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Logic is inconsistent and/or incomplete.

Truth is both consistent and complete.

Toxic as in will make cities getting vaporized more likely, if it catches on.

Agreed. We have been given a primary job as caretakers of our neighbors, and our environment.

Are you worried aliens will get mad at us, or something like that?

Then why don’t they say so?

Some people believe they have inherited the stars, that God is behind all things, and that we’re not going to just grow too fast like a cancer and then kill the planet.

I’m one of those people, so this argument doesn’t work for me. There indeed appears to be a slowing of global population growth and an abundance of headroom to grow further.

This argument is toxic.

Skimmed, and I can tell I’m going to like this one a lot.

There will be inexpressible ideas in any such language, per Gödel.

In fact, this means that there is no such thing as “free speech” in any totally-consistent language!

> Breakdown of governance -> authoritarianism is a common sequence regardless of political lean of the new regime;

The second amendment is an uncommon law.

I do hope we never find out who is right on this one…

They can try, but it won’t go well in the US.

The future looks like decentralized identity protocols.

And for women, the subway is not just a 24/7 whimsical, wild, and grimy place, like it is for me…

This is traditionally called “the pub” in the UK or “the bar” in the US.

Maybe it’s time for society to work on that drinking habit, eh?

Wow!! Thank you!! I play by ear but have a bunch of friends who will love this.

Ever read Popper on the scientific method? It’s a classic: https://staff.washington.edu/lynnhank/Popper-1.pdf

So there’s no speed of light limit, there’s no speed of clock limit, or else all useful algorithms are parallelizable?

Sounds like bullshit.

Scientific thinking, or a generalized and incomplete algebra of reason, is exactly what you get from a GPT. Nothing more.

Basically, I would argue that this article sees a real issue, but seems to get it backwards. All formal logical systems are incomplete and/or inconsistent. Scientific thinking is also shaped by reality - which army turned out to have the better ballistics, and so forth.

Of course the next thing to chew on is: Are you just an “algebra of reason” too? I don’t buy that, but it’s a common belief.

Honestly, this sounds like a great idea. Project Gutenberg for tabs in the public domain.

This is weirdly good news for current owners, in the same way that 9/11 was weirdly good news for surviving a flight.

Adding this to help understanding, even though we appear to be enemies:

There is an information war going on. Many headlines and things that you might try to call “news” I see as malicious and violent. How can a news organization write that hurricane damage is more expensive than ever, allow many readers to believe that it is all because hurricanes are worse, and refuse to mention how coastal areas have developed in the same time?

This is war. Clutch your pearls all you like, but we are done pretending that your intents towards us are anything but malicious. This is us trying to intimidate you into backing down, because it is the right thing to do, and better than the alternative.

We see you for who you are. We don’t care if you agree or not. Stop this madness before more people get hurt. Stop the lies, stop the fighting words - coded or not. Just stop it.

Seek a spiritual advisor who is smart enough to call out your BS. Best advice I’ve got, hope it helps.

We’re never giving you 5 trillion.

One problem with making the package larger is the relativistic effects of longer wires.

Anyway, the idea of writing code to manipulate 2000 watts of power billions of times a second, on a desk, is kinda scary! Wow!

In my lifetime I’ve seen the general breakdown of civil discourse. I’m not totally sure it can be proven which side “started it”, but there has been a general trend where now that fringe scientist is not invited to parties anymore, and those ideas are shunned as if they carry evil energy.

As far as forums go, people here often try to keep things civil, serious, and in good faith (shoutout to dang), but IMO there is still that stain of “academic” bullying where the words stay polite, but their coded meaning is nasty and dehumanizing.

Will we ever get apologies from the AI-Foom crew for losing their marbles and riling people up about the word calculator?

Arrogant pseudo-intellectual nonsense. Ditch that insane agenda and seek a spiritual advisor.

Just dunking on the establishment whiners, I don’t care if all of this confuses you.

Try watching the video while taking notes, maybe?

Lol, yep that’s the etymology. But pretty sure y’all really don’t get it:

https://youtu.be/DnHOxZgvdWM

IYKYK…

Every time I see the lizards write another article whining about bitcoin or NFTs, my heart glows a little.

Right, the “nuclear war is worth it” argument. Paranoid Machiavellian nonsense.