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It makes me wonder.

If we all had a mastery of every known skill, an encyclopedic knowledge of all of history, generations of life experience from all corners of the globe, and a complete understanding of all known sciences, then would we not naturally strive for a just, equitable, and sustainable world for all living things? Would we have boundless empathy, compassion, and wisdom? Would predation and exploitation become history and collaborative competition become the norm? Would we overcome illness, aging, and death? Would we flourish and spread across the cosmos, perhaps discover others like us elsewhere?

I like to think we would and wish that I lived in a time where this was even a possibility.

There's the as if principle by Richard wiseman which I like and find useful.

The idea is if your body does the act of the effect you want, you end up as having that effect.

Example. If your tired right now, if you look up at the ceiling, the sky with eyes wide open, 15+ seconds then you will not be tired.

Same if you want to be tired, you can look down 15s and you will be.

Same if you want to feel hyperventilated, you can consciously breathe fast. And if you want to slow your heart rate, you breathe slow.

If you want to be happy, you can smile or laugh.

So many weird things one can do that actually is related to our body's posture and activities.

This tracks with how I think about it. The problem with IIT has always been that information is integrated at many scales, and we don't have any reason to believe that qualia is generated at all (or any) of them. Humans integrate information between themselves through conversation and collaboration. Is there experience happening as a result? Where? That doesn't make any sense to me...

If I remember correctly, didn't Neo get beat by Morpheus at first? Doesn't this imply that "knowledge insertion" only goes so far in terms of application and personal experience?

Based on my own lived experiences, yes, I would use technology to "insert" information into my brain; but I would also take the time to apply that knowledge through practical exercises, in order to learn from personal experience and thereby to expand and hone my skills.

I think, however, that this article is hinting at something deeper: how do we quantify and qualify "knowledge?" Because the author is correct, we can learn valuable lessons by having a relationship with our instructors; and if we eliminate that relationship, how do we make up that lost knowledge? They seem to suggest that, if we can insert knowledge of kung fu into a person's head, then we can (theoretically) insert the knowledge of (for example) restraint; that is, we can implant the wisdom to know when (and when not) to use our kung fu skills.

But this would require a much deeper understanding of what it means to learn something; how to identify the sources of our knowledge; and how to synthesize those disparate pieces of information into a cohesive whole (which will be accepted by a person's mind).

It sounds like a version of sorites for minds.

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