Ad now for something completely different. An actual avowed mechanical mechanism that is a continuously variable geared transmission. I am almost as e...
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...
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...
Robotic swarm with AI commentary. It will make sense to an artificial observer perhaps? ————————————————————— So IFF space time is a holographic proje...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The frontline of planet wars. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/21/canada-arctic-herschel-island-qikiqtaruk-climate-permafrost-tundra-e...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
Now it's the democrats turn to contest the election? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfs2kC0xOmU Greg Palast, Investigative Journalist, https://www.gr...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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