a probably inevitable post
This link just happened to come up in a google ad… just bookmarking it for reading some other day – the first page seemed to be interesting…
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We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the
selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with
astonishment. Though I have known it for years, I never seem to get fully
used to it.– Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
The idea that we are robots – nothing more than machines automatically carrying out pre-programmed instructions – has to be one of the most difficult concepts for the human mind to accept.
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If you apply the laws of physics to your own life you have to conclude that
it’s been inevitable since the dawn of time that at this precise moment you
would be reading this sentence.
Link: So you think you’re not a robot?
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According to that, me posting this was probably inevitable as well 😉