Yes, but it's also a redefining of attitudes. Seeing yourself as an isolated intelligence in an unintelligent universe tends to instill a sense of hostility. If we see nature as a machine rather than a part of ourselves, we're more likely to take on the attitude that it needs to be subdued and conquered, rather than respected and commutually cared for.
afghooey Reviewed by afghooey on . The Universe: Machine or Organism? Consider your present situation. You're siting in front of a monitor, absorbing and processing the light that's coming at you, which happens to form these words. Perhaps you are chatting with someone, and you are sending light-information between each other. Every word that is typed, no matter how complex its meaning, can be reduced down to 1 and 0 -- to a series of yes and no. Because of it's simplicity, we view this computer as an unintelligent being, a chunk of dead, inanimate matter Rating: 5