https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZIeXGOABmI7xAWAp-3E9SWr9Yejxpmkk2zA&usqp=CAU I of course, completely disagree. No, but I would ...
Ok, Let me try it this way, does fastest, most intelligent, strongest, closest to the four omnis, always result in a need to impose totalitarian or au...
Wow, that's a tough one Athena. I have acted through jealousy in the past or because of 'spikes' of anger, when I acted before giving myself enough ti...
Like me, you have not tapped into all information available, so like me you will continue to keep learning until the day you die, as will I. So, with ...
Not at all. If you think that ASI is impossible for us to comprehend then how do you know it won't be completely benevolent towards all lifeforms. Say...
I have always found you to be more open and not restricted to 'my own experience, observation and understanding of human behaviour.' I hope I am too. ...
No, at least not in the style of 'the charge of the light brigade.' I would have stopped such a charge when I saw the cannon to the left and the canno...
Apology accepted, and another demonstration of why I think you are an honest interlocutor Vera! and yes, even though he tried his damnedest, the fools...
I absolutely understand such concerns and your choice to hold such a position. I would jump at the chance! But not in a fanatical way, :grin: I would ...
I agree that irrational fanaticism is a negative. The love a parent has for a child can be a negative if, as an obsession, it is damaging the psyche a...
I find some of your positions quite confusing: In your post scarcity system I assume that the ASI is the most powerful existent and is independent of ...
What I am surprised about, is that you can't see that your impression of my fanaticism could be a product of your own. Perhaps even a result of moving...
This is a really good episode of 'closer to truth'. I had already watched it before. I also liked Sean Carrol's contribution and Mr Koch's points near...
I appreciate your very unambiguous statement here. I will continue to celebrate my anthropocentric position and suggest that your position is the one ...
And 'up from the ashes,' springs future monoliths. I suppose, as long as you are not 100% convinced that we are doomed to extinction, you don't belong...
I for one, am overjoyed by that timeframe. I would happily accept a zero or even three zeros added to the end of your number. Such time scales are ins...
I asked you first, but ok, I'll bite. When Hilary was asked why he climbed Everest, he said "because it's there." I think we are the only species we k...
No fight needed, nor 'plundering' suggested. I choose not to anthropomorphise the planets in the solar system but I do want to give them new purpose a...
Not at all. An adobe village is better than cave dwelling or living in a tent. A high rise with full access to services such as light, heat, water and...
Now it's you who are misinterpreted me. Quote where I suggested this. I do not scorn such, but I do think we have progressed since then, in most areas...
Sure, so you agree then that we need to do all of the above, yes? So, you and I both advocate for 'changes for the better,' we are simply debating the...
I did not use the term junk, but you are welcome to offer your opinion on what, say Mercury or Mars is for? Do you think humans could give such object...
Like most tools you probably find very useful to employ, every day of your life. But your year in a cave, could give you new opportunity to experience...
How about: 1. Peg, short for Peggy, a pretty girl who works down the chip shop, upset that her parents gave her such an old name, or a very old lady, ...
Really??? Can a crow or an octopus demonstrate its ability to create meaning in the way you can? can either write a book like you can/have? Can they m...
So I typed species instead of genus :scream: :roll: : Homo erectus and Homo sapiens are not the same species. They are two different species of the Ho...
I know, that's why I tried to correct you. Do you not agree that such as homo erectus, achieved more than the dinos? Not all scientific advances are t...
Thanks, all is tickety-boo, apart from the odd personal and global existential crisis. Glad to hear that you are picking up, reformatting and rebootin...
Did you not read my response? you must have, as you quoted the end of the sentence I posted! The species 'homo' is actually closer to 3 million years ...
The Earth has existed for over 4 billion years, the universe, for almost 14 billion, do you consider these facts to be achievements in themselves as w...
I think this is correct. Science has no complete definition of exactly what energy is, but I think the concept of data, fits better as a 'poor' descri...
We can ask an independent source. Chat GPT? Do animals war with each other? ChatGPT: Yes, some animals engage in behaviors that could be described as ...
All animals fight their own species over food, territory etc. A lion pride will war with another lion pride trying to enter their territory, or steal ...
No, it was factual, not prejudicial. Chat GPT pointed out that the 'importance' of processed and interpreted data, allows us to generate meaning. It, ...
Do animal groups not war with each other to gain control over an area of land/resources? Have you ever watched a program about how insect colonies war...
From a Computing Science standpoint, information is not fundamental, it is an output, a result of data processing. Data is the fundamental and data ha...
I agree, considering myself as a perpetrator of terror, disturbs me more than being a victim, but yet I do experience feelings of hatred. Would I choo...
This is a very interesting paragraph to me, for many reasons. I see so many comparables between the actions of animals in the wild and the actions of ...
Why don't you download a free virtual keyboard and type using your mouse, until you get a new keyboard? Another quick solution is to use 'ctr c' to co...
Yep, The good the bad and the ugly, all claim to be working in accordance with the will of their chosen god or gods. :roll: From good folks like Gandh...
When you muse on notions such as human depravity as depicted by human authors in dystopian novels? Do you ever get flashes in your mind of scenes from...
These 'low population' early hunter gatherer communities you cite, did not have reproductive directives that prevented their group growing significant...
You seem to be presenting human civilisation from from two very different viewpoints. There are no significant settlements of highly organised humans,...
Your analysis of human attempts at 'civilisation,' was fun to read, and its ok as a brief summary of the human notion of 'civilisation,' as described ...
You can post any emoticon you like on TPF, just post it using the 'image' feature, eg: https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.83c0d30d58bdec90b29b5c1ca4d8b7f9?ri...
Do you think. a system such as the Additional-member system, used to elect the government of Scotland, would be a big step forward, if it were used in...
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