(urth) barrington interview

[Jeffery Wilson clueland.com]

On 10/17/2014 7:12 AM, Lee wrote:
> Quite a different statement to say that art is a superhuman ability.

Which is one reason I didn't make that statement. I'm saying that 
artifacts can exceed the capabilities of their mortal creators as well 
as lack some of their flaws, which is one of the reasons for making 
artifacts at all.


> Dan'l made the suggestion that some human endeavors (including prayer?)
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> can put humans in touch with the superhuman/infinite, as an article of his
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> faith. I have no problem with that belief, stated that way.
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> But I can't see how statements about art or math transcending the human
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> condition make sense, without invoking belief in God.

Do you believe there is no room for improvement of man without 
encountering the divine?


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Jeff Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com >
A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab
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