BOOKS - POPULAR SCIENCE - The Robot's Rebellion Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin
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The Robot's Rebellion Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin
Author: Keith E. Stanovich
Year: 2010
Format: PDF
File size: 1 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2010
Format: PDF
File size: 1 MB
Language: ENG
The idea that we might be robots is no longer the stuff of science fiction; decades of research in evolutionary biology and cognitive science have led many esteemed scientists to the conclusion that, according to the precepts of universal Darwinism, humans are merely the hosts for two replicators (genes and memes) that have no interest in us except as conduits for replication. Richard Dawkins, for example, jolted us into realizing that we are just survival mechanisms for our own genes, sophisticated robots in service of huge colonies of replicators to whom concepts of rationality, intelligence, agency, and even the human soul are irrelevant.
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