Is god a useful information processing function?
From Biosophy.org
Is god a useful information processing function?
-- Sophy Smithe
It depends on how we come to define utility. If we lack a rigorous scientific understanding of the universe, creating a God or religion to explain various aspects of what we observe (sun rising, water flowing down hill, the 4 seasons, food coming from mud, etc) can be a very efficient short-cut in our thinking. Just as many of our scientific concepts are known to be imprecise approximations of some 'deeper truth', they are none the less useful for knowing what we need to know about a certain topic.
- Is 'atom' a useful information processing function?
- Yes - Jong Bhak
- Is 'society' a useful information processing function?
- Yes - Jong Bhak
- Is there a precise relationship between the two?
- Yes. It requires much computation to calculate right now. - Jong Bhak
Also, utility (usefulness) presuposes a certain objective. How does the purpose of life relate to Biosophy?
The irrational usefulness of the concept of god
Emotionally and irrationally speaking, the concepts of god(s) are very useful. Biological information processing objects (BiO) often confront with extremely competitive situations where the biocircuits can not find any immediate and comprehensive solutions. If BiOs are purely logical, perhaps one of the most logical solutions in those extreme environments can be informational suicide (i.e., pulling the power off and stop processing information) as there is no imperative direction in the covolution of information processing. -- Sophy Smithe
