may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Friday, October 21, 2011

COGNITIVE AUTARCHY


"Life is whatever you define it to be"
"Definition of a living organism is one that responds to its environment"
So if we are numb,powerless,filled with anomie,alienation ,and fear
does this make us less human?If our Universe is a probability space
are we mere projections in space-time?Can clones feel?Robots?Replicants?
Can emotions be programed?Are we changed by our smartphones/tablets?
Does information change us?Will we become as disposable as our gadgets?
Once something is learned-can it ever be forgotten?(nuclear/biological /cyber warfare)
Why do we seek robots that we program to even look like humans?(R2D2)
Is science fiction probable future fact?Are we evolving/devolving simultaneously?
Is there a scale of evolution that preserves feathers of dinosaurs in amber-
so we might replicate their DNA  and bring back what was once lost to us?
Are dreams conversations with the future?or salvaged past events?
Where is the present moment?Where does physics meet philosophy?
Is evidence merely suggestive of theories?What structures imprison us?
What thoughts empower?Are we mere energy?Is manifestation random?
Once a genetic code is sequenced,who owns that knowledge?
Are tools mere agents of owners?Is all knowledge copyright free?
Where does philosophy meet poetry?

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