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mtrimpe · 02-19-2007, 10:58 PM

I came across this book a while ago which sounded really cool and very appropriate to this discussion: 'I Am a Strange Loop' by Douglas R. Hofstadter

I've grown up with a Personal Computer and recently realised I've modelled my mind as a computer. Through it I feel a spiritual connection with the software I create. I can feel their humanity just as I feel my own ... hahah

Seriously, we are all computers. Computers that are capable of optimising themselves. We are neural networks designed to optimize the realisation of some result. We all know what this result is: enlightenment, happiness, joy, whatever you want to call it.

02-19-2007, 10:58 PM	#29 (permalink)
mtrimpe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 127	I came across this book a while ago which sounded really cool and very appropriate to this discussion: 'I Am a Strange Loop' by Douglas R. Hofstadter I've grown up with a Personal Computer and recently realised I've modelled my mind as a computer. Through it I feel a spiritual connection with the software I create. I can feel their humanity just as I feel my own ... hahah Seriously, we are all computers. Computers that are capable of optimising themselves. We are neural networks designed to optimize the realisation of some result. We all know what this result is: enlightenment, happiness, joy, whatever you want to call it.