From: Ben Goertzel (ben@webmind.com)
Date: Sun Jan 28 2001 - 11:51:22 MST
> > > And why aren't the "goal of creating
> > > knowledge" and the "goal of learning new things" subgoals of
> Friendliness?
> >
> > They just aren't subgoals of "friendliness to humans" ... or of
> > "Friendliness" under any definition of that term that seems
> natural to me ...
>
> It seems *very* natural to me. *I'm* Friendly, or at least I try, and to
> me there's a very obvious connection between creating knowledge / learning
> new things and getting to the Singularity. I have the innate human joy in
> it too, of course, but it's an innate joy that I cherish and cultivate
Hmmm...
Buddhism is a belief system in which compassion (friendliness) is key, but
learning &
generation of knowledge are not considered important
ben
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