JacksonGariety

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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
Yeah I've never understood how people take such one-sided positions on this issue. And it becomes such an emotionally-charged subject for both sides.
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
You seem to be thinking of the labels 'male' and 'female'; but I was referring to 'sex' as biologically reproduced characteristics, and 'gender' as sociologically reproduced characteristics. The label
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
There are differences between the sexes, but they are not the ones described here. These are gender differences. There's probably some fuzzy overlap, but the article doesn't cover it.
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
> speed, memory and safety It seems you're thinking of interaction in the context of, e.g., a work environment where efficiency is of capital importance. This is one kind of interaction, yes. But there are others.
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
That's a good quote; but I think that the crucial sentence is this one: > The driver must have been written by the sales department.
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
> There are endless possibilities for people who want to get out and actually do something. If you're wealthy...
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
It is true that we cannot know if the product causes NEC without statistics. But the point is that _even if no one had died_, SimplyThick had not been developed and manufactured with health and safety in mind. The incident illustrates the d
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
Well, apparently if you outsource your production to Thermo Pac... yes.
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
Excuse the cliche question, but who is Razengan? If we make an HN account whose thoughts and communication are practically indistinguishable from Razengan's, and it makes similar comments in all the same threads, is this account actual
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
The concept of life is not unique in this regard. One can form a similar argument for any concept whatsoever. It's more useful to situate concepts such as 'life' at the center of constellations of other concepts such as &#x27
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
> Of course, I have no real evidence for my views... > On the other hand, the people who talk about the great difficulty of factoring have equally little evidence... This is a classic antinomy (paradox): one can argue indefinitely in
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
Regarding the general phenomenon of removing 'hateful content' from social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter as well) there seem to be primarily two reactions: 1) Good. Hateful content spreads hate and causes it to multiply. W
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
Seems like a chicken-and-egg problem, no? Power empowers power.
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by JacksonGariety 7y ago
Who wrote that? (Asking out of curiosity.)
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by JacksonGariety 8y ago
I agree that debate cannot occur on social media and it would be better if no one used Facebook; leaving social media certainly sets a good example. But I'm arguing against the sentiment that whatever goes on on Facebook is merely a sy
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by JacksonGariety 8y ago
The dilemma is that leaving social media is increasingly tantamount to leaving society, which is the basis for what remains of politics. On the other hand, the "politics" that occurs on social media is increasingly nothing other t
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
My two cents: people who really like reading books don't read the books that are most frequently talked about. This is probably because most people don't really like to read. Accordingly, the most popular books are written specifi
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
Maybe I oversimplified it, but it actually seemed pretty straight forward to me. His point is that the terms for "wanting to die" cannot be defined, and from there concludes that "wanting to die" isn't really a feel
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
Not a psychological theory. And certainly not a "revolutionary" one. This article is a crude, philosophical "argument" for the non-existence of qualia. It follows from his conclusions that sunsets can't really be be
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
Why downvote this comment? Genuinely curious. The article poorly is written and makes all sorts of potentially offensive assumptions. Why have it on the front page?
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
What about people with illnesses (physical and mental) or simply genuine misfortune who have overcome it? The author apparently doesn't care about them. Flagged.
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Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, FCC suggests(arstechnica.com)
277 points by JacksonGariety 9y ago|188 comments
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
So you have to prove that all human work is physical when some of it doesn't seem to be physical at all (creative work).
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
>everything automatable is computable why do you suppose this?
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
My understanding was that he thinks we can potentially automate all human work, just not with computers. A precise task isn't necessary: AI researchers are simply mistaken about the nature of intelligence.
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
Philosophers have been saying this for 60 years Hubert Dreyfus' 1972 book "What Computers Can't Do" is a notable example.
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
It's always fascinating to me that when this question comes up (are we going downhill or uphill?) the answer inevitably turns to violence. Is violence the pinnacle of evil? Is nothing worse than violence? What about mental illness? Is
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
Read critical theory! I recommend starting with Guy Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle )
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
You must choose between a) and b).
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by JacksonGariety 9y ago
"Clearly the telos of the bird is to fly well, as that of a lyre player is to play the lyre properly!" It's Aristotelian biology.

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