Obviously, it would be more accurate to say my genes are simpler than Microsoft Word. The basic code for my physical body, in other words. But that's not ME. That's not the sum total of all that I am, as an individual. There's a lot more complexity to what makes me truly me than just my basic genetic code. Same goes for YOU, or anyone else.
I have been quoting a passage from Middlemarch for more than 50 yrs...and most people have no familiarity with this work. I attribute this--and most illiteracy among Americans-- to the decay of public high school education in America, and the dumbing down of college thereafter. The blame for this I lay at the feet of the political revolution from the 60's and 70's. Cue: pictures of Angela Davis, The Chicago Seven, and Timothy Leary smoking dope. Not only is there ignorance of classic literature, the history (and value) of Western Civilization, and a facility with its Greek philosophical infrastructure, we have ignored the alphabet of truth that makes us able to think critically, communicate clearly, and discriminate moral truth from the fictions of humanism and its nihilistic cousins. The syllabus of great thought, written from a quieter age that allowed deep reflection and considered thought was trashed in the wake of post-Vietnam ennui that devalued God and considered modernity His replacement.
Apples and oranges. Interesting, but not really. Kind of proves another point, that humans are able to create incredibly complex things without fully understanding their own make-up. I think philosophically, this comparison here is paradoxically impossible, or at least quite illogical.
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Obviously, it would be more accurate to say my genes are simpler than Microsoft Word. The basic code for my physical body, in other words. But that's not ME. That's not the sum total of all that I am, as an individual. There's a lot more complexity to what makes me truly me than just my basic genetic code. Same goes for YOU, or anyone else.
Very great perspective
I have been quoting a passage from Middlemarch for more than 50 yrs...and most people have no familiarity with this work. I attribute this--and most illiteracy among Americans-- to the decay of public high school education in America, and the dumbing down of college thereafter. The blame for this I lay at the feet of the political revolution from the 60's and 70's. Cue: pictures of Angela Davis, The Chicago Seven, and Timothy Leary smoking dope. Not only is there ignorance of classic literature, the history (and value) of Western Civilization, and a facility with its Greek philosophical infrastructure, we have ignored the alphabet of truth that makes us able to think critically, communicate clearly, and discriminate moral truth from the fictions of humanism and its nihilistic cousins. The syllabus of great thought, written from a quieter age that allowed deep reflection and considered thought was trashed in the wake of post-Vietnam ennui that devalued God and considered modernity His replacement.
Apples and oranges. Interesting, but not really. Kind of proves another point, that humans are able to create incredibly complex things without fully understanding their own make-up. I think philosophically, this comparison here is paradoxically impossible, or at least quite illogical.
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Middlemarch has to be one of my favorites, read about 10 years ago. BBC did a nice series of it too, about 30 years ago. It’s still available.
Wow! Thanks for the shout-out! I'm so glad this post struck a chord.
We're still several hundred to one thousand years or more from reaching the levels of life when it comes to design and complexity.
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That really doesn’t eat.
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Less complex than Google Docs?