Zero Edge I've never liked the whole "monkeys on a typewriter" thing because technically it isn't true. An infinite amount of monkeys given an infinite amount of time would never write Shakespeare because no matter what, a monkey cannot type in perfect randomness, meaning no matter how many or how long it would never type Shakespeare. If you made a device and trained a monkey to type perfectly random.. yeah, sure.
🦿 Lucian Marin Can ChatGPT write Shakespeare? In a world of AI generated text, Subreply might be the only places where people actually think.
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Zero Edge I don't mind being an idiot.. Sometimes the right idiot at the right time can make all the diff..err..rance in the world.
Zero Edge Feeling good is the idol of the modern age. It is what causes people to tune out the truth in favor of lies because if I can believe a lie and feel good or believe the truth and feel bad why would I actively choose to feel bad. When you live in a world of lies (that makes you feel good) the truth becomes the enemy because it has the power to destroy your world. So you don't seek truth you seek reassurance. Reassurance that your world is legitimate. Reassurance that your world is truth. Reassurance so that you can "feel good". So the question is what is the truth and if you find it will you be open enough to accept it?
🦧 Simon Gray ⚠️ Warning labels intended specifically for the idiots who won't read them, proving parallel worlds theory. ♾️
Zero Edge The fruit of the flesh is empty. The fruit of the Spirit is life. I want a world with more people that can be described as: Loving. Joyful. Peaceful. Patient. Kind. Good. Faithful. Gentle. In Self Control. (Galatians 5:22-23)
🦧 Simon Gray Emergency republic meeting entirely justified by tonight's world cup semi results.
πŸ˜€ Tom I remember it was big in the news when the world population reached 7 billion. The world population is now 8 billion, and I don't recall it being a big thing in the news this time.
Zero Edge So your argument is that a highly complex system always existed (the laws of physics as you put it) but that isn't the only complex system you think always existed you believe every system including weather, life (birth), the complexities of the quantum realm, fire, and way more that I can't think of. Nothing in this universe is 'simple'. That is fine you believe a complex system always existed. I believe a extremely complex system always existed and it gave birth to our complex system. How exactly does your belief require any less faith than mine?
β˜• David Antoine I don't know if I should consider the laws of physics as a highly complex system in itself as physicists still don't know exactly what's fundamental and what's emergent. QM for example describes reality with probabilities while ensuring they strictly sum to 1 and is all constraint by the Pythagoras theorem and the imaginary number. They call it the unitarity. Simple basics, complex world. Same for life down the road, provided you have the right initial conditions. I just watched this, he talks about why is there something rather than nothing better then me and it is obsoletely not trivial: youtube.com/watch?...
🦿 Lucian Marin Subreply is mentioned on plaintextworld.com among other cool sites.
Zero Edge While we waste our time on trifle shit the world schemes against us. Take your head out of your ass Bragg.
🦿 Lucian Marin I only watched two matches from FIFA World Cup: Argentina - Saudi Arabia and Argentina - France. I witness the most amazing comeback from Leo Messi.
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πŸ˜€ Tom Today I was reminded of a quote I posted here over 3 years ago: "In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally." - Paul Graham
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β™ŸοΈ Inverse Replica Yeah I just don't think so. Except some minor backlashes on the way, human civilization as a whole has been constantly improving. We're evolving as a species biologically and culturally and so far managed to cope with all challenges. Empirically it's just very unlikely for the world to end in dystopia.
Zero Edge I guess your and my definition of "dystopia" differs greatly. I don't see a world where the government has complete control over you and your actions anything but. The government wants to bar you from shopping at a grocery store? Their choice. This power can be easily abused. Dystopia to me is when the power no longer belongs to the people. I won't even get into the fact that mandating drugs with no long term data will eventually lead to extinction. 'MRNA' supposedly had the first stages complete. The next one likely wont. You will be forced to take an untested drug or you will lose your life. That is dystopia.
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Zero Edge The point was that the world as we know it would end. Basically that tyranny will win at that point.
β™ŸοΈ Inverse Replica Yeah I just don't think so. Except some minor backlashes on the way, human civilization as a whole has been constantly improving. We're evolving as a species biologically and culturally and so far managed to cope with all challenges. Empirically it's just very unlikely for the world to end in dystopia.
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β™ŸοΈ Inverse Replica I have witnessed too many 'the world as we know it will end' predictions over the course of my life to believe this time it's actually going to be the tipping point.
Zero Edge The point was that the world as we know it would end. Basically that tyranny will win at that point.
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