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December 02, 2024 at 15:57
Ad now for something completely different. An actual avowed mechanical mechanism that is a continuously variable geared transmission. I am almost as e...
December 01, 2024 at 19:02
You are so right, and this is the psychological analysis of the social system. But it is important to remember that 'projection' is itself something t...
December 01, 2024 at 11:47
I'm not sure how important this is, but it is not something I have seen discussed before, so maybe it needs to be, or maybe it doesn't. Yet another me...
December 01, 2024 at 10:56
Robotic swarm with AI commentary. It will make sense to an artificial observer perhaps? ————————————————————— So IFF space time is a holographic proje...
December 01, 2024 at 09:31
There is a lot of confusion at the moment. Part of that is a deliberate attempt to disempower, which stems from the usual power seeking of politics, e...
November 30, 2024 at 18:55
It's an interesting question, but to this either or, I have to say 'both'. Economically, we are approaching the end of the game of Monopoly. Once some...
November 30, 2024 at 13:57
The inerestingest person above to me was Federico Faggin, so here he is in a one on one conversation. This is where I am particularly interested. Ther...
November 29, 2024 at 12:07
More quantum consciousness drama, with horses and their mouths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nOtLj8UYCw
November 28, 2024 at 20:04
A cautionary tale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgo7rm5Maqg
November 28, 2024 at 10:16
NZ is not best placed for solar. They would do better to concentrate on hydro, wind, wave, and tidal. Australia is a bit sunnier tho, I hear.
November 27, 2024 at 21:11
I would be surprised if he doesn't rename it something like "exonerating himself" Pardoning oneself sounds a bit like an admission of guilt.
November 27, 2024 at 21:03
Not so. Science first looks. Science first considers evidence. Argument is the servant of evidence, not the master. I also am used to silliness - incl...
November 26, 2024 at 17:50
File under "classical". Something for the existential angst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgkxSSQbGsI
November 26, 2024 at 13:17
The frontline of planet wars. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/21/canada-arctic-herschel-island-qikiqtaruk-climate-permafrost-tundra-e...
November 26, 2024 at 00:39
Proofs of freewill and proofs of determinism are as reliable as proofs for and against the existence of God. One may be sure that that they are unreli...
November 25, 2024 at 16:27
Dipping a toe hesitantly into mathematical news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFdo2bijic
November 25, 2024 at 10:14
I am earthbound, but not housebound. Freedom has limits and contexts. "Free will" is a philosopher's nonsense that has no place in life, and "determin...
November 24, 2024 at 13:57
Not green energy, unfortunately. Given an already overheating planet, extra sunlight is not what is required.
November 24, 2024 at 10:30
Sometimes, philosophy must give way to art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScdJURKGWM Is it wrong to marry a duck-bill Platypus?
November 23, 2024 at 14:35
Reality is the current dream. The choice is between uppers and downers. The red pill is meaningfully different from the blue pill. The problem is whic...
November 23, 2024 at 13:55
A Feersum Endjinn? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvP5Tj9fX5o
November 23, 2024 at 13:47
I think it's called "spite".
November 22, 2024 at 14:38
Interesting relation. As I remember it was the US issuing the apocalyptic threats, and Russia backing down over Cuba. Now the boot is on the other foo...
November 20, 2024 at 10:30
Everybody got the right to cover they arse best they can. But thanks for the permission. Trump is insane, but cunning. And he will destroy America if ...
November 19, 2024 at 18:02
Try living in a picture of a house for a week, and get back to us.
November 19, 2024 at 16:43
No. Keep a professional distance. There is a duty of care, a duty of justice, and fair and equal treatment, and these would be compromised by such a r...
November 19, 2024 at 16:40
I stand by my overly influential passionate rant, suckers. And I cite Pirsig's Zen and the art.., multi million selling philosophical novel about an E...
November 19, 2024 at 12:44
Outside my comfort zone by several parsecs, so talk amongst yourselves; probably you have to be a friend of a friend of Wigner's mother at least to re...
November 18, 2024 at 16:04
Everyone loses wars.
November 16, 2024 at 20:36
I am sympathetic to your instincts and the direction of your argument. But I am mindful of the difficulties. to take simple example, Dinosaurs roamed ...
November 16, 2024 at 09:36
Yes, we will soon be shooting people at the borders and sinking the boats. But most will die of heatstroke or famine where they are. It turns out that...
November 14, 2024 at 14:51
I didn't know this was even a thing. I went looking for the story... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/23/character-ai-chatbot-sewell-se...
November 14, 2024 at 14:40
Welcome to my world! After a careful examination, I managed to find two words to disagree with - "they can't." They can do a great deal more than they...
November 14, 2024 at 14:08
I'm going to go out on a limb here bit, but I think Jesus had disciples before he was crucified, and I would think it sensible to allow that they were...
November 13, 2024 at 17:46
A report from Greenland; very quiet and sober, Not reassuring though. Time to start growing some gills. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn2p5S0ngzo An...
November 13, 2024 at 13:53
Hey carful there, we are in danger of reaching an understanding if not Gob forbid, agreement!
November 12, 2024 at 19:14
Mu. But philosophy, as also zen, is a practiced discipline, a way of looking, more than a theory in a book. Burn all the books and start again fresh. ...
November 12, 2024 at 15:17
Now it's the democrats turn to contest the election? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfs2kC0xOmU Greg Palast, Investigative Journalist, https://www.gr...
November 12, 2024 at 09:14
Another little local difficulty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGc4Oeehbp8 Note: this video is from the end of August. Now, you can find many videos...
November 12, 2024 at 08:02
My first thought was to report you to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Philosophy, and then I remembered this, which has appeared in...
November 12, 2024 at 07:47
If there is an air of insubstantiality about this thread, it is because it is concerned with the philosophy of philosophy. This makes it particularly ...
November 11, 2024 at 20:23
Big picture, dude. You do the closeups! Never mind carry on. I found it almost literally incredible that even a large minority of Americans could vote...
November 11, 2024 at 18:40
It really doesn't matter much what I think. Americans seem to think... well I'm an ocean away, see if you can get an idea of what they think. But I th...
November 11, 2024 at 18:26
An interesting chat about climate models, that explains how they differ from weather models. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__lH62JCb6c
November 11, 2024 at 18:12
*Taps podium with a small stick* I think we are all as in tune as we're ever going to be; let's begin the overture...
November 11, 2024 at 17:28
Yes, I already drank that cool-aid, and I'm wondering why it turns out most people are sick of it. Yes Trump only lies when he opens his mouth. But th...
November 11, 2024 at 16:52
It seems to me that the Trump narrative, that things used to be good and have gone to shit is fundamentally true and agrees with the experience of mid...
November 11, 2024 at 15:49
Hmm. I'm struggling to understand this. Tribal markings arise in the wider system of tribes; cell markings arise in the wider system of multi cellular...
November 11, 2024 at 14:43
The functioning seems to me to be more like a makers mark, or a password, or a signature - in other words it is exactly a biological name/label and ar...
November 10, 2024 at 20:14