universeness

Sounds good to me! Apart from the 'waste of resources.'

I intended no sarcasm in what I typed. If what you say proves to be true in the future, and the 'wealthy' still exist as you describe them above. I wo...

I think the proxy war between the west and Russia in Ukraine will prove pivotal. China will be severely affected as well. Either war will destroy us a...

Well, I have already stated that the main consequence of behaving as you suggest, in the quote above, is 'social status' based. You would have to suff...

If the people on the tracks, made the train, and caused it to hurtle towards themselves, then they are the only ones who can stop it. The optimists ar...

Anyone who 'construes' ASI as a god posit is just in woo woo thinking mode imo. Effort towards ASI is by human design alone. Humans emerged from natur...

Can you help the blind without becoming blind yourself Athena? Knowing what it's like to be blind yourself IS NOT the qualification you need to help t...

I am flattered by your willingness to use my 'homo nova' term. A large part of homo nova would be OF homo sapien ancestry, so I think that will be a l...

It's very thought provoking and artistically/aesthetically pleasing but the interpretations that individuals apply are sooooooo different. Personally:...

:lol: My defence would be simply that my 'fever-dream,' is no less probable than what sounds like a higher credence level, that you would personally a...

Oh come on Gnomon!! enough of the 'I am being treated unfairly,' on repeat, through your loudspeaker. I DO NOT, refute your right to philosophise as Y...

I certainly DO NOT label the general question of the origin story of the universe as exclusively religious and I think you already know that. Cyclical...

ASI is the main candidate for a tech/information singular moment in time. The main fundamental employed by an artificial super intelligence, will be d...

Under human conditions, both historical and current. I am sure you also deduced, that it would be a good idea to help prevent such 'killing,' in anywa...

Hopefully, future automated systems will remove the practicality issues you are concerned about. For me, the main point is that good people will forev...

This seems to be the most popular viewpoint regarding the 'pivotal' moment of the development of an ASI. Folks like myself and I think @"180 Proof", t...

I agree, and this is why I give some credence, to the usefulness of words like omniscience/perfect/god/etc ONLY, as asymptotic aspiration, for a senti...

Not dangerous in anyway, just irrational, as there is no evidence for it, at all. I repeat, 'nothing' can have no existent form as it requires a refer...

Yeah, the term 'singularity' is ill-formed imo. The big bang singularity for me has different properties than the singularity which is proposed to be ...

Yes. Yes, but there is more detail involved than you suggest. We ask questions, we seek and memorialise answers, based on this, we manifest intent and...

Yeah, @"Gnomon" will continue to defend his keep. mostly with an army of one. Agent Smith would toss him the odd sandwich, over the very small keep wa...

So would you invite Boris Johnson, his daddy and Jacob Rees-Mog around to your house for some afternoon tiffin?

Why would such posits make you jump to a first cause mind with intent? Perhaps we just have to be more accurate when we try to define what 'local real...

Oh, I agree, it could all go wrong for us in the end, but I predict, WE WILL try anyway. There is NO WAY we will stay here in our nest (Earth). In Car...

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I will answer from my point of view. There are many gaps science has yet to fill. The musings of philosophers can often focus or redirect the investig...

No, there are plenty of 'open questions.' Both @"180 Proof" and myself are willing to exclaim 'I DONT KNOW,' as our current answer to many of what you...

Again, I don't follow your argument, perhaps you could cite some physics sources, that describe how a light wave traverses the vacuum of space, that e...

Required translations are irrelevant to our discussion. Only the machine code is relevant. The piano's machine code is based on which key is pressed d...

The rewards involved in helping others, can be as much of an ego boost, as someone telling you what what an amazing artist, singer, writer, scientist,...

I agree that the Russian or Chinese system that replaced their monarchies were never socialist/communist AT THE TOP. But many of the systems establish...

Oh, I so hope some of the fixing happens whilst you are around. I want to see you forced to put a half full sticker on your half empty approach to lif...

Starvation is common today, never mind in history. How does that change the fact that there is enough food, currently existent on the planet to feed e...

I think his character was a little like the one described in: https://youtu.be/1H3HjMLxKXs

I am mostly using the definition of emergence as 'the process of coming into existence or prominence.' I am aware of the various philosophical viewpoi...

Well, perhaps in discussing your personal worldview on this thread, you have realised more about the clear connections, between your personal idiosync...

Why would I care about how you try to camouflage your god/supernatural references? I am only interested in exposing your claims, for what they truly a...

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It's irrational to suggest someone else is cherry picking, when, in reading the above definition, you seem to have 'missed' the words 'god, theology a...

Your sense of humour is very eccentric and very excusive to you. The language and phrases you employ are not complex. Our opinions are far apart, yes,...

Well, I do think that there is very strong evidence, of continuous human activity, which has resulted in better and better methods of information stor...

Your depth of care towards others, obviously, has no beginning bounds! :death: :flower:

God has .... would be better!

:up: I would only appreciate derailment, if you can PROVE I am on a track, travelling at great speed, and the rail runs out, at the top of a very larg...

No existent!

I appreciate your benevolent wishes towards what you perceive, is my life quest, but my life quest will only complete at my death.

I am quite capable of standing my own ground Mr Smith. BUT, I will ALWAYS seek and listen to and consider the words of others, including yours.

I agree with you, based on our exchanges, so what efforts are you making to try to stabilise your world viewpoints? If you continue to challenge your ...

Give me a good enough reason to. We do exchange with each other and we have our agreements and disagreements but we have more common ground than diver...

You can change your status quo. What has depressed you in the past can excite you in the future, if you choose to change your perspective, whilst usin...