TheMadFool

Old timer here!

I don't believe it's about having a "good image." It creates a information gap between what one is and the (good) image your project. To be honest man...

I thought I was talking about two entirely different approcaches: 1. The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would like others to do unto you (You're t...

I suppose incels were a part of the social fabric for quite some time now. As a rough guide I'd use the number or percentage of bachelors and spinster...

Good point but a tad bit too cynical for my taste. It's true that the weak have no choice but to feel compassionate - they're powerless to do anything...

The utlimate test of creativity is to create something equally creative. In other words, when humans create something that's as human as any real huma...

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Hah!

I don't think hookers are inferior. At the very least they're honest as to what women want (money) and what men want (sex)! I should've realized this ...

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Well, if intelligent women aren't attracted to or a repulsed by smart men and vice versa, we all know what that means: women only want the sausage and...

In continuation, AI creativity seems to be missing the wood for the trees and it's telling (no?) how many real people make this mistake.

As you can see from the video links I provided in the previous post, AI seems capable of creativity but there's something about there output, painting...

Creativity requires imagination. Is there an algorithm for imagination? What is imagination? It's obvious that much of what we call creative works hav...

I suppose your point boils down to the diamond rule: Do unto others as others would like done unto them. The catch is how to find out what "others wou...

If what you say is correct and all that's needed are interactions, all quantum systems should be in the grips of the Quantum Zeno effect. I don't thin...

Well, I wasn't as right as I thought I was.

Agreed. Not exactly. I made it clear that P is a proposition. ~P too is a proposition. P & ~P is a contradiction. Yes, you're right Q can neither be t...

It's hopefully not about scoring points. Did you know scientists who are trying to determine the shape of the universe are worried about the same thin...

Google definition of earth: the planet on which we live; the world.

I wasn't clear enough. Let me try again. Q is a unintelligible sentence i.e. Q is neither true nor false. That's that. P is a proposition. Say P is ne...

I don't see any difficulty. SCAMPER is a method i.e. a way to be creative and that in the coder's universe translates to algorithm.

Idiom: ON/FROM/LIVING ON ANOTHER PLANET! Definition (from Macmillan Dictionary): used for saying that someone does not notice what is happening around...

Creative AI simply means there's an algorithm for creativity. Here's one: SCAMPER TECHNIQUE

Well, round enough in my humble opinion. Just to set the record straight, you're right in that scale is important.The earth is flat at the human scale...

The word "alternative" is important! We have a set of observations and we need a good hypothesis that fits these observations. If you're creative enou...

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Distance does nothing to the Earth. Distance only changes what part of the Earth you see and the detail that you can make out. So, like us, if you're ...

How so? The earth is the planet we're on. Is it flat or is it round?

Interesting. Flat-earthers claim is earth is flat. Is it? What do we mean by earth?

Yep!

Bored with reality is more like it. For some people reality just isn't interesting enough, they want more! The only way they can get that extra kick o...

If God is not engaging in "...active measurement" at the quantum level, God isn't omniscient. God's omnipotence saves the day! It appears that we can'...

Not really. A meaningless statement, say Q, is neither true nor false. In classical logic if a proposition P is neither true nor false then P & ~P (co...

I'll give it my best shot. Basically, Kolakowski is equating meaninglessness to falsehood. Meaninglessness means neither true nor false. Neither true ...

Also, 1. Meaningful (semantically positive) sentence aka proposition, say P: P (true) or ~P (false) 2. Meaningless (semantically negative) sentence Q:...

To the two year old me: 1. 2 = 2 + 2 Statement 1 was unintelligible (I could barely speak), absurd (contradiction) AND false.

The proposition "life is good" = "Life is good" is a proposition. "Life is good" can be true/false. Ergo, "Life is good" is a proposition.

Fascinating! Well put. However, this may not necessarily be true. It's possible that evil has far-reaching positive effects. That however is not a rea...

I wouldn't view slavery that way. It's not about pros and cons. It's about what's right and wrong, good and bad. What's good is good no matter how man...

You were right, you were always right!

Yes, losing our "humanity" is what some would call it and that too for a "few" bucks! The slavemasters' luxurious and comfortable lives were tainted w...

Whether life is good or not can't be decided by a vote i.e. in an election-like manner. There are enough cognitive biases to muddle the thinking of ev...

It can be said that many of us are under some kind of illusion that life is good. At best, life isn't as good as we think it is or at worst, life is b...

Interestingly, when I think for someone else based on what most people want, I'm ignoring the rationale behind the want i.e. the reasons (propositions...

Touché! :up:

You're, I believe, conflating truth with want. The argument I formalized is about what most people might want. Truth, on the other hand, isn't about h...

Bringing the discussion back on track how does nirvana (emptiness) relate to Zhuangtzu's work. As I said in my previous post, Zhuangtzu as translated ...

I just did. Interesting video. Was the Buddha left-handed (right-brained)?

:lol: I'm afraid I'll have to say, "yes".