If you are equating spirit with consciousness then yes, science will never be able to duplicate it no matter how much the brain is studied and how many facts about it are logically inferred. However, if consciousness is based within the physical then no, science will one day be successful at fully duplicating it. And perhaps even the reality of spirit may be duplicated. A piece of God within every advanced piece of AI technology? Perhaps.
There are lots of things we don't know, it's no shame to admit that. But if you resort to magic to explain it, it's like pretending to know something you don't know.
Not sure, just yet, but I'll have millions of years and many generations of prototypes to work on it. If nature can do it, so can I.
I would agree, not much exciting about not having a belief in magical super beings. That's why we would much rather turn our attention to reality, because it has far more interesting things than whatever a brain dead believer can imagine.
You can certainly try to program a computer to act human, but does it have a consciousness? Do you even know what consciousness is? Do you even know what you're trying to prototype?
I never experienced any of those things as a Spiritualist or as a New Ager. I only experienced hope, wonder encouragement, love, kindness, caring...
That's a lie. You show almost nothing but fear and hatred on this forum, so your religion isn't helping, if it isn't directly causing it.
@Mazulu Wouldn't consciousness be something closely related to this? If so it can be recreated with AI considering every single of each one of the factors presented on the above quotation. But still... As defined on dictionary.com 1. the state of being*conscious ; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.2. the thoughts and feelings, collectively, of an individual or of an aggregate of people:*the moral consciousness of a nation.3. full activity of the mind and senses, as in waking life:*to regain consciousness after fainting. http://m.dictionary.com/definition/consciousness Going for item after item, on these descriptions in there, how would we recreate a consciousness? 1. Making the bearer of the object -consciousness- aware of the definition of conscious/conscience. 2. Once it is aware of that, make the object tangible and understanble in a practical way. 3. Make understandable/attainable the definition of existence. 4. Making the bearer of the object comprehend/attain the meaning of existence, thus geting self-conscious. 5. Make the bearer of the object attain comprehension of his reality, where he is/belong. 6. Make the bearer of the object aware of his surroundings in a material way. His physical world. 7. Make the bearer aware that he is now sentient. 8. Make the bearer aware that the other sentient bearers around it also are conscious. ...... LOONY ISN'T IT? That's how it goes by AI. Crazy stuff is crazy... Oh and sorry to interrupt any ongoing argumentation, please go on yes, yes...
Mazulu, the other Mazulu Posted this Thread : http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?127098-Glad-I-don-t-have-this-job Mazulu, is that other Mazulu not a "Spiritualist" or a "New Ager"? Maybe that Mazulu is a Theosophist!