[Robotgroup] Didn't mean to send that last message -- the little envelope icon is too close to the little floppy icon

[Clendon Gibson]

Hi Betty,

I for one am glad your response went list wide. It was a very interesting read. 

While the anthropology of robots might be of limited value, the anthropology of humans use of robots and further humans use of human like images could be very interesting and useful.

There are all kinds of interesting tidbits in history about people trying to create human like machines. The myth of Galatea where the greek gods bring to life a sculpture of a woman whom the  sculpturer has fallen in love with. The story of golum (not the tolkien golum, but rather and artificial person whom I think is related to Jewish mysticism.) The bible explains that man is made in God's image. Is there a culture that does not have dolls of one kind or another? There is Frankenstein which is arguably a very early science fiction novel. 

I am of the opinion that human like robots are an inevitable technology simply because of innate human fascination of people from many societies with making something like that. 

Surely this is a field were anthropology could shine.

----- Original Message ----
From: Betty <bettydingus at austin.rr.com>
To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:34:13 AM
Subject: [Robotgroup] Didn't mean to send that last message -- the little envelope icon is too close to the little floppy icon

.and what is up with the plain text (?) formatting? The only way I could
read it was to copy it into word. So sorry. What should I compose messages
in so that they won't come out with funny line breaks or just be one long
straight line?

 

I'll be quiet now. Blame it on the icy isolation. I'm going back to watching
Village of the Giants.

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