T_Clark

McPhee’s “Annals of the Former World” is a great book by the way. It’s the kind of popular science writing I like—no gee-whiz, Neil deGrasse Tyson BS.

I’m hurt you would say that. I would never use AI to compose a post here on this forum. I always fiercely defend the integrity of the guidelines.

You seem to be saying the world is the same thing as our experience of the world. As Lao Tzu might say—the world that can be spoken is not the eternal...

To clarify the river/cutting issue, I just jotted down a few examples from memory. Geography / history / prose • “The river cuts the valley in two, di...

The truth, I can’t handle the truth.

The Danube and the Rhine have always seemed amazing to me. Europe cut in half.

Actually, they talk about it in every physical science class in about the seventh grade.

Well, at least it wasn’t Fahrenheit.

Both are correct and both mean that it will burn. What could possibly go wrong?

Did I mention it said I'm brilliant and have profound insights?

The book is also one of my favorites. I gave it to two people for Christmas this year.

When people ask who is the most beautiful actress, I always say Cher in Moonstruck. 74. My daughter is 44. We call people like you “youngsters.”

Actually, for the way I’ve been using ChatGPT, the fact that it gets things wrong on a regular basis is a positive thing. It’s like arguing with @"Han...

I have a hard time watching movies (or TV for that matter) these days. I haven't seen a movie in a theater in about 20 years. I really don't think the...

Thanks as usual.

I’ve fallen in love with ChatGPT. I’ve been having a long conversation with it about Collingwood‘s essay on metaphysics. It’s helped me figure things ...

I feel the same way. I want to be like Clanky rather than having to actually be him.

I think the movie you’re talking about and the book I’m talking about are covering about the same conceptual ground. Thinking about it, though I think...

My apologies to your wife.

Here are some of my favorites. They’re all better than @"Jamal"’s suggestions. Also much more conventional. To start, some books I read in younger day...

Some thoughts: I am not sure what this means Cognitive science and psychology tell us there is no “background of other behaviours, influence and insti...

You were right, it is interesting and well written. It’s also complete fucking bullshit. Self-serving lying bullshit. I started laughing when he start...

I would make a prediction, but, since I’m always wrong, I won’t.

They just kinda look like Republicans.

You have more faith in rational self interest than I do. Even if NATO continues going forward for now, that doesn’t mean it isn’t already being disman...

I don’t want to distract from the main subject of this thread, but does any of this really matter? Strikes me that the really big deal is Trump‘s dism...

Republican caucus in my backyard today. /uploads/resized/files/9b/bcpsph2ku7ik8s7e.jpeg

I don't think what the Taoists call "the 10,000 things," i.e. the multiplicity of the world, arise only from rational thought. Our minds are doing a l...

Interesting. I had never heard of Nagarjuna. So, what is left after objectification? The Tao is also known as non-being and is often not considered a ...

A thought-provoking OP. Here are some of the thoughts it provoked. You and I are both familiar with this way of thinking about the world, reality. Lao...

Kind of like the more than 150 countries that recognize Palestine as a sovereign nation.

No way, Jose mate.

I heard the sun rises in the west and sets in the east south of the equator. Is that true?

I don’t disagree, but I appreciate that it was the only article I could find that didn’t just focus on the wild mismatch between the Venezuelan and US...

I wasn’t taking any position, although I certainly have a strong opinion, I just thought it was interesting

An interesting Brookings institution evaluation of the US operations in Venezuela. I generally trust the Brookings Institution more than a lot of othe...

An interesting Brookings institution evaluation of the US operations in Venezuela. I generally trust the Brookings Institution more than a lot of othe...

Yes, it is very unlikely I will ever be killed by a mountain lion. One less thing to worry about.

I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to keep @"T Clark" as my moniker, but @"javi2541997" has to call me Clanky from now on.

Mudah, Fadah kindly disregard this letter.

Well, I wasn’t just joking, but if I can’t change it back later, I was just joking.

And please, someone notify @"javi2541997" I will henceforth be known as Clanky.

Would you please change my forum name to match my true heritage—@"T Clank"

@"Hanover" Or I suppose if we move Glasgow, Delaware 3500 miles east to Glasgow Scotland.

From looking at what you posted, it’s clear that what ChatGPT has done is almost exactly correct if only we move Glasgow Scotland 3500 miles West to G...

I was thinking, Frodo and Bilbo would feel right at home with Gbago as a neighbor.

I assume it’s on one of the other pages. I will certainly send it when we get to that point. I guess I should change my name to @"T Clank"

German/Narn then. Thanks again.

Thanks. It worked very well. Not only did it change from handwriting to text, it also translated it into German/Klingon. Turns out my family’s real na...

thanks