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Re:Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi by munificent on Monday August 04, 2025 @04:53PM (#44791211)
I think you dramatically underestimate how much your own mind is a product of narratives, some of which are self-selected, many of which are influenced by others.
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Re:Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi by throwawayq3423 on Monday August 04, 2025 @06:10PM (#44791903)
Perhaps, but what you said is unfalsifiable and/or unknowable.

Ideologies are not invented unless you're a caveman. We all got to know the world by listening to others.

The subject of discussion is if and when external forces can alter those ideologies at will. And I have not seen any evidence to support the feasibility of that at scale.

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Re:Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi by munificent on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @03:44PM (#44803293)
The idea that falsifiability is necessary or good for a belief system is a narrative you are choosing to believe in. :)
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Re:Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi by throwawayq3423 on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @09:15PM (#44806565)
You lost me.
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