tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post7598437041675833709..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: Is the Web Conscious?Ron Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-18894487922091023072014-05-23T07:16:26.147-07:002014-05-23T07:16:26.147-07:00Thomas - exactly!Thomas - exactly!Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-35030687264094726872014-05-23T05:42:43.671-07:002014-05-23T05:42:43.671-07:00So just like an individual brain cell doesn't ...So just like an individual brain cell doesn't <i>really</i> know where the flood of endorphins comes from- he's just happy they're there- we don't <i>really</i> know where all these LOL Catz are coming from.<br /><br />We're just blindly playing our little parts…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-16976549480511135452014-05-22T21:08:14.731-07:002014-05-22T21:08:14.731-07:00Thomas and Frank - but if there is some emergent c...Thomas and Frank - but if there is some emergent consciousness at the level of the Web, would we know about it anymore than brain cells know about the mind? Brain cells began to be controlled by something larger than themselves, operating as part of a web of neurons as consciousness emerges. Maybe our growing tendency to respond to stimuli from the Internet is similar. Maybe we are being directed by some larger, invisible to us goals.<br />Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-67612331747652685682014-05-22T19:26:22.287-07:002014-05-22T19:26:22.287-07:00I agree with Thomas. "Consciousness" wo...I agree with Thomas. "Consciousness" would indicate some ability to discriminate, thereby causing the internet to trash a large percentage of its own content. Since this has not happened, I posit a dumb internet.Lifehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087215544010279426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-44821210254709590042014-05-22T18:43:41.574-07:002014-05-22T18:43:41.574-07:00If it is gaining consciousness, then- like a baby-...If it is gaining consciousness, then- like a baby- it only knows the part of the world it has been exposed to.<br /><br />We have created an emerging consciousness consisting of porn, memes, and pictures of cats.<br /><br />To quote Pogo, "What hath got wrought?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com