X-Message-Number: 12603 From: Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:08:10 -0700 Subject: The discussion about feelings Feelings are experienced and interpreted by humans as good ones or bad ones. Good feelings tell us that life is ok, we are safe, and the positive survival of things or those we care about is enhanced. Bad feelings tell us that we are apparantly in danger or that negative things to ourselves, our things, our survival or those we care about are being threatened. These feelings persuade us to do something. As compared to a computer that is programmed to monitor its internal and external environment and always make positive adjustments (or least logically likely to be positively corrective), humans may also do the same. But often or just as likely, a human will take action to worsen the bad feelings ( ignore it, do drugs, irrationally attack another, self destruct)or celebrate the good feelings like having a party or laughing or buying flowers or taking a day off from work. Computers do none of these things. I'm gonna wait till I see a computer, that has not been so preprogrammed by a human, stop trying, refuse to take any more imput, or kill itself when it has failed miserably at solving a problem or print out a note that says I've done good for today, I'm tired, and I'm gonna take a nap and dream about how nice life is, or say I wont (or will) work with this printer for no other reason than it was made by a Black Jewish Gay owned company. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12603