MrMcCall

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by MrMcCall 2y ago
You don't know the history of ELIZA, do you? That story goes way deeper than some wordplay fooling people. The entire intent was to get people to realize that it was worthless, but, even after people learned that and what it was, they
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Thank you for this. I'm glad someone has their head on straight. I think it's like some rich guys said, "Lets roll this tiny snowball down this mountain towards that village." Of course, we are also heating an already ov
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Every machine bears traits of is creator?
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But it's not reasoning , it's just wordplay, just a gargantuanly complex level of auto-generated ELIZA.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
You understand. Remember that fools can either be full of horsesh_t, where they don't know that what they believe and repeat is untrue, or bullsh_t, where they know they are lying and doing so for a particular reason. The first step to
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Human nature is to have a moral compass (conscience), with a mind to contemplate whether our planned behavior is positive or negative for the happiness of those around us, and a free will to then choose which paths to take. What you describ
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
First off, you are right about the "90%". The breakdown is that ~90% of that 90% are the uncommitted "confused by confusion" folks. who have neither committed to trying to be virtuous, or have committed themselves to sel
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Read the rest of the longest thread here. It's not "my" understanding, it's the result of learning from different traditions, combined with the path my life has taken me. I prayed really, really hard when I was 7yo, with
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yeah, I'm not a fan of Google at all. I like companies that keep "don't be evil" in their Mission Statement. No Rust here. Never cared for Java, its generics were crap, then .NET v2 was here with F# and, welp, Java'
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Contributions? I don't monitor my box at that level. But rust, java, nodejs, and Chrome are nowhere to be found (IIUC). I don't even care what Mesa is. But Microsoft products are not present. Many (most?) for-profit corps are not
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It's my wife's son, and it is truly extraordinary. I played but a miniscule role.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> That's something weird, but it's not Biblical theology. It's called Hidayat, and it comes from Sufism. When Jesus says, in John 16:12-13, that: "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when h
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I witnessed the most extraordinary use of this in the one year my wife's son lived with us during his pre-med coursework in undergrad. He would read aloud to himself (in a quiet voice). He explained that it was his way of keeping himse
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Judgement is heaven or hell, reward or punishment. What other outcome can there be? Knowing Him is to follow God's commands and to love God with all your being and then love your neighbor as yourself. And to seek and find the meaning o
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I do love my enemies, but they have to want to hear the truth. It is their human right to be ignorant and ignore God's Wisdom. And I treat them well, though they so loath the truth that they don't call anymore. They are supporting
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
You don't know the verse I'm talking about. He speaks of turning children against their parents, my friend. Why would a teacher of love tell us that? Well, when those parents live their lives in complete opposition to what that ma
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
We can know the truth of anything, most especially ourselves, as that truth is essential to our spiritual grown. As Rumi says, "The Way goes in." Just before seeing your reply, I had just edited my comment to add my appreciation o
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I only skimmed it, but the framework is pretty sound, aside from the fact that what should be the focal point Love your neighbor as yourself seems to be buried at the end, so it doesn't look like he really takes that teaching to
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The vultures just bought these apartments, kicked us out of our apartment for two months this summer to renovate it, so they can raise our rent from $1040 to $1500 a month, with formaldehyde likely in our new wood flooring. They refused my
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Thanks for sharing that riveting performance. And, Borges is always intersting.
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Well said, my friend. Thank you very much. Yes, changing incentives is the easiest way to provide a proper carrot to help people choose a better way. And let's not forget that disincentivizing our leaders from being corrupt bastards is
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Oh, I didn't realize that was Maria Konnikova. That makes it hit differently, now. Gratitude is, indeed, difficult to keep in one's mind and heart as the loveless bastards of this world further their schemes that abuse the Earth a
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It is always our choice, each of us. If we want to become better, we can be, and will, if we ask for the right kind of help. If we don't give a sh_t, we will just continue being a selfish ahole. And remember that a person's religi
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
There is no mismatch, friend. "Pulling others in", as you put it, requires two ends of the leveling-up: first, the initiate explains how to begin the self-evolution, and second, the newcomer accepts the challenge and begins their
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> A well-designed system will align individual self-interest with what's beneficial collectively. A well-evolved human being will fit into the team in the optimal way, so long as the team is constructed by a well-evolved human being
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Selflessness merely means understanding that selfless service to others' happiness is a fundamental element of the spiritual path. We do not have to love them more than ourself, just equal, but we must take the chances we get to serv
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
We each have the free will to choose willful ignorance over humble learning. You are correct, we can't "get them out"; only they can do that by exercising their free will to choose to become better human beings. We can, howev
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The failure in this paragraph is that our highest and most important ability as human beings is to self-evolve ourselves out of our selfish ego into its selfless version. That paragraph is as completely wrong in its understanding of human n
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yes, and not thinking that one is better than anyone else. We are all equal, no matter how much better we are than another, with respect to either some job skill or even the spiritual path. Dunning-Kruger's true-experts are better th
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Our expertise in any kind of technical skill that allows us to participate in society is of no importance compared to our becoming a positive member of all the societies/cultures we encounter. This requires becoming a compassionate, em

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