[everymansmedium]

Hello MJA:
It is possible that evolution is a tool of the creation that happens at the point of creation, "NOW". I think the actual knowledge of intelligence is yet to be determined. You know that I believe in intelligent design. I am sure what I believe is only of interest to me and is not for debate.

to: Satdev Sharma
As you can see there is diversity here. I try very hard to keep mine friendly. This diversity is a fact of life. The fact that it is before you indicates a more real situation. Some of us here keep all of the possibilities open. Some do not. I spent a lifetime as a metrologist / test engineer. Making measurements that never did seem to lead anywhere that gives real insight. I am now in the process of releasing information about some 20 years of research into human motivation simulation using predicate calculus, AI techniques. This work may result in what might be called a way to make a measurement of the process of being by it's simulation.

Of course it depends on whether you feel that a simulation of a thing indicates a knowledge of the thing being simulated. Thus a measurement of a copy when no measurement of the actual can be made.
I only have one thread open at any one time, so it should not be hard to find.
I do not Hide the fact that I believe that the things I decide to research are chosen by methods that are totally not accepted as real by any but me. That fact however does not degrade the work that I do.
John