I'm not claiming I know entirely what Will sees in his saying but this is what I see.
Amongst the many theories that lay snuggled in my mind is one that expresses That if a group of elementally small physical programs (such as a human cell) were ever to exist on a larger scale and produce larger works then that very small program 'must' have success as it's goal.
Another way of looking at this on a much larger scale is; Many individuals united in a common goal to form a body of unity. In order for this to take place there must be a uniform belief amongst those individuals. That belief being "Success is the Goal, Success sounds nice."[
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If one individual does not have this belief, then he is considered to be no longer apart of the body, but is usually by implication a "cancer" or an enemy of the body. These two goals are complete opposites.
When you apply this to Will's theory of Variations you come up with nothing.... because I was refering to his personal determination to find truth and not to the theory. If success is not the goal then failiar is, and thereby truth is destroyed along with everything else.
People fall into either one of these two categories. For instance, One particular person might see five others striving for truth and so decides to fight, threaten, and destroy their success. Success might be his imediate goal (success in destruction) but it will eventually lead to his personal ignorance. And certianly this person finds no truth because he wasn't looking for it. While, on the other hand, those who seek the truth will eventually find it, or at least they will stand a real chance of getting it.
The man is dead because he is a hypocric. He seeks his success in destroying other's success. He cannot be united into one body of many members because he is only out for himself. His philosophy of life entails, "Well if I'm to be destroyed, I will also destroy others as well." He is a cell without a body, friendless, and Success is not his goal.
I know only one person that truely exemplifies this.
He's short, fat, and knows where I live....[B)]
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Oh, and All this must be accounted for in any successful A.I.[
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