that’s going to get in the way of building the best models of reality.