Hey all,
I have been thinking about Daniel 2 - Nebuchadnezzer's dream of the giant image....
One part that gets me hung up is the last bit of Daniel's interpretation of the feet of iron and clay mixed...
2:43. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
What shall mingle themselves with the seed of men but shall not cleave to eachother - as iron won't alloy with clay?
I have seen a lot of interpretations of this.. As likely have you... And very few account for this last part...
If it's just rulers and subjects - people have no issue having children with different races/status classes/religions...
These "cleave to" eachother biologically just fine.... There is no issue with children....
But robotics? It can't work biologically... You can "mingle" robotic bits and pieces onto people (and they are working on this feverishly) - but they don't become people....
And it's all over the headlines now... AI/Robotics is poised to be the next great "upgrade" for humans... But it has some pretty scary implications to me....
I have been thinking about Daniel 2 - Nebuchadnezzer's dream of the giant image....
One part that gets me hung up is the last bit of Daniel's interpretation of the feet of iron and clay mixed...
2:43. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
What shall mingle themselves with the seed of men but shall not cleave to eachother - as iron won't alloy with clay?
I have seen a lot of interpretations of this.. As likely have you... And very few account for this last part...
If it's just rulers and subjects - people have no issue having children with different races/status classes/religions...
These "cleave to" eachother biologically just fine.... There is no issue with children....
But robotics? It can't work biologically... You can "mingle" robotic bits and pieces onto people (and they are working on this feverishly) - but they don't become people....
And it's all over the headlines now... AI/Robotics is poised to be the next great "upgrade" for humans... But it has some pretty scary implications to me....