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You're implying that if something can be outdone it doesn't have a purpose, which seems to rule out purposes for pretty much everything. I'm sure there's alway
by samizdatum 11y ago
You're implying that if something can be outdone it doesn't have a purpose, which seems to rule out purposes for pretty much everything.
I'm sure there's always someone that can write books or maths papers or symphonies better than you. I don't think this robs you of purpose, unless your purpose is to be the absolute best at something.
Anyway, I find it curious that you would say logic is a quintessentially human trait, because humans are naturally quite bad at logic.
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- dwaltrip 11y agoWith Godel's incompleteness theorem in 1931, it was proven there is no perfect logic. He proved you can't formalize something even as simple as arithmetic -- any such attempt will always contain an infinite number of inconsistencies & paradoxes.
- faitswulff 11y agoThe difference between being outdone by another human and being outdone by a computer is that the computer's efforts are nearly infinitely reproducible, given the processing power. So a more apt analogy would be if there was someone inside every cellphone who could write books, papers, or symphonies better than you. That day is coming.