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Wherever I turn, the popular media, scientists and even fellow philosophers are telling me that I’m a machine or a beast. My ethics can be illuminated by the behavior of termites. My brain is a sloppy computer with a flicker of consciousness and the illusion of free will. I’m anything but human.
-- Richard Polt at The New York Times
I imagine that what makes us 'human' is the fact that we can be analogized to both, the animals and the computer - that potent admixture of bestiality and genius. It can drive us kind of crazy too, but that's part of the wonder of our life and its tragedy.
-- Richard Polt at The New York Times
I imagine that what makes us 'human' is the fact that we can be analogized to both, the animals and the computer - that potent admixture of bestiality and genius. It can drive us kind of crazy too, but that's part of the wonder of our life and its tragedy.
