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   by dmfdmf 10y ago

   Sorry, I should have included the link; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair#Pain_tolerance_and_in... When I had my appendix removed when I was about 12 I awoke and tried to sit up in the middle of the operation. I
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   by dmfdmf 10y ago

   Are you a redhead?
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   by dmfdmf 10y ago

   Experiment based on quantum theory confirms quantum theory.
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   by dmfdmf 11y ago

   Its not Capitalism.
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   by dmfdmf 11y ago

   I think physics is ripe for a revolution. We know Einstein's theories are incompatible with Quantum Mechanics but the path to reconciliation is not obvious or it would have been done already. Its unlikely to come from inside the profes
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   by dmfdmf 11y ago

   >That's a misleading analogy. No. It's not misleading at all. And your example illustrates the important distinction the OP made. These companies that you mentioned almost have to cooperate with the government because the gover
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   by dmfdmf 11y ago

   Don't fret, it wasn't written for you anyway.
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   by dmfdmf 11y ago

   She used "diet" pills, i.e. amphetamines, prescribed by her doctor most of her life. It wasn't uncommon at the time. Even Paul Erdos the mathematician used amphetamines to boost creativity/productiveness, I am sure there
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   by dmfdmf 11y ago

   If the govt keeps "printing" credit-money it won't be long before the $100 note replaces the $1 note anyway. I am opposed to this plan but I do support dropping the penny, round all prices to the nearest 5c.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    > Why is it anything done outside of the all seeing eye must automatically be associated with terrorism? Never bother to examine a folly, ask what does it accomplish.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    Forbes won't let me in unless I whitelist forbes.com on my ad blocker. Not. Going. To. Happen.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    This isn't a tax on oil companies it is a tax on everyone.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    P1: That was my fault, I didn't state that clearly. I should have said "The valid principles of induction define that line..." We have the principles of deduction that tell us when something is false but we are missing the
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    > Induction defines that line Really? How? You are asking me to solve the problem of induction. I appreciate your vote of confidence. ;-)
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    Popper just codified the current state of logic in his "paradigm" of how science works and his principle of falsifiability. We can prove something unequivocally false because of Aristotle's principle of non-contradiction but
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    While the author postures as an advocate of science she is in fact aiding and abetting the rejection of the Western (scientific) World View and ironically using modern science to do so. You cannot just dispense with the (Aristotelian) princ
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    I hope the company decides to close rather than cave in to government demands for mass surveillance. Sometimes doing the right thing is hard to do.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    This is really an excellent essay if you have any interest in AI and the view that it is a philosophic problem (more specifically, epistemology) and not a technology or engineering problem. My only comment is that Deutsch assumes that Popp
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    Nice talk, here are few comments/observations; Kant: He is correct that AGI is a philosophy problem (more specifically epistemology). Unfortunately, his hero is why he will never solve it unless he rejects Kant's false theory of
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    I really think this full court press to push users onto Win10 is going to backfire on Microsoft.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    I agree. Also, a "sort by new" (unthreaded) would be great. Perhaps there are performance issues with such features.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    Building a fascist state one ruling at a time.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    MIRI’s three research objectives are, at present: •highly reliable agent design: how can we design AI systems that reliably pursue the goals they are given? •value learning: how can we design learning systems to learn goals that are al
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    1) Define intelligence, knowledge, truth, proof (deductive and inductive)... how do concepts work?, etc. I am not being facetious here. AI is an epistemology problem not a technological one. 2) I agree but we have to solve the problem of i
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    This dichotomy is why modern physics is stuck. VR is forcing programmers to question the fundamental concepts while implementing (i.e. using) them in a discrete, non-infinity context.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    FYI, non-contradiction is not uniquely Rand's idea and is the metaphysical principle behind Aristotelian logic. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water in your hatred of Ayn Rand.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    I'm guessing the next big breakthrough in physics will come from VR simulations like this.
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    This makes me happy too! I went to conferences back in the early 90's and they were a lot of fun, watershed moment in my life. I hope you have a great time, you'll meet a lot of interesting and good people. I remember our exchan
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    Are quantum computers even possible if A=A?
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    by dmfdmf 11y ago

    Nothing I say will convince you.