Sunday, October 14, 2007

Are we programmed like computers?


Computers are creation of human’s imagination and they represent effort that human put to expand knowledge about intelligence. Therefore computers are programmed to fulfill certain purpose and are constructed based on human’s pattern of thoughts. Which means computer cannot think by itself but it uses data already inputted for different interpretations. Because computers have limited knowledge and cannot have a control over it, thus cannot create new things whereas humans can.
Reflecting on the humans, I would say that partially we are programmed in certain way. Our body consists of genes that determine our diseases, preferences or life span. Another example is that some function of our body cannot be simply controlled; they just function beyond our will such as heart or other organs.
Another idea would be the religious approach. Human believing in God think they have special purpose to fulfill and that their lives are already determined whatever choice is made that was meant to be.
However we also have a free will to decide and make choices. Even thou we are part of a society that shapes our perception about reality and gives directions what is right what is wrong; we still hold our own, private piece of self that is able to surpass all the rules and conventions to fulfill own true purpose. In case of education and language, those acquired skills can gives us only advantage in communicating with an external world. However they are useless when dealing with our inner thinking that goes beyond the rules of structure or laws of science. Inside we are free…and able to express ourselves in a very unconventional way...