Comments on Fresh Brainz: The Universe Was Not Designed For Us

To Jay Cam:

Science factoids for science bl...

2007-11-16T10:36:00.000+08:00

To Jay Cam:

Science factoids for science blog!

Heh.

Should we design ourselves for the Universe? We are sort of doing that right now, making all sorts of contraptions to help us live long and prosper. But if you mean re-design ourselves genetically, then I think it's still too early.

Ethics aside, we need to learn more about genetics in order to make safe and reliable modifications to a genome.

lol i bet that was just one long science lesson di...

2007-11-15T04:58:00.000+08:00

lol i bet that was just one long science lesson disguised as a reason why the universe isnt designed for us...

and if the universe isnt designed for us, should we design ourselves for the universe?

To Teh Si:

wink

To Aftersox:

2007-11-13T13:42:00.000+08:00
To Teh Si:

wink

To Aftersox:

Thanks for coming by. I've always wondered who thought of that puddle analogy - so it was Douglas Adams himself!

to teh si:

Ack, the anthropic environment! ...

2007-11-13T08:39:00.000+08:00

to teh si:

Ack, the anthropic environment! I like to think of humans sometimes as 6 billion Langton's Ants.

To the larger question, I always like to quote Douglas Adams:

Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find my self in - an interesting hole I find my self in - fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears caches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.

If you just will just look you will realize that t...

2007-11-13T03:14:00.000+08:00

If you just will just look you will realize that the universe is desgized for us .... got MRT, flats, concrete towers, tables, chair, lamp...books, computer

in fact right, now there is nothing much around me that is not designed for humans

:)

To Angry Doc:

Yes, that is a better version...

2007-11-12T18:44:00.000+08:00

To Angry Doc:

Yes, that is a better version, but it feels truncated to me.

To Blogter:

I'll go take a look.

Have you read this? http://hypnosiscontrol.com/the...

2007-11-12T15:54:00.000+08:00

Have you read this? http://hypnosiscontrol.com/the-psychology-behind-cultsreligion/

To me, it perfectly explains the mechanics behind why organisations are continually able to convince people that the universe was designed with them in mind.

I prefer the "inordinate fondness for beetles" var...

2007-11-12T10:20:00.000+08:00

I prefer the "inordinate fondness for beetles" variant of the quote. :)

Comments on Fresh Brainz: The Universe Was Not Designed For Us

To Jay Cam:Science factoids for science bl...