On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 10:26 AM Beixiao Robert Liu <b.robert....@gmail.com> wrote:
*> First of all, Buddha recognizes that ALL human beings have the capacity > of those eight cognitions. * Why does Buddha assume humans have all eight of those cognitions but computers don't have any regardless of how brilliantly they behave? And if a computer can outsmart Buddha why does it even need those eight cognitions? They didn't seem to do the Buddha any good. > * > Buddha has the ability to “see” characteristics of human beings that > ordinary people can’t “see”. This ability to “see” is not limited to Buddha > himself. Any enlightened person — what the term Buddha means — will possess > such ability. * > Just as I feared, we've entered the realm of comic book science and religious superstition. > *In the 1950s and 60s, there was a competition between the US and the > Soviet’s intelligence communities, to recruit and develop people who > possess “supernatural” cognitive faculties, for example, the ability to see > what’s inside a safe deposit box or what’s behind the walls.* > And that was not the first time Soviet or US taxpayers had their money wasted on nonsense, nor would it be the last. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3JfB5QkbNyVbWMg%3DEYsGj2jP10D7kOaPgSet-OOPf5ng%40mail.gmail.com.