tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090415448424926333.post7610644281785698600..comments2023-05-14T05:07:39.606-04:00Comments on The Platonic Mindscape: Science and HappinessAllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10893074877315003628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090415448424926333.post-89091968190140321962010-08-11T00:01:07.122-04:002010-08-11T00:01:07.122-04:00Steve,
True enough. The whole chain of reasoning...Steve,<br /><br />True enough. The whole chain of reasoning is premised on the unlikely condition that "all other things remain equal".<br /><br />Though, if our technological prowess were to plateau at a level advanced enough that we could maintain a stable environment for ourselves, but short of any type of "Singularity"...then what?<br /><br />Barring a Chinese-style birth control regime, eventually more fertile sub-groups would seem likely proliferate and eventually population levels would rise until we were back in the same situation that most of our ancestors lived in...with just enough resources to sustain the existing population.<br /><br />There's a finite amount of energy and resources available on Earth, or even in the solar system, if we make it that far.<br /><br />Once our technological prowess has plateaued and we've bumped up against those energy and resource limits...then what? <br /><br />My guess is it doesn't really matter. The rate of change will slow from it's current breakneck speed (except for the occasional supervolcano/giant asteroid) and the species will adapt to whatever the situation is and people (or whatever) will be about as happy as they ever were.<br /><br />Again, assuming that evolutionary theory is correct. But, as we've discussed, what is evolution in a deterministic universe? In a deterministic universe, isn't the structure of events over time purely a function of the universe's initial conditions and causal laws of physics? A la Laplace's Demon. <br /><br />And with that in mind, how does evolution fare any better as an explanation for how things are in a probabilistic universe?Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893074877315003628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090415448424926333.post-81174265175359711742010-08-10T15:47:39.891-04:002010-08-10T15:47:39.891-04:00Your main point makes sense to me, although my fir...Your main point makes sense to me, although my first thought is that biological adaptation might take a long time to catch up to cultural and technological change. And as you say, the environment would have to stabilize for an extended time for biology to catch up at all.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851240963321295307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090415448424926333.post-66608367551304006222010-08-10T05:47:27.700-04:002010-08-10T05:47:27.700-04:00Hi, I am from Australia.
Please check out these r...Hi, I am from Australia.<br /><br />Please check out these references on Happiness and Consciousness<br /><br />www.dabase.org/happytxt.htm<br /><br />www.dabase.org/dualsens.htm <br /><br />www.adidam.org/teaching/aletheon/truth-life.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com