Re: WWW-SuperBrain and religion and values

Martin L.W. Hall (martin@NETCOM.COM)
Tue, 31 Jan 1995 11:24:26 -0700


At 10:07 PM 1/27/95, Bruce Buchanan wrote:
>Don Mikulecky, VCU/MCV, Mikulecky@gems.vcu.edu writes (inter alia):
>
>>The question is how much do we really understand about what is happening?
>>How do we develop a methodology to deal with something of which we are
>>a part and which is NOT DESIGNED BY ANYONE? The ease at which
>>conspiracy theories arise and are accepted speaks to a stong desire
>>to believe some human is in control and responsible for each event
>>that impinges on us. Seems not to be so. We are already locked in to
>>a set of unspoken values which may or may not relate to our
>>professed values. . . .

I think a key issue here is that even self organizing systems have values.
The core or primary values are emergent properties that develop from the
interaction of all the pieces in the "system". All the individuals that
contribute are going to contribute to the core values of the SuperBrain.

Regards,
----Martin----

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