GWBullshit

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by GWBullshit 3y ago
"It is what it is". Not promising a "We're In A Sim For Dummies", just calling it like it appears. "A" affects "B" like so, "B" affects "C" like so, and so on. Not claiming to
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by GWBullshit 3y ago
Hello and thanks for taking interest; you're definitely remembered. >It's inversely proportional to the odds that these similarly-themed things pop-up coincidentally in human language, if I remember the gist of your argument he
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by GWBullshit 3y ago
Have you considered the likelihood that nobody respects thinly-veiled ad hominem attacks? Either argue the premise or ... you know ...
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Ask HN: Regarding the simulation hypothesis, is something better than nothing?
1 points by GWBullshit 3y ago|6 comments
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
> The answer is yes, it's called the total value of all heat in the universe. Thank you for answering in this fashion; I suppose I could have amended that with, "in such a fashion so as to provide a measure of usefulness in det
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
>> The content you've uploaded is a single experiment trial This is an introduction to the approach; as mentioned, there are other examples to be had ... including things which relate to both past and near future. >> with n
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
> Let's be real, though: your answers are not deterministic. Deterministic would be "100% causal". That's not what's being said at all with this. What's being said is, "In the absence of anyone being ab
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
Thank you for taking the time to read it and give it your consideration. >It's hard to correlate your findings with real-world evidence of a simulated universe >I'm not sure if there is such a program that could prove you ri
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Show HN: An effort to explore the Simulation Theory
2 points by GWBullshit 4y ago|9 comments
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
You: >> "Conceit" Ironically, "also you": >> "My first response to this is "Nope". >> "& you're welcome I guess!" Additionally, >> "What this write-up demons
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Proposal: The Super Bowl as an Opportunity to Examine the Simulation Hypothesis
1 points by GWBullshit 4y ago|3 comments
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
Here's a question: why not just replace the Turing Test with a "as far as humans can best describe consciousness on a more general scale" standard? 1. The Turing Test is not only subjective ("Thinking like a human must b
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
2 things: 1. Is intelligence absolute, or is it a scale? 2. If intelligence is a scale, is it a 2-dimensional scale? Or is it a multi-dimensional scale? For example, in your example you suggest things like flies, bacterias, trees could be &
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
You think of it that way and that's fine. But how do you know the biological reality leads to the experience you imagine? What if it winds up being what is described above where your brain becomes overloaded? And again, you mention Neu
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
> Written by the people of India through their democratic process. It's not a mystery or of questionable legitimacy. India has an illiteracy rate of nearly 1/4, and one of the highest among adults on the planet: https:/&#
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
This is what I find confusing; people are more willing these days to accept the possibility that we may be in a simulation. Such a simulation is presumably large in scale (this assumes the "rest of the universe" as we perceive it
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
You think so but just remember it takes "your body" to process the energy required for your brain; now, if you became completely sedentary, you MAY be able to get away with your brain having access to "two brains worth of stu
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
"Fuck it, might as well" include this bit also: George Floyd: "Minneapolis" = anagram for "Mason pin lie"
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
This is a clickbait-y title that at best, misunderstands his motives, and at worst, misrepresents what is in actuality happening. The "right" has historically had more implied trust from heavy-duty surveillance mechanisms of gover
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
I'd highly recommend re-reading 1984. When dealing with those supporting authoritarian governments, you need less bigthink and more simplethink. Worlds like "spectrum" are bad-think-party-no-nos that lead to job-ouchies.
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
All institutions by design implicitly have a core, if unspoken "prime directive": self-preservation. You could start an institution with the best intentions known to mankind, but if that institution doesn't preserve itself fi
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
Thank you – And this doesn't even scratch the surface of yet further "of sound mind" fuckery like the "black male/black guy's/black eyes" club. I feel we live in a "each one teach one" perio
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
If only you knew. ============================================================ Bear with me here because I know this is long, but from a programming perspective, think of it like this: Imagine that people like Musk and others are right and
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
It's sort of been done already; the reason it's NOT a huge news event is there are ... how to put it ... "Anti-X-Files" types who historically have held the view that this knowledge would dissolve human concepts of &quot
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
Why? You're ASSUMING such an alien civilization's goals would be in line with countless strategy games. What if millions of years of advancement wound up leading to very, very different goals for colonization than what we're
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
>> In general, what changed after threat of break up Howard Hughes' approach to tax evasion resurfaced.
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
How do you know the shrooms giving people this gateway experience are not alien bio-tech that got to Earth via panspermia?
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
What if they don't "hop on" and "visit"? For example, humans seem to be at a point where corporations are trying to automate everything - what if some alien civilization figured out automation was the way to go as f
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
There are too many great minds (Tesla being just one) who claim their ideas were "not their own" and simply communicated to them "for whatever reason" to disagree with this point of view. I sometimes wonder, given Newtow
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by GWBullshit 4y ago
This is bringing up a centuries-old issue of balancing innovation with social stability. The term "Luddite" has incorrectly been attributed to suggest groups of people who "fear technology". When examining actual history

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