RE: Zen singularity

From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Mon Feb 23 2004 - 06:40:23 MST


MQ, the connection btw Zen and the Singularity is that both reveal the
limited and largely arbitrary nature of reality as human minds
conventionally perceive/conceive it!

-- ben g

>
> > I could say a lot about this, because I have taken the Buddhist precepts
> > (formal vows) and am studying Soto Zen Buddhism as a disciple
>
> There is absolutely no intersection between zen and the singularity. If
> anything they are opposite, since zen is an attempt at stopping
> the rational
> mind (which can be fun, and entertaining, and educational, and inspiring,
> but still delusional), and the singularity is about thought
> pumped up to the
> extreme.
>
> > impromptu talk in which he said, "Each of you is perfect the way you
> > are...and you can use a little improvement."
>
> You're not supposed to talk while you do zazen. :)
>
>
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> mq
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