learnedSloth
Re:The Erosion of Free Will: Why Society's Loss of Belief in Freedom I...
on Saturday April 08, 2023 @12:16AM (#35490475)
Mainly wishing that man would be just matter.
Re:The Waluigi Effect: an explanation of bizarre semiotic effects in LLMs
on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:15PM (#35050224)
> A hypothesis I have is that it is much more difficult to keep in line with the good alignment than to do evil.
I think that's why God planted the tree of good and evil knowledge in the garden. It permitted discussing the inevitable with concepts that Adam was already familiar with.
Re:Cargo Cult Science – Feynman's 1974 Caltech commencement address
on Monday March 06, 2023 @05:26PM (#35048645)
Learning would work at least as well IMO. One can be educated to taking educated people seriously.
Re:Cargo Cult Science – Feynman's 1974 Caltech commencement address
on Monday March 06, 2023 @05:07PM (#35048406)
> For myself it sounds like saying, "well you don't know Unicorns don't exist because we haven't looked everywhere, what if they're in <unexplored forests in the Congo>?" Then the Congo gets explored and they say, "well maybe they're in Antarctica".
In India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_One_Horned_Rhino.j...
Re:Facebook and Google hand over user data, help police prosecute abor...
on Sunday March 05, 2023 @04:48PM (#35034363)
> they were offering women several thousand dollars in reimbursements to travel for an abortion.
Isn't that contract killing now?
Edit: Thanks for downvoting a honest question!
Re:Facebook and Google hand over user data, help police prosecute abor...
on Sunday March 05, 2023 @06:31AM (#35028662)
Is the next step extending citizen rights to unborn babies?