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Honestly, I was just trying to point out without being rude myself that, if something someone says here on HN seems difficult to understand, it might be because
by carapace 6y ago
Honestly, I was just trying to point out without being rude myself that, if something someone says here on HN seems difficult to understand, it might be because one is just too stupid, not that the poster is a robot.
In any event, the point about the unpredictability of a message comes from Shannon's Information Theory.
Although, see also Robert Anton Wilson's writing about W. Burroughs' "cut ups". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-up_technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-up_technique
- stingraycharles 6y agoI think the criticism is more that the way things are being articulated is the same kind of language that’s being used by people to make things sound more interesting than they actually are. At least, that’s how I interpret it. I don’t think at all it has anything to do with being stupid. On the contrary, it’s usually the smarter people that can see through the smoke screen and realize “oh he’s just talking about 3D printed wood”.
- carapace 6y agoIt's a fair criticism IMO just done in a rude way (again, IMO.) - - - - To me "just" in that sentence would be (IMO) a signal that the speaker hadn't thought things through deeply enough. The jargon word "circular" is the clue. It's not just about the 3D printing of wood, or biodegradable glue, it's about a sea change in our economy and technology to be in harmony with (for lack of a better word) Nature (and therefore durable on large (10K to 1M years) timescales.)
- glial 6y agoOK, I’ll bite: what’s a “circular technosphere”?
- carapace 6y agoCheck out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_economy The "technosphere" is the thing with the lights that you see from orbit when the Sun is on the other side of the Earth.