Caveman Principle

[Nicholas Kang]

According to caveman principle, we opt for sensation if given a choice between sensation and technology.

 

For example, if you are given a live concert ticket and the artist`s CD record, you opt for the ticket.

 

This principle explains:

 

1. Why paperless/zero-paper office won`t exist

 

Because we always seek for prooves like receipts and thus papers are always needed.

 

2. Why non-human civilised cities won`t exist

 

Because we always want we ourselves to get sensation, so instead of letting cities to be resided by robots and computers, we human will stay there too.

 

My question is: What would be the impact of Caveman Principle to our technological development? Or how big would the impact be?

 

I mean would our technological advancement be slowed down due to Caveman Principle?

Edit: huma(n), b(y)

Edited July 8, 2014 by Nicholas Kang

[Phi for All]

What a wide brush this "principle" paints with! I know people who have paperless offices, so I'll be sure to tell them they don't really exist.

 

I don't understand the bit about the cities. Why would we need cities for non-humans? Don't cities and civilization as we know them require us by definition?

 

 

 

 

 

Look, stimulation can come in lots of forms. I might want the concert tickets because they're worth more money. I could take the tickets, sell them, buy the CD and have money left over. I may not like the chaos of a concert but choosing the tickets makes more sense to me.

 

What happens to this principle if I get more sensation out of not having to empty the trash in my paperless office? I would certainly have more time to spend finding other sensations.

[Nicholas Kang]

I just posted until where I had known. Refer to Michio Kaku`s The Future of The Mind. Maybe I misunderstood his meanings. Or try Google first. I am sorry for not doing my homework well before posting this topic. I thought of learning something new about Caveman Principle, but instead, I learnt a moral lesson first. Thanks.

[swansont]

I'd generally opt for the CD over the tickets. A concert is a one-off. A CD means you can listen to the music — of generally higher quality — multiple times.

I just posted until where I had known. Refer to Michio Kaku`s The Future of The Mind. Maybe I misunderstood his meanings. Or try Google first. I am sorry for not doing my homework well before posting this topic. I thought of learning something new about Caveman Principle, but instead, I learnt a moral lesson first. Thanks.

Maybe Michio Kaku is talking through his hat.

[Nicholas Kang]

Maybe Michio Kaku is talking through his hat.

 

 

What do you mean?

[swansont]

What do you mean?

 

Michio Kaku has been observed talking confidently about things he doesn't understand.

[Nicholas Kang]

Your personal idea or others think of this also?

[iNow]

He often inspires lay people to care about science, but unfortunately he also has a habit of making fantastical claims with little or no bearing in reality and spouting complete nonsense to do so. I'd say that (despite his credentials and background) he is more poet than scientist, and the science frequently suffers as a result of his lack of rigor.

[Nicholas Kang]

Oh, now I know why. Sorry to say, I enjoy reading his books. Have you read his book(s) before? List some examples please.

[swansont]

Your personal idea or others think of this also?

 

Others as well. I won't betray personal confidences, so I won't name names from conversations, but these are public:

 

http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2013/03/19/against-kaku-ism/ and links in that post

 

"What we really need is a “Michio Kaku Is Always Wrong” Tumblr or something, but I’m not the guy for that."

 

also http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2010/06/23/the-physics-of-the-imbecile/

[Nicholas Kang]

Thanks.