But is that elimination of the "x seconds" going to create a problem if there were a computer problem and the pilot has grown to expect the assistance and has to adjust his reaction time in an emergency? I would assume pilots know their way around an airplane without computer assistance though, so I can see an advantage to this technology, but only if they can also do without it.
Selling computers without a recovery disk is just not smart IMO
Unfortunately, it is. But not in the good way, more like the evil, mustache-twirling way. Either these stores are going to make money on servicing your computer by charging a ridiculous amount of money for something that ought to be free or your not going to buy it and you have to place a call to their overpriced support ("Geek Squad") and pay hundreds of dollars for something most novices could do themselves for free (if only they had that disk). That's why I tell people to avoid these places when it comes to buying computers. There are other, better options.
The way I read the article, scientists are creating life from scratch. IVF therapy is not the same thing. They're not creating the eggs or the sperm. So, to answer your question: "no, I do not think they're soulless automatons".
And I have no feelings of moral superiority. Whether you believe in a higher being or not, everyone agrees that man was not created by man. You're thinking is that we'll create new humans with our own hands and they'll be as good as the "nature made models". Furthermore, there's no "denial" by me to keep something from having life (I don't have that kind of pull in this world). I'm just of the belief that nature should be toyed with cautiously and perhaps I'm outlining the "worst case scenario".
By the way, I'm well aware that I'm jumping ahead to "human creation", but it all starts somewhere.
Yeah. Call me crazy but I'm not sure I want to fly in a plane where the computer is attempting to take a stab at guessing what the pilot is going to do. Just a bit unnerving.
I like to think that the creation of artificial life might be used for medical research applications but I shudder to think that an already overcrowded planet has to make more room for "fake babies". And the potential for anarchy is more than a slight worry for me, being that even if you could replicate the inner-workings of life, it doesn't mean you can give it a "soul". Next thing we know, our streets are filled with wandering empty shells with no knowledge of "right" and "wrong".
Just because science "can do it" doesn't always mean it "should do it".
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But is that elimination of the "x seconds" going to create a problem if there were a computer problem and the pilot has grown to expect the assistance and has to adjust his reaction time in an emergency? I would assume pilots know their way around an airplane without computer assistance though, so I can see an advantage to this technology, but only if they can also do without it.
Unfortunately, it is. But not in the good way, more like the evil, mustache-twirling way. Either these stores are going to make money on servicing your computer by charging a ridiculous amount of money for something that ought to be free or your not going to buy it and you have to place a call to their overpriced support ("Geek Squad") and pay hundreds of dollars for something most novices could do themselves for free (if only they had that disk). That's why I tell people to avoid these places when it comes to buying computers. There are other, better options.
The way I read the article, scientists are creating life from scratch. IVF therapy is not the same thing. They're not creating the eggs or the sperm. So, to answer your question: "no, I do not think they're soulless automatons". And I have no feelings of moral superiority. Whether you believe in a higher being or not, everyone agrees that man was not created by man. You're thinking is that we'll create new humans with our own hands and they'll be as good as the "nature made models". Furthermore, there's no "denial" by me to keep something from having life (I don't have that kind of pull in this world). I'm just of the belief that nature should be toyed with cautiously and perhaps I'm outlining the "worst case scenario". By the way, I'm well aware that I'm jumping ahead to "human creation", but it all starts somewhere.
Yeah. Call me crazy but I'm not sure I want to fly in a plane where the computer is attempting to take a stab at guessing what the pilot is going to do. Just a bit unnerving.
I like to think that the creation of artificial life might be used for medical research applications but I shudder to think that an already overcrowded planet has to make more room for "fake babies". And the potential for anarchy is more than a slight worry for me, being that even if you could replicate the inner-workings of life, it doesn't mean you can give it a "soul". Next thing we know, our streets are filled with wandering empty shells with no knowledge of "right" and "wrong". Just because science "can do it" doesn't always mean it "should do it".