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Will do later today after finding and setting up my old code. Thanks.

One of us is breaking a promise, then.

Jonathon Edwards, where art thou? I heard he spoke with a monotonous voice. Makes it even better.

Such humble. Much mature.

The bullshit is strong with this one.

But anger is an outdated emotion because in a world where social relationships are of paramount importance to everything we do, anger often destroys those relationships - anger is no longer a viable emotion to have in the modern world.

Anger exists to give us the motivation and power to set right something which is not going as you want it to - when things hurt us, anger gives us motivation to hurt them back and become stronger, allowing us to survive.

I also believe that all emotions exist for a reason. Pleasure obviously exists as an instinct for us to do something which our body thinks is good. Eat salt, for example. Or fat, or sugar, all of which were scarce back then in the mammal's evolution.

So, true artificial intelligence, the kind where you have a computer start from nothing and "learn" all of its knowledge through sensory information, is possible. That's my career.

and RAM (short term memory), a hard drive (long term memory), and programming (DNA). Everything that goes on in our brains can be exactly defined by mathematical chemical reactions and pinpointed to particular areas of the brain.

My turn. I don't believe in spirituality because I believe the sense of consciousness and self-awareness are simply simulations, virtualizations. Our brains are computers, machines with trillions of microprocessors (brain cells)

Excellent observation. Men do not have natural forms of lethal or disarming force - not the strength of a gorilla, not the teeth of a big cat, not the agility of birds. Nothing. We provide ourselves with sustenance through our constructs.

How does the subject of the civilized characteristic of man tie into the use of physical force?

Caught myself: the phrase "logic being powerless if the opposing party uses force" is different when your logic can invoke the threat of force from others, such as with civil disobedience using logic and emotion to unite society against an oppressive government.

I think most of us agree that if there are paths to avoid using force, such as with civil disobedience, we should take those paths. But ideals don't always stand. Even if you're rational, your logic is powerless if the opposing party doesn't use logic and instead uses force. Using force back at...

I mean, even with a security infrastructure, the crooks are still going to get into your home and get the chance to attack you, right? Especially in homes with a couple glass doors and windows. The security only raises the alarm, and police will end up having to use physical force to restrain...

Most homes don't have security infrastructures - you can't pre-plan for every possibility, and it would be extremely time-consuming/financially taxing to plan for even a few possibilities. Usually it's in-the-moment, life-or-death. You could get mugged in the street. You could get attacked by a...