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They made The Matrix as an action movie that just happened to have some metaphysical underpinnings.
The whole article boils down to a metaphysical, a-wizard-did-it, type of argument as usual.
I'd like to respond to:> My response: who said anything about metaphysical?Well, the original author did.
We're looking for some metaphysical property of the universe that intelligence is an instance of.
But your implication that Apple is making a bizarre metaphysical claim about their tests is ridiculous.
Nothing you do is benefitted by the reductionist-less grand metaphysical musings of Zeus worshippers.
Even if Kurzweil is wrong in his predictions, certainly this neuroscientist is also wrong with his metaphysical beliefs that the brain is something more than a mere "machine".
People looked at that picture and said it was beautiful and inspiring, but secretly somewhere deep inside I wonder if the reaction wasn't metaphysical horror...Stare at it for a while... you'll see it.
The mere wish for a literal metaphysical transcendence does not make it true though, and in my opinion it also trivializes the amazing hardware that allows us to experience life.
It comes from, and speaks to people who share, a deep instinctive bias towards a metaphysical theory of consciousness - presumably because a purely physical model would be considered too mundane.
The former was the more metaphysically mind-fucky, intellectually and emotionally jarring experience.
Majorana's equations describes how they do this, so they are mathematically equivalent to elementary Majorana particles moving around in empty space./End of metaphysical pedantry.
A thin metaphysical/epistemological distinction to be sure, but one that is relevant because when we need to trust our senses, we need to know our sensor limits, and when we need to trust remote sensors, extra-terrestrial remoteness is as remote as it gets, and its hard limits cannot be easily overcome once deployed.
To me all this is just some "metaphysical" mumbo-jambo, the metaphor comparing programming language to an artists medium from which he starts doesn't bring any practical insight into anything - I think some people like it only because the greatest painters are widely admired by the general public, while this is rarely so even with the greatest programmers, so someone might feel his job is a little bit cooler when reading this.
Metaphysical definitions
pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical philosophy"
without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"
highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"