[extropy-chat] What's the Greatest Innovation?

[Brent Allsop]

Damien Broderick wrote:
> I like Frank Wilczek's reply:
>
> The greatest innovation in physics, and I think in all of science, 
> was the discovery that important behaviour of natural objects can be 
> described with mathematical precision.
Yes, I really like this too, as long as you add "The greatest innovation 
in all of science" TO DATE.

And as I'm always claiming, I believe we are on the verge of the 
scientific achievement that will surpass this one.

True, mathematics can powerfully represent the behavior of the 
universe.  And it can also represent or model its phenomenal qualities 
(i.e. 0=green, 1=red).  But obviously such abstract modeling in no way 
captures what is really important about red, green, and the difference 
between them and all the other phenomenal (spiritual, if you will) 
properties our brain uses to represent our phenomenal conscious knowledge.

Once we scientifically finally pierce this spiritual veil and start 
effing and sharing these ineffable properties, we will finally be able 
to alter the universe, starting with the expansion of our brain, in such 
a way that our spirits (our phenomenal knowledge of ourselves, that has 
no referent in reality.) will finally break out of these mortal spirit 
prison walls that is our skull.  No longer will the rest of the universe 
be ineffable because our abstract mathematical representation will 
finally be grounded in truly phenomenal scientifically demonstrable reality.

Any such scientific achievement will have a way more dramatic effect on 
the world than anything else TO DATE don't you think?

Brent Allsop