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Quantum Theory's Measurement Problem May Be a Poison Pill for Objective Reality(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by prmph 2y ago|0 comments
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by prmph 2y ago
He didn't come from any other thing, because he always existed. It's like asking where time came from.
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by prmph 2y ago
This argument I think hints at something i regard as mysterious regarding probability as applied to the real world (as opposed to the platonic, pure math concept) My own view is that there something deep about probability akin to the measur
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by prmph 2y ago
I thought not trusting clients was already security 101?
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by prmph 2y ago
Then "God creating things" will also inevitably occur, right?
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by prmph 2y ago
Yes, I understand where you are coming from, and public workers should definitely be paid better, but I'm just focusing on one part of your argument which I find specious. I'm saying you have a skewed idea of usefulness. Relative
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by prmph 2y ago
But your work may contribute to a product that helps a doctor, nurse or teacher do their job. Even if it does not directly do that, maybe your fellow workers use the income they get from the company existence to raise their kid who becomes
728.
by prmph 2y ago
It's even worse. Many people find it odd if you do care
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by prmph 2y ago
No, fictional stories can not tell us something new about human behavior. yes, they can illustrate behavior we already know happens, but we need to be careful not to base any new understanding of human behavior on stories that did not happe
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by prmph 2y ago
Indeed, that's the point I was making earlier. It's one thing to tell an apocryphal story to illustrate something we already know to be true, and another to base our "truths" on made up stories.
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Starbucks says people using its coffee shops must buy something(theguardian.com)
5 points by prmph 2y ago|1 comments
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by prmph 2y ago
Indeed, the article is kind of only saying obvious things. I was disappointed because I expected some very specific, insightful ideas.
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by prmph 2y ago
So I can claim you once deleted the master database (although you never did), and use that to warn juniors who join to be careful? I guess we have quite different opinions on slander and defamation.
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by prmph 2y ago
The point is that the islanders were not mistaking effect for cause, but simply believing some wrong things. For example, they were clearing the airstrips, not because they believed that doing so caused the cargo to appear, but simply to fa
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by prmph 2y ago
> Also, the tale may be apocryphal, but apocryphal tales (such as fairy tales) still can contain interesting insights about how humans behave. Maybe that's why they propagate through time. But do you make it clear to those you tell
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by prmph 2y ago
This is a disingenuous reply. If you tell a story about a human group, and base your ideas of how humans behave based on that, it better be true. Otherwise we can base policy on all kinds of exotic stories that never happened.
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by prmph 2y ago
So you're uninterested in the fact that things just didn't happen the way the cargo-cult story says? I mean, you can continue to use the cargo-cult term if you want; just tell an accurate story about the phenomenon that inspired i
738.
by prmph 2y ago
But the point is that the islanders were not mistaking effect for cause, but simply believing some wrong things. For example, they were clearing the airstrips, not because they believed that doing so caused the cargo to appear, but simply
739.
by prmph 2y ago
So when are we going to get a proper application (not systems) programming language with all these nice things about Rust?
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by prmph 2y ago
> This function might not catch all Rust panics. A Rust panic is not always implemented via unwinding, but can be implemented by aborting the process as well. This function only catches unwinding panics, not those that abort the process.
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by prmph 2y ago
> This function might not catch all Rust panics. A Rust panic is not always implemented via unwinding, but can be implemented by aborting the process as well. This function only catches unwinding panics, not those that abort the process.
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by prmph 2y ago
Anyone that thinks this is just years away is utterly ignoring human history, nature, and relationship with technology. My own view is that this will never be achieved, and it's not even just about the tech. Let's imagine for a mo
743.
by prmph 2y ago
Yes frame-dragging seems to be the name of the concept I was thinking of. Cool.
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by prmph 2y ago
Alternative story that reports the same study a from a different, also interesting, angle: https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2024/08/large-study-conf...
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by prmph 2y ago
You may find this report to be more to your liking then: https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2024/08/large-study-conf...
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1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be Conscious(scientificamerican.com)
4 points by prmph 2y ago|3 comments
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by prmph 2y ago
Thanks for this explanation; quite interesting. But it still seems to me that there might be a gravitational/inertial effects at play as well. At a (hypothetical) infinite altitude, it can no longer be said the the plane is moving perf
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by prmph 2y ago
Interesting to know about the Coriolis effect. I get that what really matters is the relative motion, but it still seems to me that there might be a gravitational/inertial effects at play, even if tiny. Consider this thought experiment
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by prmph 2y ago
One question I've always had with this: How does the rotation of the earth affect an airplane's flight time, if any? And how does this change with altitude?
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by prmph 2y ago
Would give a whole new meaning to cloud computing. We can only hope.

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