I agree. I also agree, but this means humans have added to the many existential threats that have always been at a global scale, for all life on plane...
Just as a point of interest. How did you get past the claim that your punishment will kick in after you are dead? Does that fear contribute/dictate to...
The vast majority of atheists would agree with your first sentence above, imo. Many atheists call themselves 'agnostic atheists,' which seems to fit y...
I think the big difference is that a technophile does not consider technology to be supernatural. They also don't 'worship' such, in the ways demonstr...
Yes, but I would further stress that imo, when I have watched on-line atheist/theist debate, between those who are considered to be the most able and ...
Surely by simply saying 'hyphen!' So, "less hyphen fat"? Perhaps you would say hyphen in a lower or altered tone of voice or use your hands to simulat...
Just for clarity's sake: The physical meaning of floundering: To struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water. "he was floundering about in the shallo...
The Israel/Gaza and Russia/Ukraine horrors would challenge any human notion that we, (as in the human race,) are capable of 'making things permanently...
What is your main source of evidence for the words I have underlined? Evolution by natural selection and survival of the fittest? If it is, then was c...
No no no no no! No more woo woo! I personally, assign a high credence level, to the idea that AGI will 'eventually,' prove to be more supportive and s...
No, 'derived independently' or 'dependently' are not the only possibilities. Energy as an existent rather than as a concept, has not proven itself to ...
How do you know this? Which came first, energy or the experience of energy? It is very likely that energy is employed by consciousness as consciousnes...
I applaud your skepticism and encourage you not to take your cynicism too far, so that your notion of personal 'realism' becomes too dark and nihilist...
I cannot comment on what you see or personally imagineer. Yes some people do believe such, some people is not who we were discussing, we were discussi...
Have you watched/read much on the Peloponnesian wars, between Athens and Sparta? I have watched this one, it's another 3h offering but I think it show...
Very much so, he very much deserves the accolade imo. Small point btw, it's Alan not Allen. Genghis is another interesting case in point, akin to othe...
Wow! I am not sure if that's a gift or a curse? I think that you should be allowed to carry a small ID card showing this condition and therefore you w...
I support that which I consider fair and just. Many people do, perhaps a majority do. So I think the majority will prevail, as that has always been my...
Others may call such efforts democratic socialism or even secular humanism or perhaps even common sense. I don't think the chosen label matters, as mu...
These do seem very obvious words to type, even as I type them, but they are just not realised on a day to day basis, between every one of us. 'Co-oper...
Your ASI, as you describe it, seems every bit as bad as the gods of theism. I think us low bioforms are already far more moral and useful in the unive...
That's because 'no significant achievements' is true for dinos but not for humans. Well, a more accurate comparison might be that in 3023 BCE, there w...
It has to do with the human ability to create goals, intent, purpose, rules of behavior, legislation etc, etc. We will be the creators of AGI. There a...
I am sure a Borg drone would agree with you, if any existed, do you think Borg drone, is a good prophecy for the future of humans? Do you consider tha...
:grin: To some TPF folks, that must seem like as good as the news of the first Hanoverian becoming King of England. I once tried Jamesons and I once t...
No, don't do that, you and I agreeing on anything, will make some TPF people cry into their burny, earthy, peaty, beautiful dram of Laphroaig. :yikes:...
Hah, what a surprise, we disagree!!!! :party: :party: :up: :clap: :clap: How about a compromise? All unwanted Jack Daniels goes to be with you and all...
I just thought of myself as a total 'brick' for a moment there, and I though how some on TPF would want to change one letter of that term. :rofl: :lol...
:grin: A nice attempt to move away from 'oh my god!' if that was part of your intent. Gelos still being a divine reference. A divine manifestation of ...
We can only hope for those new, sweet smelling, beautiful roses, growing out of them ashes of our past! I find that one or two single malts on a Frida...
Thank you very much for responding to my call. Your insights are, as I expected, far better than any I could have offered @"Vera Mont", on the possibl...
A code of ethical behaviour of course, do you think an advanced artificial intelligence such as @"180 Proof"'s presentation of an ineffable future ASI...
:lol: Fair enough mate! We have nowhere to take this. You think I am not making much sense and I think the same regarding your position on this topic/...
He killed the child not just because it was a child but because it was a moslem child. I think Gandhi's challenge was to prostrate yourself before tha...
Maybe! As the scientists in the video you posted demonstrated, they as experts in their relevant fields ,cannot reach consensus yet, on the notion tha...
The golden rule can also be a secular humanist rule, no need for theistic support, imo but I am glad that some religions do try to employ it. It's cer...
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