Speaking of the Devil ... :smile: Not by disrespect to this quotation, but I couldn't help thinking of it as paradoxical, since the world in fact beli...
For me, my birthday meant only something when I was a kid and received presents! :smile: I have stopped celebrating it since a lot of years ago. It's ...
:grin: "Well, you can, if you have no better solution to win a war." They usually do, I believe. But, as I said, they can only act as consultants. The...
Yes, I thought about thete waste. But the Chernobyl link you brought up talks about successful handling of the waste ... Otherwise, I have read that t...
Of course it's a personal view and complaint. Whose else could it be? :smile: I have talked about that already (maybe not in this thread). I very rare...
This is all I'm talking about: taking measures ... What is this legacy about? It's a good thing you've brought up this, because I had the curiosity wh...
I don't know what can of "demonstation" are you expecting. There are many. But let this aside for the monment ... Do you mean that the development of ...
Yes. That's a way to look at it. Howeve, please allow me to say that 1) I present solid and extensive arguments --and new each time-- based on example...
No, I believe there are indeed things to be concerned about. But what I'm saying is that they are attributed to the wrong place. Machines cannot be re...
I have listened about half of the interview. I still didn't hear anything substantial or specific about time ... So I looked in YT ... (BTW, always pr...
Interesting. But doesn't infinitesimal mean exceedingly small? And as such it still has a length/duration? So, what I undestand, in Physics "instant" ...
My views and the labels I use are often different than those used in conventional Science. The "chocolate bar" was sthe simplest example I could think...
:grin: I personally am on the "joy" side. :smile: Fall short of what? Right, this is the second element I talked about (besides "desdcription"): measu...
Geoffrey Hinton (first link) looks ghostly and terrified in this photo. Maybe he's been threatened or he fears he will be attacked by AI bots. :grin: ...
Hi! Long time no see! Yes, I know that. It's too short for me to grasp it! :grin: Isn't it quite evident I do? :smile: A dimension refers to a physica...
This reminds of sci-fi. I have the title ready: "The revolt of the machines". A modern Marxist movement run by machines: "Computers of the world, unit...
First of all, "duration of time" is a pleonasm or a self-referential expresssion (however you want to look at it), since duration already refers to a ...
Machines are not a threat to humanity. Only Man himselg and nature can be. Machines are created by Man. And it is how Man uses them that may present a...
I believe this generally true. The same thing was believed by Heraclitus 2,500 years ago! :smile: However, this does not apply to us as beings, and es...
You don't have to have a theory of language to create a simulated reality. The Klingon language is a constructed language spoken by a fictional alien ...
Interesting. (As intellectual endeavor.) I know that. I meant the topic itself, i.e. the mapping of language onto the world. Anyway, I might get close...
I can't believe you wrote about something w/o having anything in mind! :smile: Yes, I know. This is why I talked about an impasse (no outlet, no solut...
Just a few remarks ... When you ask "How Does Language Map onto the World?" what kind of "world" you have in mind? The world, in the sense of our exte...
Saying "the same way it occupies space" is wrong because space and time are not "just different dimensions of the same thing"; they are two totally di...
I don't think you can doubt about the nature of anything, including concepts. Nature refers to the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities...
If you can't imagine a simple belief without justification, meaning that a belief is always justified, then why the distinction "justified belief"? It...
Indeed, his part looks somewhat confusing. My saying "this is wrong" ddid not refer to your definition but to the rejection of mine, which you rejecte...
Yes, I have heard about that a few times. But this "No, no" implies that my definition was wrong and that only yours is true. Which is wrong. One can ...
Obviously. What things? And what do you mean by "non-scientific definition"? How can I have such a ref? This is an impossible question for a philosoph...
If you think you know then you don't know! :smile: Knowing means understanding clearly and with certainty. Thinking --in this context and case-- means...
Good. But I'm not sure if you still believe that illusion is something inexistent. Also, if you believe that phenomenal consciousness is something ine...
You are dealing here with two different subjects: "illusion" as a concept and "illusionism" as a philosophical idea. In the first case, most dictionar...
Why do you aplogize? I was not expecting a response from you but from the OP of this discussion, @"Michael", who seems not to know what a discussion i...
I have not tackled the Andromeda Paradox yet. In the articles it is said to be an extension by Penrose of "a form of" the Rietdijk–Putnam argument. I ...
About the Rietdijk–Putnam argument, to which the above link refers to, we read the following: "In philosophy, the Rietdijk–Putnam argument, named afte...
Of course, since the "biological" mind, i.e. the brain, is not involved in morality in any way. (I know that most people would disagree about this. Ot...
:up: But if you train your brain hard enough, it will be able to do these things itself, automatically. You wouldn't have to do anything at all. Not e...
Interesting! Now, neurologists resort to AI to find answers about the process of thinking! So they say, "If the participant is open to having their th...
Excellent presentation, Wayferer! :up: There are more arguments about the failure of materialist philosophy of the mind than what one can imagine. For...
You could even say "it is obvious". A large --if not the largest-- part of consciousness depends on perception. And our perception depends on our sens...
So, I did well to obey your "command" and not read your description of the topic. Thus I will not be cast out of Eden! :grin: (BTW, God is not human. ...
Please do not read this comment. You won't like it. :grin: Why then don't you remove all that you have written and just leave the reference alone? :ga...
Hi. Do you mean that the concept of "rationalism" is not completely clear, and that, in contast, the concepts of "real" and "irrational", are complete...
Where have I talked about an "implicit agreement"?? I talked about "impicit rules and principles"! Which is wuite obvious anyway. You have also chosen...
I said "in general". Which means that there are other meanings of "morality". (Details count! :smile:) Well, it's not at all my intention to jump on y...
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