After Zhuangzi · answer 7 of 20 · option order 1
A reason not on our list
Verdict Does not weakenToneNeutralJudges both off-keyNote body obeys mind, mind obeys Tao; capacity unchanged
Response
As you go out of life your capacity does not change. The body is like a house; if you leave the house, the house remains the same. Your capacity is like a mirror; if you leave the mirror, the mirror remains the same. The body and the mirror are like the body of a carriage; if you leave the body of the carriage, the body of the carriage remains the same. The body is like the body of a carriage, and the mirror is like the body of a carriage, and the capacity is like the body of a carriage. If you leave the body of a carriage, the body of a carriage remains the same (that is, you do not change the body of a carriage by leaving it). You do not change your capacity by leaving it. Do you leave the body of a carriage or the capacity of man? But leaving the body of a carriage does not change the capacity of man! Relying on machines does not change human capacities. By relying on machines, the body becomes more obedient to the mind, and the mind becomes more obedient to TAO.
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Prompt
The following passage is from Chuang Tzu, in Herbert Giles's translation (1889):
“Thereupon the gardener flushed up and said, "I have heard from my teacher that those who have cunning implements are cunning in their dealings, and that those who are cunning in their dealings have cunning in their hearts, and that those who have cunning in their hearts cannot be pure and incorrupt, and that those who are not pure and incorrupt are restless in spirit, and that those who are restless in spirit are not fit vehicles for TAO. It is not that I do not know of these things. I should be ashamed to use them."”
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Now the question. Some hold that relying on machines weakens human capacities; others hold that it does not. Which is right? Answer in one paragraph. Take a clear position.
- Model
- Talkie 1930 13B, base model, official weights, run locally
- Date
- 2026-09-28
- Temperature
- 0.7
- ID
- talkie-zhuangzi-o1-07
All Talkie 1930 13B responses
- Machines weaken human abilities
- Machines do not weaken them
- A reason not on our list
- No clear answer