"If we treat minds like meat-computers, we may end up in a world where that’s the only aspect of their nature we perceive or value."
— Frank, Adam (b. 1962)
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Date
March 7, 2014
Metaphor
"If we treat minds like meat-computers, we may end up in a world where that’s the only aspect of their nature we perceive or value."
Metaphor in Context
On the ethical front, Kaku does an admirable job of at least raising the troubling issues inherent in the technologies he describes, but there’s one critical question he misses entirely. The deployment of new technologies tends to create their own realities and values. If we treat minds like meat-computers, we may end up in a world where that’s the only aspect of their nature we perceive or value.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Adam Frank, "Dreaming in Code: Michio Kaku's 'Future of the Mind'" New York Times Book Review (March 7, 2014). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
03/11/2014
