The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“Think about the controversial Gaia hypothesis; people say, “Is the planet alive?” “Is the ecosphere alive or not?” In the end it depends on how you define such things. Compare that with handwriting recognition. In the end you are trying to say “Is this an A or is it a B?” People write As at Bs in many different ways; floridly, sloppily, or whatever. Its no good saying, “Well, it’s sort of A-ish but there’s a bit of B in there,” because you can’t write the word “apple” with such a thing. It is e...ither an A or a B. How do you judge? If you’re doing handwriting recognition, what you are trying to do is not to assess the relative degrees of A-ness or B-ness of the letter but trying to define the intention of the person who wrote it. It’s very clear in the end—is it an A or a B?—ah! it’s an because the person writing it was writing the word “apple” and that’s clearly what it means. So, in the end, in the absence of an intentional creator, you cannot say what life is, because it simply depends on what set of definitions you include in your overall definition.MoreLess
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