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If a helicopter drops someone off on the top of Mount Everest, it's reasonable to say that the helicopter did the work and is not just a tool they used to hike
by bpodgursky 9mo ago
If a helicopter drops someone off on the top of Mount Everest, it's reasonable to say that the helicopter did the work and is not just a tool they used to hike up the mountain.
- nozzlegear 9mo agoWho piloted the helicopter in this scenario, a human or chatgpt? You'd say the pilot dropped them off in a helicopter. The helicopter didn't fly itself there.
- bpodgursky 9mo ago“They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
- nozzlegear 9mo ago"For me, it is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." — Carl Sagan
- bpodgursky 9mo agoI read the narnia series many times as a kid and this one stuck with me, I didn't prompt for it. I have no real way to demonstrate that I'm telling the truth, but I am ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- nozzlegear 9mo agoSorry for the assumption. For what it's worth, I read one of Sagan's books last year, but pulled the quote from Goodreads :P