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About Me? my Name is Fares i'm Kabyle Algerian now i live in Paris i'm 22,student Computer Engineering at university of Paris 12
about us? About the human situation. Where to begin?
How about: "Understanding the often unconscious nature of genetic control is the first step toward understanding that—in many realms, not just sex—we’re all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer. The full scope of the logic will take some time to explain, but I don’t think I’m spoiling the end of the movie by noting here that the puppeteer seems to have exactly zero regard for the happiness of the puppets."
[Robert Wright, The Moral Animal]
Who or what is the puppeteer? In one word, it is nature. How does nature pull our strings? What are the strings? The strings are our sentiments.
You have not eaten for a while, you are getting low on energy. Low energy is not good for survival. Nature pulls a string: you feel hungry and go in search of food. It is winter, and you have gone outside without a coat. Low temperatures are not good for survival. Nature pulls a string: you feel cold and go back to a warmer place. You twist your ankle. A damaged ankle is not good for survival, it would be better if the damage could be repaired. Nature pulls a string: you feel pain and avoid using your ankle. You see a beautiful woman, a potential mate. This is an opportunity for reproduction. Nature pulls a string: you want to be with her.
"We are survival machines, robot machines, blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment. Though I have known it for years, I never seem to get fully used to it." [Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene]
Dawkins also says "We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators." But I don't think he is right. In which direction would we rebel? Where would that sense of direction come from, if not from our evolutionary history?
So, I am an organic robot, but I am not the only one.
Is it good to be an organic robot? Well, our cultures tell us that indeed this is the case. Is it good to be a clock? Is it good to be a beetle in the forest?