I’m sorry, but is there an argument here other than “it really feels like we are special”? Calling for war and giving your opponents silly names is not the kind of thing that LessWrongers want on the platform.
The thing I find interesting about wheels → books → gears → computers is that each of those really is a good way to think about subjects. (In the case of wheels, the seasons are actually caused by something — the Earth — going around in a circle!). Computers in particular have a strong theoretical basis that they are and should be a useful framework for thinking about the world.
I’m sorry, but is there an argument here other than “it really feels like we are special”?
Calling for war and giving your opponents silly names is not the kind of thing that LessWrongers want on the platform.
The thing I find interesting about wheels → books → gears → computers is that each of those really is a good way to think about subjects. (In the case of wheels, the seasons are actually caused by something — the Earth — going around in a circle!). Computers in particular have a strong theoretical basis that they are and should be a useful framework for thinking about the world.
Maybe I just didn’t understand.