lo_zamoyski

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by lo_zamoyski 2mo ago
> How can we possibly make use of these breakthroughs if we don’t understand them? How could we ever make anything useful with them? Theoretical science isn't about usefulness per se, but knowledge and understanding for its own sake
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by lo_zamoyski 2mo ago
It's a category mistake. People try to naturalize Jesus as a "great teacher", but the one thing you cannot do is frame Jesus as another wise man and good teacher! The man claimed to be God. Anyone who makes a claim like is ei
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by lo_zamoyski 2mo ago
I have no idea what you're trying to say here. Those two sentences seem disconnected. One very common error people make is to believe that ethics - at least epistemically and for the most part - is sectarian. This view seems to stem fr
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by lo_zamoyski 2mo ago
For one, because it's an indicator of health and healthy development, which are in turn related to other desirable features. Analogous things can be said for women. You also can't ignore assortive mating. We're not all in the
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
> now I drink 1 cup of coffee and, if I'm feeling wild, I'll occasionally get an espresso. FYI, unless we're talking double espresso, a typical shot of espresso contains less caffeine (up to half) than a typical cup of dri
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
You may dislike buying used books like that, but the purpose of the previous owner wasn't to satisfy your future desire for a pristine copy. The purpose was his own knowledge. If that's what works for him , so be it. It's
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
I appreciate that this is a topic of discussion, whatever defects the author's post contains, both explicit and tacit. Some commentary: 1. Ethics is the practical science (in the broader classical sense, not the narrow empirical sense)
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
The trouble is that the definition of "castle" varies considerably between countries. For instance, the German classification divides them into "Schloss" and "Burg", but these can include anything from earthwor
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
Perfection is always relative to a purpose or telos . So in the case of artifacts - which are the products of engineering, arts, and techne in general - the purpose isn't inherent to the object in the manner it is in oak trees and h
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
> why did you hire these morons? The democratic process is the selection of incompetent people by unqualified people.
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
A good question to pose to Sam.
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
Interesting Rorschach test.
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
The very consumerism that has made it materially wealthy has fucked up its citizens' priorities. Indeed, because the wealth differential over the last 30 years is as steep as it is - and because people are generally petty - it actually
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
Not really. You can be honest about something working and others can disagree with your assessment.
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
I'd have to look deeper into his views, but I've already come across what seem like similar claims that try to attribute computation to the laws of physics or to matter in general or whatever. However, these rest on category error
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
Whatever one might say about method, epistemically speaking, the aesthetic is prior to the mathematical. The mathematical is found in the analysis of the beautiful.
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
> I love how artistic taste can be partially derived from math [...] the math itself isn't sufficient to develop artistic taste Strictly speaking, it isn't "math" as math is the science of quantity and structure, both
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by lo_zamoyski 3mo ago
And if we're talking Ukraine, we have to talk Poland as it has been facilitating 90% of all Western military equipment, humanitarian aid, and crucial trade deliveries into the country. Poland is, of course, geopolitically positioned in
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
The "man-o-sphere" is pornographic. Look at the porn-brained Tate brothers for an example. That is their whole ethos and their souls are rotted out by it. Both are based in dehumanization and contempt for women and draws from t
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
> Science can't disprove religion. That depends on which religion, doesn't it. The categorical claim doesn't make any sense, because the general notion of "religion" doesn't entail anything that is inheren
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
> Who thought evolutionary theory would end religion? Some terribly ill-informed people have. Plus ca change. Sadly, the experience of "Christianity" of many Americans is either caricature or some kind of novel and vulgar funda
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
Not really. AI isn't intelligent by any stretch. To make that claims requires ignorance of what constitutes "intelligence", especially the most essential element of intelligence, viz., intensionality. LLMs or expert system or
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
Human beings are rational animals as such, but our exercise of that rationality can be quite weak and subject to character flaws and bad habits, and requires cultivation to refine, purify, and actualize. Of course, we also must be careful h
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
> AI can do a looot of things AI is not a real thing or a natural kind but a perspective. Whether something qualifies as "AI" or not cannot be decided by the objective features of the thing. Ergo, it can be defined at the autho
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
That's a strange way to phrase things. It's a bit like saying that the Church recognizes the licitness of murder under a lawful ceiling, but that this ceiling just happens to be 0 per year. Interest as such is recognized as theft
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
This is a classic case for one time ZKPs. Sure, you can't get around attestation, but the party that needs to verify that you meet age criteria doesn't need to know your age or other private information. I presume you're conc
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
That depends. Some schools actually cap the number of students permitted to continue. They fail a certain fixed number or percentage of students below a threshold, even if the raw score is good.
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
I have a graduate background in philosophy. Hopefully that gives you some idea of how impressed I am by your comments.
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
> All religion is based on superstitious believes Quite the question-begging claim. > or do you have counter examples Begin with the existence of God as self-subsisting being . This can be be shown to be a metaphysical necessity with
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by lo_zamoyski 4mo ago
It requires discernment, to be sure. The Principle of Double Effect[0] is essential in such cases, because it helps determine when cooperation with evil is remote or proximate, and when such cooperation with evil is morally permissible. [0]

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