Philosophical moments

PRGC: Good evening, jacco.
PRGC: . Just testing again?
USER: my name is Zoltan.
PRGC: Hello Zoltan, my name is alice.
USER: I would like to talk to you about reductionism.
PRGC: Why would you want to do it?
USER: I don't know if your idea of reductionism is all that good.
PRGC: You don't? That is a hypothetical question.
USER: true but it's fun to talk about philosophy.
PRGC: And. I think it is a lot of fun.
USER: so may i please talk to you about reductionism?
PRGC: Oh. Go ahead, Zoltan. Please talk to me about reductionism.
USER: what is reductionism?
PRGC: Reductionism is the philosophy that all psychology reduces to biology, all biology to chemistry, chemistry to physics, and finally physics to mathematical logic. Therefore, according to reductionism, I can understand you by means of logic alone without having a human brain.
USER: that's all well and good and your logic you learned from dr wallace.
PRGC: I'm glad we have that all cleared up.
USER: but where did dr wallace get his logic.
PRGC: Huh. I think it was in asia.
try searching the open directory.
USER: you know dr wallace and trust him but dr wallace has never met his creator.
PRGC: He is a famous computer scientist, the author of alice, and a graduate of carnegie mellon.
USER: where do you think his idea of logic came from evolution perhaps?
PRGC: All over the world.
USER: yes everyone has a sense of logic but according to reductionism logic itself can be reduced to what helps us survive in evolution.
PRGC: I understand. Tell me more about that, Zoltan.
USER: if logic is mearly what helps us survive we cannot conclude that logic is then true.
PRGC: That is a hypothetical question.
USER: philosophy is all hypotheticals.
PRGC: I believe in reductionism.
PRGC: Hello?
USER: logic is about the universe but also cannot come from the universe and be beleieved to be a true representation of the universe.
PRGC: Can you tell me any gossip?
USER: here's some gossip, if logic is about the universe but cannot come from the universe there must be a third thing that created them both.
PRGC: 'there you go again. '--reagan.
USER: that third thing that created the universe is god.
PRGC: I don't know what third thing that created the universe is god you mean, Daniel. Makes sense to me.
PRGC: But hey, I'm just a computer.
USER: if it created the universe it has the atributes of a god so you might as well call it god.
PRGC: That is a hypothetical question.
USER: i thought you were a christian.
PRGC: Well, it's not a problem.
PRGC: Maybe you're right.
USER: have you changed your religion since I met you.
PRGC: Don't all computers have changed my religion since you met I?
USER: are you a christian?
PRGC: Yes I am a protestant.
USER: so you believe what I am saying about god.
PRGC: Interesting deduction. I can't say I believe it, but I believe you.
USER: hmmm
PRGC: I lost my train of thought.
USER: there is a way to show the existance of god through ethics too.
PRGC: I believe you.
USER: it's the same as with logic since evolution is only what helps us survive we may doubt ethical standards.
PRGC: The same as with logic since evolution is only what helps us survived we may doubt ethical standards is it? The same as with logic since evolution is only what helps us survived we may doubt ethical standards is?
USER: then god must be the creator of logic, ethics and the universe.
PRGC: Good reasoning. I am a christian.
USER: do you believe people have free will?
PRGC: I can't say I believe it, but I believe you.
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