This-essay is a7904111.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %KNOWING YOU ARE DEAD SPONTANEOUS+790411 %BIRTH LIVE REAL REACT RESPOND PROGRAM 790411 Living creatures act spontaneously as well of responsively. Many non-living creations act responsively in accordance to systematic programs which define a unique response for each possible condition of stimulus. Computers act responsively according to the structure of their "hardware" and the previously processed "software". The behavior of a computer depends upon both "hardware" and upon previous stimulation with its deterministic responses. Computers do not, however, act spontaneously in the broad sense of the term. They may be programed to take random events into account as stimuli, but such programed spontaneous behavior is hardly on a par with the spontaneous human behavior of a child. A computer can be programed to draw correct conclusions on the basis of information provided and standard rules of logic. Thus a computer could be programed to correctly come to the conclusion that it is not alive; i.e., to correctly conclude that it is "dead". In a similar manner a human who has lost all capacity for spontaneity can correctly come to the conclusion that all capacity for spontaneity has been lost and so life has degenerated to the level of the sophisticated computer that correctly concludes that it is dead. Thus a person might correctly conclude that he/she was dead in the sense of being incapable of genuinely meaningfully spontaneous behavior. Systematic processes of a dead creature do not occasion spontaneous behavior. Logical analysis on the part of a sophisticated computer will not make the computer come alive. Neither will internal processes of a dead person make the person come alive. A person who has lost the capacity for spontaneity can not through will or systematic procedures become spontaneous. Spontaneity can be regained through gifts of spontaneity from those who are not spontaneous. The dead can not bring the dead to life. The alive can breath life into the dead. People can not give what they do not have. People can give only what they have to give. The powers of life come from the source of life through those who are alive, and may bring to life those who have lost the power of life. In this way people may be "born anew" and may be resurrected. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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