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by Tichy 13y ago
I dunno - isn't this the most useless experiment ever? The brain reacts to death throes of the body. Who would have thought? I would imagine being killed would be a pretty significant experience for the brain, and usually a completely
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by Tichy 13y ago
Interesting interview, unfortunately she really says some things that are rather extreme, such as HIV being nature's punishment for homosexuality. Too bad. How does the censoring on Twitter work? I did not understand your screenshot. U
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by Tichy 13y ago
If you can't see the "women are victims" aspect, you must be blind. Sorry - just look at the Cecilia Payne pamphlet that started this discussion. No victim painted there? And that is a very mild example. "Rape culture&qu
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by Tichy 13y ago
I did not say who or what creates the patriarchy - what matters to feminism is that women have to be seen as a disadvantaged group of people. As for gender and toys, obviously industries don't usually have our best interests in their h
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by Tichy 13y ago
Thanks - I am actually not that interested in the variability hypothesis, as I would expect other factors to be much more important. So I guess I won't spend the time to read the paper in detail. The summary mentions that variability s
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by Tichy 13y ago
I don't really believe your claim without you providing any pointers as to where I am supposed to be wrong. I have been following that feminism thing for a while now and I don't think I am that misinformed. Of course feminists the
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by Tichy 13y ago
Yes
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by Tichy 13y ago
The theory about IQ is not that the averages are higher, but that the distribution is different. Supposedly there are more very intelligent and more very stupid men than women. So the average IQs will be roughly the same, but there are more
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by Tichy 13y ago
That article doesn't even seem to compare people in similar jobs, only people with comparable education. Women often choose different jobs, for example because they allow them more flexibility (yes, to take care of family, and also pos
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by Tichy 13y ago
I thought it was the company responsible for the bins doing it. My bad.
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by Tichy 13y ago
So for 100$ the recycling bins could be back on the street, if they credibly anonymize the data?
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by Tichy 13y ago
I was replying to DanBC who mentioned the Data Protection People. I have no idea how this stuff works in Britain.
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by Tichy 13y ago
"Those companies are registered with the Data Protection people." And it's probably really easy for "the little man" to register with the Data Protection Agency? Or do you need lots of lawyers and lots of money?
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by Tichy 13y ago
You didn't even get the point of my comment, which is that she (Payne) is not not famous because she is a woman. There are lots of other reasons that affect fame. A catchy name is just one example. This whole thing is completely ridicu
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by Tichy 13y ago
Am I the only one who finds that a bit silly? Perhaps the next step will be that we won't be allowed to look at other people on the street anymore, because we would gather too much information. What if I want to open a shop and count t
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by Tichy 13y ago
That geekphone seems to cost 150€ at the moment. 50$ would be really exciting.
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by Tichy 13y ago
Well then qualia is just an artificial definition for something that separates me from you. Since they can't be measured I can always claim "you have no qualia" and treat you like a machine.
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by Tichy 13y ago
It's really easy to make a computer say "I".
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by Tichy 13y ago
And evolution theory has been addressed ad infinitum by religious groups... Care to give any links?
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by Tichy 13y ago
Well as I said, if you want her to be famous, just call her Cecile Payne from now on. My point is that her relative fame probably has little to do with being a woman. Of course maybe now she'll become famous for the only reason that sh
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by Tichy 13y ago
I've been reading a lot about that topic recently and I am pretty sure the science on that is not as conclusive as you claim. Most studies stop as soon as they find anything that could support their claim that it's discrimination,
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by Tichy 13y ago
Huh what is your problem? I said that Marie Curie is famous (and definitely nobody knows the Skoldowokski-part of her name - today is the first time I heard that). Are you saying that Cecile should be as famous as Marie? Or only as famous a
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by Tichy 13y ago
Yeah I think comparing her to Galileo, Newton and Einstein is a little over the top. That is so typical feminism, trying to frame things as if bad things happened to her just because she was a woman. If I remember correctly, Einstein was al
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by Tichy 13y ago
I don't see the difficulty with that? If I read Wikipedia right qualia basically just means "subjective impressions"? Alright then, compute around for a while on your Arduino, and you get some subjective impressions. For exam
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by Tichy 13y ago
I actually feel the same about sharing photos. Social Networks are only usable for me because I assume everything is public. Once I tried to organize a small party with G+ and accidentally invited the whole internet. Luckily G+ wasn't
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by Tichy 13y ago
Thinking about teleportation I eventually realized that if it ever works, it will probably work by copying a person and destroying the old copy. I think Michael Crichton described it in the same way in "Timeline".
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by Tichy 13y ago
The interesting question in my opinion is, why do we find something interesting. For example if we hope to find alien life, what do we hope to find? That is the real question, not some arbitrary definition of life.
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by Tichy 13y ago
It rather seems to me talking about "qualia" is pushing the question one step away, or creating a circular argument. If I attach a light sensor to my Arduino and then upload code to the arduino that says "if sensor active, fl
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by Tichy 13y ago
You don't need consciousness to perceive something. It's just electrons interacting with atoms.
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by Tichy 13y ago
In my opinion it won't help you, because it is just an illusion. If it would help you understand yourself, it would also help you build a robot that is similar to you. But OK, that is just an opinion, I lack the energy to write more at

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