RogueAI

I think there's more of a focus now than there was thirty years ago, don't you? Science seeks to explain phenomena, correct? So I ask again: what shou...

Sure, but it's come up empty on the hard problem. If there's still no solution in 1,000 years, what should we do?

That approach doesn't seem to be working. How long do you think we should stick with it?

Every time we think it's aliens, it's never aliens.

That doesn't change the fact that Nader was a decisive factor that led to Gore's defeat. No Nader, Gore most likely wins.

There were a lot of factors that led to Gore losing, but had Nader not run, Gore probably would have won Florida handily.

I remember when Ralph Nader, who I admire, cost Gore the election, and then we had the Iraq war. West needs to sit this one out.

Because there are still black people alive who remember when de jure discrimination existed (separate but equal). Racism is still alive and well in 20...

There are four black CEO's in the Fortune 500. Why do you think that it is?

That's true, but what would we do differently (in regards to gambling, drinking, smoking and over-eating)?

Everyone knows the dangers of gambling, drinking, smoking and over-eating. The marketing and lying about opioids should have resulted in a lot of peop...

I have a philosophy degree, but you need to dumb it down for me. I have trouble understanding that. My position is that we can know a few things about...

I hope so, but this stupid country is totally capable of electing Trump again.

When you visualize a sunset, how is that a "language presence of inner auditory qualities"?

Aren't you as certain that thinking/mind/thought exists as you are about the truths of logic?

Can you address the point I made about consciousness emerging from switching actions? Do you think that's possible?

I posted just this sort of thing the other day: suppose aliens or an advanced machine intelligence figured out consciousness. Would we be able to unde...

Pointing out materialism/physicalism's failure to explain consciousness doesn't entail "goddoneit". Mysterianism has been gaining in popularity lately...

Obviously, my point is that science hasn't explained how consciousness/minds come from matter. "Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s phil...

How does the information get "turned into an experience"?

"If A then B; A, therefore B" is also a language construct. Are you a radical skeptic?

Isn't the following necessarily true: there exists at least one thinking mind?

I don't want to derail the thread. Just pointing out some problems with Simulation Theory. Imo, they're insurmountable, but who knows.

Science has no idea how brains produce consciousness. You would think, after all this time, we would have some idea, but the theories are all over the...

Consciousness requires nerve impulses??? No possibility of machine consciousness? No possibility that this is a simulation?

How do nerve impulses create conscious experiences?

Do you think your consciousness and mind can be reduced to a bunch of switching actions? Can the pain of a stubbed toe emerge from flipping enough lig...

Why do you prefer Trump over DeSantis?

Why?

Wouldn't you rather DeSantis be the nominee? He's ideologically on the far right, and doesn't have any of the baggage Trump has.

I agree. I think it's significant that a prestigious journal is taking it seriously.

:up:

I posted a link a couple posts above you.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02120-8

Did you see Chalmers won a bet on consciousness?

Why? Isn't that like saying you need a lot of hydrogen and oxygen before you get liquid water to emerge?

Are you a computationalist? And again, the same question: why is a huge amount of computations necessary for consciousness? A system of a million neur...

Why does the amount of neurons matter? If consciousness is an emergent property, shouldn't it emerge when there are a million neurons present?

Would this article have been published 50 years ago by a reputable science magazine?

Be careful with that stuff (I assume it's weed). I had a horrible trip awhile back that led to depersonalization. Took me awhile to come back from it ...

Would you rather DeSantis was the GOP nominee?

Suppose I sit down with a bunch of strangers at a poker game. The dealer deals himself a full house. Then he deals himself four of a kind. Then a roya...

I remember I was terrified of my older sister playing her Ozzy Osbourne record backwards.

I have intrusive thoughts that are just awful. But it doesn't define me. You have to acknowledge your shadow side, and then tell yourself it's just yo...

You're correct of course, but I don't think Russia will go for a deal that doesn't give them any Ukranian territory. Putin could not survive that.

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces were in control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don Saturday morning. NBC News has...

Putin's going to address the oligarchy masquerading as a gas station masquerading as a country.

A fragile situation.

My wife is on Twitter and telling me some weird stuff is going on in Russia right now.

This is from one of my favorite books: "For the self-control of the warrior, which we observe and admire in his comportment, is but the outward manife...