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Apple macht jetzt auch den Gender-Quatsch. Von der Apple-Books-Seite: pic.twitter.com/Ek4AZrVfUA
We have an infinity of wants because problems are inevitable (Deutsch).
You’re shitting on everything that makes life livable for you right now, and on everyone who’s heroically made that possible. If you want to live as our ancestors did, do it. You won’t last a week.
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
I take the Popperian stance on this: be bold in your conjectures, humble in how much you think you know (little to nothing).
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
[H]ave you read Thomas Nagle’s Mind & Cosmos?
No.
[H]e reviews this materialistic neo-Darwinian space
I’m not a materialist btw. I’ve said neurons’ movement instantiates abstractions.
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
I didn’t say ‘Intelligence = logic’.
The algorithm that instantiates intelligence may follow a simple logic. It can then give rise to all the other attributes you mention, such as love etc.
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
[W]here did it get finally ruled out?
Maybe. Though I think that’s a separate argument.
The claim was that without rules there’d be more cases, which should mean more deaths, but there is ~no excess mortality in countries without rules. So it can’t be true that without rules there’d be more cases.
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
[Y]ou want to convince me that we can create AI?
It must be possible in principle since evolution managed to do it with us – so how hard can it be?
Weather is hard cuz lots of chaos, AI may follow simple logic.
Humility is overrated.
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
But where is it ‘proven’ human [sic] are ‘just’ neurons?
Dunno, but that’s neither Deutsch’s nor my view. Quite the opposite: it’s that whatever abstractions the movement of those neurons instantiates, a computer can instantiate, too.
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
No one is doubting that computers can imperfectly simulate neurons
Lots of ppl doubt that because they don’t understand computational universality.
@DavidDeutschOxf @ericdenton235
Without the rules, there would have been more cases
I realize it’s a hypothetical, but Nick Hudson refutes this notion starting at 14:38: pandata.org/time-to-reopen…
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
But there is. A steam engine is not a universal simulator. But a computer is, so expecting it to be able to do whatever neurons can is not a metaphor: it is a known and proven property of the laws of physics as best we know them.
@JoeH78113424 @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
But this is still no more than a metaphor, says Searle, and there is no more reason to expect the brain to be a computer than a steam engine.
@JoeH78113424 @DavidDeutschOxf @foxjust @FukuyamaFrancis
From Deutsch’s The Beginning of Infinity:
[F]or centuries, some people have tried to explain the mind in mechanical terms, using […] metaphors based on the most complex machines […]. [N]ow that computers are our most impressive technology, brains are said to be computers.
My son and his partner have been stuck in their apartment for 10 days in Shanghai. Can’t even leave to walk t…
RT @patrickmadrid:
What the?? This video taken yesterday in Shanghai, China, by the father of a close friend of mine. She verified its auth…
RT @latestinspace:
What will be the first thing said on Mars? pic.twitter.com/MWZZfs0eap
Or maybe you caught it and never even noticed.
RT @janinisabel:
Ich definiere: Jemand, der das „Wir“ missbraucht, um Kindern das halbe Gesicht zu verhüllen. Der kein Problem damit hat, U…
Gemeinschaft ist zwar in der Tat wichtig, weil man zum Loesen von Problemen letztendlich auf andere angewiesen ist, aber das kann ja alles in friedlicher Zusammenarbeit geschehen und erfordert keinen Zwang. (Es sind jedoch immer Individuen, die handeln und Fortschritt machen.)
‘Asoziale Arschloecher’ sind diejenigen, die auf den Rechten anderer herumtrampeln, um ihre eigenen Praeferenzen durchzusetzen.
Limiting oneself in the way original affluent society suggests leads to tremendous suffering and eventually death. Just because we share much of our DNA with our ancestors doesn’t mean we’d enjoy their misery.
Original affluent society assumes that wants can (or should) be limited. In reality, we always have an infinity of wants because we are never free of problems. David Deutsch explains this well in his book The Beginning of Infinity.
I’m not looking at extremes. That ‘original affluent society’ theory is ridiculous. A society in which anyone could die from an infected splinter is not affluent. And people died from that all the time. We do not, and we’re better off for it.
This is shockingly false. Much of what makes life bearable and enjoyable today did not exist 10000 years ago, and much of the misery people faced back then is finally gone. People are not their DNA.
LOL. Regulating social media gives rich people just such control — namely politicians.
Not to mention the feminist/race crap at the bottom. twitter.com/chillywillers/…
It’s such a stunning and courageous movie. It’s about how the truth is obvious and only dumb and evil people don’t see it, it will make you feel smart and special!
It’d be hugely refreshing if, instead of saying ‘goodbye and stay safe’, companies’s customer support and ads encouraged you to take risks and enjoy life.
@MinistryofTru16 @EconCircus @Xi_Phos @ludwiglaborda @chillywillers @2B7C89526 @ohnoanyw @TheAliceSmith
Note how she uses critical-race-theory lingo: ‘deeply embedded’. It’s supposed to guilt you into agreeing with her.
RT @MinistryofTru16:
#MoT What could possibly go wrong? pic.twitter.com/DUR5cZwEQH
Im Englischen ist das wohl bereits weitgehend der Fall und funktioniert wunderbar.
Ich finde, die deutschen Kommaregeln könnten deutlich gelockert werden. Man könnte Kommas bspw. optional machen, außer in Fällen, in denen dies zu Missverständnissen führt.
@DKedmey @JesseNichols @NewStatesman @ChipkinLogan @astupple @tomhyde_
It was @JesseNichols’ idea.
On second thought, could it be… spammy though? (Not shitting on your idea Jesse, just wondering if maybe sending unsolicited books to people wouldn’t be welcome.)
16! = 20,922,789,888,000
So viele Ministerpräsidenten gibt’s doch gar nicht.
Anyone else wanna pitch in? @ChipkinLogan @astupple @tomhyde_ et al
How about we send 10 copies to his address listed here: linguistics.mit.edu/user/chomsky/ We can include a short letter to the effect ‘please read this so you’ll stop making prophecies, there are copies for your colleagues too.’ Signed by us.
New blog post: ‘Ukraine’
All kidding aside… should we do this?? One copy for him, a few more for his colleagues?
How about letting him do with his money whatever he pleases? twitter.com/NelsonforWI/st…
RT @DavidDeutschOxf:
The English version: spiegel.de/international/…
Prophecies. Chomsky desperately needs to read The Beginning of Infinity, esp. chapter 9.
⚡️ “Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history”” by @NewStatesman twitter.com/i/events/15117…
Would you rather rich people not build this either, so that nobody builds it?
Gute Tweets bzgl. Covid-Tyrannei unter #ichhabemitgemacht zu sehen.
As DD explains in BoI ch. 1 (I’m paraphrasing from memory), such conflicts don’t exist in reality, so any conflict is an opportunity for improvement.
This is the guy we let rob us at gunpoint. twitter.com/greg_price11/s…
On second thought, I think you’re looking for this: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web…
lol, the things ppl come up with twitter.com/hunterwalk/sta…
“What should be done about [group x]” is how a lot of ugly chapters of history have started.
Nothing. And ppl who’ve already gotten two jabs are not “anti-vaxxers” by any reasonable definition. twitter.com/Golden_Pup/sta…
@tachy_ @TimoKuentzle @DavidDeutschOxf
„Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit“ Kapitel 3 und 17 werden Sie besonders interessieren.
lol why am I not surprised that the German translation doesn’t fit in a single tweet while the English original does
… um sicherzustellen, dass er nicht ohne Gewalt aus dem Amt entfernt werden konnte […].”
Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit, Kapitel 17: Nicht nachhaltig
“[…] wie es dazu kam, dass andere Politiker planten, [Cäsar] gewaltsam seines Amtes zu entheben […]. Eine Popper'sche Analyse würde sich auf die Tatsache konzentrieren, dass Cäsar energische Schritte unternommen hatte, … twitter.com/DavidDeutschOx…
Easier to read, just not quite as ergonomic for your hands.
RT @nomadcapitalist:
89 years ago today. pic.twitter.com/e4DOIqLJXN
Graham deleted the tweet, then reposted it (reworded, I think): twitter.com/paulg/status/1…
Why did you delete your tweet about ‘canceling’ student debt?
Yes. It’s one of @ewarren’s many outrageous lies, which I have been chronicling here: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/lying-li… twitter.com/paulg/status/1…
RT @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R:
“The users tested the website already and…” reddit.com/r/programmerhu… pic.twitter.com/IQbrV0WfW1
You post pro-authority ideas all the time. Are you lying or do you just not realize it?
RT @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R:
Why waste time with lot class when few class do trick? reddit.com/r/programmerhu… pic.twitter.com/19BgjbpDTE
RT @SJobs_Stories:
“We were young - and we learned that we could build something, ourselves, that could control billions of dollars’ worth…
What a hero. Sacrificing his personal health to help others defend themselves against tyrants. twitter.com/BNOFeed/status…
@MireilleJansma @DavidDeutschOxf
Kein Problem, Links zu vielen anderen Plattformen finden Sie hier: anfa.ng/kaufen
It is. It’s how I first learned about Deutsch, and it caused me to inhale his books and start an incredibly rewarding intellectual journey that hasn’t stopped since.
Und das Taschenbuch ist Nr. 1 in Erkenntnistheorie und Nr. 2 in Physik 🥳
Sehr lesenswertes Interview zum Buch Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit von @DavidDeutschOxf.
Das E-Book ist momentan Amazon-Bestseller Nr. 1 in den Kategorien Quantenphysik und Erkenntnistheorie.
In einem Kommentar auf der verlinkten Seite schreibt jemand: “Danke für dieses Interview, gerade in dieser Zeit. Ja, wir schaffen das. So, wie wir es als Menschheit immer geschafft haben: mit Mut, Erfindungsreichtum und Adaptionsfähigkeit.”
Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit ist hier erhältlich: anfa.ng/kaufen
RT @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R:
More from the same lines as the chicken dog ai reddit.com/r/programmerhu… pic.twitter.com/ufhbfQfH21
RT @SJobs_Stories:
“Things led to things with Hewlett-Packard, and I started going up to their Palo Alto research labs every Tuesday night.…
It’s not the government’s responsibility to create jobs. Stay out of the economy. twitter.com/JoeBiden/statu…
How’s he gonna fuck things up this time? twitter.com/POTUS/status/1…
RT @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R:
Just talk it out loud and there you go! reddit.com/r/programmerhu… pic.twitter.com/qEu0BY0erf
Shouldn’t there be a hyphen between ‘free’ and ‘energy’?
Quoting the movie “Dragged Across Concrete” from memory: “I’m not a racist. Every Martin Luther King Jr day I get a dark roast.” 😂
RT @SJobs_Stories:
“When I was 12, I called Bill Hewlett - I said Hi, my name is Steve Jobs, I’m building a frequency counter, and I’d like…
Unglücksempfindungen werden also abgesehen von äußeren Faktoren dadurch verursacht, dass einem das notwendige Wissen fehlt.“
stetig seine Probleme löst; Unglücksempfindungen werden dadurch verursacht, dass man ständig am Versuch daran gehindert wird; und das Lösen von Problemen hängt selbst davon ab, ob man das dafür notwendige Wissen hat – …
Eine meiner Lieblingsstellen in ‘Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit’ von David Deutsch:
“[N]ehmen wir an, jemand wagt es jetzt doch, nach erklärenden Theorien für die Ursache menschlicher Glücksempfindungen zu suchen. Er vermutet, Glücksempfindungen sind Zustände, in denen man …
@theimoas @wolflotter @BachmannRudi
“Es sollten natürlich Physiker sein.”
Covid never controlled our lives. You and other politicians have been controlling our lives. twitter.com/POTUS/status/1…
‘We will NOT steal more money from you. Isn’t that great?’ twitter.com/JoeBiden/statu…
Sie haben Angst und hoffen, wenn sie nur gehorchen, wird alles besser werden.
New blog post: ‘Recording, Sending, and Receiving Audio Using JavaScript’
RT @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R:
is this the correct one? reddit.com/r/programmerhu… pic.twitter.com/3JFLg6Uas4
And he’s a doctor! Says so right there in his name!