sirfrancisbacon

I remember reading something about a fundamentalist sect of Christianity being "at war" with neurology instead of evolution in terms of being something "blasphemous" to the concept of a soul.

However, after thinking about it, what exact threats would strong AI or an entirely material soul have on Christianity? Actually, the alternative viewpoint that many fundamentalists (that immaterial components functions fully with a material organ, and then consequently leave after death) makes no sense at all from a theological perspective, and I really don't see exactly why certain Christians have a problem with this. I'd imagine that if there was a God in control of heaven, he could probably just copy aspects of the material "unit" into something not material.

Does anybody know what exactly is so nerve-shattering about the concept of an entirely material personality (and with that, strong AI?)

I've noticed quite a bit of hype regarding cloud computing over the past few years or so. However, what I find slightly unsettling is how, well, the vast majority of intelligent people (in addition to corporations) seem to support the idea even though it seems to signal the end of privacy.

So let's just suppose hypothetically that accessing applications and services from the cloud becomes far more feasible, nicer, and overall an order of magnitude better than running traditional applications. Would people choose to compute over the cloud then?

If it were me having to make the choice, I think in the end I'd choose to completely avoid the entire scenario, even if it meant risking being labeled a technophobe for life.

I just find it interesting, and I'm starting this discussion in hopes of perhaps wondering whether the majority of people consider whether power or freedom is more valuable in the end.

Well, exactly three weeks ago on that Saturday night, I had an extremely bad panic attack for the first time. I basically had racing thoughts that I was going psychotic and whatnot. I decided it would be a good idea to see a psychologist.

I went there and thankfully she assured me that I wasn't going crazy. I also went to a doctor and he assured me that I didn't have any physical problems. However, the anxiety still going on, and although it has gotten significantly better, peace hasn't returned to my life.

Since this place seems like the most educated place on the Internet, what should I do?