Dennis Hackethal’s Blog
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“[T]here must be something to physics beyond the quantum theory of computation.” — p. 5
“[T]he principle of universality tells us that there must be a larger unifying theory outside the quantum theory of computation.” — p. 7
A paper by David Deutsch that you may not have not known about:
daviddeutsch.org.uk/wp-content/PPQ…
Some personal highlights:
“[I]t’s only through our laws of physics that the nature of computation can be understood. It can never be vice versa.” — p. 4
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New blog post: ‘Why Do People Make Mistakes?’ (or ‘The Third Stone Plate’)
RT @ClimateWarrior7:
I’ve been thinking this for ages and finally someone’s put it into words.
LOL. And many are still going along.
⚡️ “The definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ could change, CDC chief says. Here’s what that means” by @sfchronicle twitter.com/i/events/14534…
RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Not only that but vaccination may actually prevent climate change.
RT @LA_Res_Tourist:
@OCSheriff
When my bf was about 15, his mom took him to the police station to have him arrested for heroin. After big s…
It might be looking for branches suitable for nest-building, completely unaware of the fire.
Also, the video title is misleading since the fire is still going at the end.
I’m persuaded by @dchackethal that animals don’t understand things.
I really don’t know what the bird is doi…
RT @AlexEpstein:
I don’t want to “save” the planet from human beings.
I want to improve the planet for human beings.
RT @AlexEpstein:
There is a fundamental distinction in civilized society between fraud and opinion. By calling dissenting opinions fraud, C…
RT @AlexEpstein:
In 2016, Massachusetts tried to subpoena emails between me and Exxon about questioning climate catastrophe. These did not…
And the percentage could have been even lower if more forests were private instead of ‘public’ property. twitter.com/ShellenbergerM…
The digital could be much better than the physical world one day. We’re not even close to there yet, but this is taking a step to get there.
People should dress up as Indians out of principle. twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s…
RT @realchrisrufo:
SCOOP: AT&T Corporation has created a race reeducation program with materials claiming that “racism is a uniquely white…
RT @AlecStapp:
Fun game of cat and mouse here pic.twitter.com/uFyxN16cRA
Ist in Deutschland schon das anscheinend amerikanische ‘Person mit Gebärmutter’ angekommen?
One name near me is ‘your farts are pretty loud’ 🤔
Cats are also dumber than I thought:
@averykimball @ks445599 @madeofmistak3
Oops, I meant to link to that thread generally, not that specific answer.
@RJsnda @DKedmey @Plinz @anilkseth
But from your previous tweet it sounds like you think AI/neuroscience is needed to deem something a constructor. Now it sounds circular.
Or am I misreading you?
@averykimball @ks445599 @madeofmistak3
Yup, I’m no expert on C but compilation to it seems to be somewhat commonplace: stackoverflow.com/questions/6498…
Not a lisp expert either but Clojure is a lisp and I believe it uses low-level hardware control to implement some of its thread safety.
I’m still critical of the claim ‘lisp is slow’ and am with @madeofmistak3 on this one.
“[My daughter] immediately quarantined in her bedroom for the suggested two weeks.”
That’s misleading. I bet the mother grounded her. Which is disgusting and immoral.
Hmmm… But the transpiler could be smart about the transpilation and implement performance gains, could it not?
Got some Lisp code you think would be slow, have you run any benchmarks?
What if your lisp code transpiles to C?
Clojure runs on the JVM which I hear is shockingly fast.
RT @ClimateWarrior7:
David Attenborough: “The end is nigh. Repent!” pic.twitter.com/hnSH89JZCR
@iamFilos @krazyander @wrwveit @RealtimeAI
When I asked which “charges” of yours I “completely failed to address”, you didn’t respond.
Regarding “contentious rhetoric”, can you provide quotes you find contentious?
@iamFilos @krazyander @wrwveit @RealtimeAI
I didn’t say I refuted literature or that I was familiar with it. I said I counter refuted refutations from people who disagree. (Who may have gotten their arguments from literature, but who cares where ideas come from?)
Computers “consider alternative possibilities” using if-else statements. Big deal. twitter.com/SteveStuWill/s…
What about Fauci’s atrocities against PEOPLE? Did you speak out then? twitter.com/peta/status/14…
If this is what brings Fauci down, I’ll take it, but people really need to get their priorities straight:
@krazyander @iamFilos @LiamMFox1 @ReachChristofer @wrwveit @RealtimeAI @ChipkinLogan
My answer ended up being long so I turned it into a blog post: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/choosing…
You’re welcome to respond either there or here, as you prefer.
Nein, da unfreiwillige Klausuren unmoralisch sind. Falsch ist ‘Pärke’ jedoch trotzdem.
He’ll put together a special committee to ensure diversity and accurate gender representation in the army to ‘build back better’ or something. twitter.com/BuzzPatterson/…
@krazyander @iamFilos @LiamMFox1 @ReachChristofer @wrwveit @RealtimeAI
We gotta shake the justificationist out of you, to borrow a phrasing from @ChipkinLogan.
I believe that will follow from a good explanation of how it works.
RT @EliVieiraJr:
@Neuro_Skeptic
It’s complex, therefore it’s conscious. Hey, my relationship with my dad is conscious!
@iamFilos @krazyander @LiamMFox1 @ReachChristofer @wrwveit @RealtimeAI
Evidence of me discussing animal sentience at length, successfully:
- blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/animal-s…
- The comment section here: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/animal-s…
- The comment section here: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/buggy-do…
- twitter.com/search?q=(from…
- doexplain.org/episodes/11-a-…
@wrwveit @krazyander @LiamMFox1 @ReachChristofer @RealtimeAI
I also didn’t say that “every instance where someone fails to disprove [my view] makes [me] more confident.”
@iamFilos @krazyander @LiamMFox1 @ReachChristofer @wrwveit @RealtimeAI
Which “charges”, when and where?
If your arguments were “basic and old”, I or others may have refuted them before.
But calling me ignorant and a liar in a single tweet makes me want to interact less with you, not more.
@wrwveit @krazyander @LiamMFox1 @ReachChristofer @RealtimeAI
It’s not falsifiable by observation. It’s still refutable. I’ve also offered several ways people could change my mind: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/animal-s…
People really need to get their priorities straight: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/fauci-vs…
People really need to get their priorities straight: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/fauci-vs…
New blog post: ‘Fauci vs Beagle Puppies’
@krazyander @LiamMFox1 @ReachChristofer @wrwveit @RealtimeAI
I have discussed the claim, and my view on animals more generally, with many people who disagree; every ‘refutation’ they offered I have counter refuted. So it’s not like my view isn’t battle tested at all. As far as I know, there are no outstanding criticisms.
😂 At least he didn’t end up getting treated by a quack.
Bizarre if this is what ends Fauci’s career, not his technocratic, authoritarian treatment of people. But I’ll take it.
What part of this tweet didn’t you understand? twitter.com/dchackethal/st…
Judging by headline only, I see no moral problem with that treatment of dogs, but I worry that this may have been funded by taxpayer money, which is highly immoral. twitter.com/disclosetv/sta…
“At some point people who haven’t been vaccinated (for whatever medical, religious or philosophical reason) will be forced to pay through the nose, just to participate in society.” twitter.com/EssexPR/status…
Virophobia is a serious problem that worsens climate change. Only Greta can save us now.
He looks like the neighborhood pedophile offering candy from a windowless van.
Californians were forced, with the threat of overwhelming violence, to pay for the production of this video. twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s…
@krazyander @ReachChristofer @wrwveit @RealtimeAI
It’s not my theory, it’s David Deutsch’s.
‘Bandwagon fallacy’ is a good term for it. twitter.com/LPMisesCaucus/…
RT @ReachChristofer:
Discussing animal sentience with scientist/philosopher @wrwveit and author/AGI-researcher @dchackethal this Sunday, pl…
‘But without government, who’d unleash robot dogs on the people?’
(‘Robot dog’ is a tautology btw.) twitter.com/MichaelPSenger…
RT @TheLaurenChen:
Respect @ChickfilA 🙌 pic.twitter.com/6OLkEJNOPz
Definitely. Tax money should be spent to police speech for the benefit of these poor souls. twitter.com/ClimateWarrior…
RT @marvosdigital:
Eins der besten #Bücher. Insbesondere für alle Freunde von Verboten… #nurfortschrittistnachhaltig
Yes you’re a well trained dog great job here’s a treat
RT @MikeLoychik:
The Second Amendment is the only thing stopping the Democrats from turning America into Australia.
I’ve heard this too but then read an article presenting evidence that it makes virtually no difference.
RT @cwt_news:
🤡🌎 police now checks coffee cups aren’t empty as part of the mask mandate enforcement pic.twitter.com/yo6Qf17ti1
Got it. I’m not interested in discussing how to evaluate theories at the moment. I appreciate you not ignoring my questions or criticisms.
@hubertus_knabe @ManuelaSchwesig @FranziskaGiffey
Das gesamte Zitat ist hier zu lesen: goodreads.com/quotes/736527-…
@hubertus_knabe @ManuelaSchwesig @FranziskaGiffey
“[T]he real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive [due to] a government-mandated minimum wage, because they lose their jobs or fail to find jobs when they enter the labor force.”
Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics
A theory of computation […] is the theory of how you can use physical objects to represent abstract objects. […] Computers are ways of instantiating abstract objects and their relationships in physical objects and their motion.
Software changes the arrangement of matter of the hardware on which it runs.
But yes: the software instructs the hardware in some specific way, and the resulting movements instantiate abstractions, such as numbers or consciousness.
Did I say I was confident?
In any case, your approach to evaluating theories is wrong. You seem to have read BoI. So are you familiar with Popperian epistemology?