Why do you agree with the editor’s censorship? Also, you say he’s “a creepy misogynist”—what’s your evidence for that claim (genuine question)?
The article does a good service explaining that part.
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QuanticSausage commented on The Computational Theory of Mind (2015) plato.stanford.edu/entrie... · Posted by u/DanielleMolloy
> I doubt she will ever know what a "light" is, or what she is doing when she turns it "on".
You mean Alexa may never know what we mean by "light" or "turning it on". Neither would an intelligent alien that doesn't rely on sight. That doesn't entail that such a creature isn't intelligent, or doesn't have a mental life, or its operations doesn't operate on a model consisting of a set of propositions.
> There is no "logic" which can specify such things in a limited set of propositions: the effect of the world on animals is not merely to add propositions to their "set of beliefs".
That's conjecture, although I think the way you've framed it is misleading. Instincts are also "beliefs" in this model, and the operation of a mind can have multiple layers with inconsistent sets of "beliefs" that sometimes drive seemingly inconsistent behaviour.
> An intelligent alien that doesn't rely on sight.
You don't have to go that far. A person blind from birth is enough an example.
QuanticSausage commented on WebSockets for Fun and Profit stackoverflow.blog/2019/1... · Posted by u/chmaynard
Author here - thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed peeking under the hood of WebSockets, and learned a bunch. Hope this is helpful to others as well!
thank you
QuanticSausage commented on Ask HN: Any tips for a shy person who wants to do sales? · Posted by u/googlycooly
I can't tell you exactly how I got out of that situation because it was a gradual change. But one thing you should do is practice. Practice being funny, practice body language, practice following the thread of a conversation, practice being interesting. Practice this with other people, and catch every bit of feedback that you can: try to infer what their faces tell you, if they're comfortable with you or not, what do those people like and dislike. Try to stay away from other awkward guys, you can't learn anything from them unless they're sociable, which means they're not totally awkward. You'll also find that a great deal of people will try to take advantage of you. Try to stay away from people that ignore you when trying to talk to them, or don't hold what you say as important. If they dismiss you, then you must have the courage to dismiss them.
QuanticSausage commented on Are Physical Laws Inevitable? math.columbia.edu/~woit/w... · Posted by u/chmaynard
Yes.
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By definition a physics law is inescapable. If that law can be circumvented, then there are deeper physical laws at work. Don't be conceited, nothing can be absolutely relative. If everything is relative and it's an illusion, at least the existence of illusions is objective.
QuanticSausage commented on Ask HN: I have nothing to do at work and it's killing me · Posted by u/TurkishPoptart
You don't know what it's like to do nothing! I mean, I want some normal work to do so that I'm not wasting my time here. To learn stuff, build new skills.
I do know what it's like to do nothing. I don't know how you've lived your life until now, but I bet this situation is new to you. You'll have to learn how to fill up your time with meaningful things despite of negative thoughts overflowing your mind. You should one of this days sit down, put down the cellphone somewhere it doesn't distract you, grab some paper and a pen, and write down how you feel. You'll see that writing down your situation and feelings will help. Don't underestimate the time needed when doing this, and don't think it'll be easy to find something worth your time. And lastly, don't hesitate to try new things, unless they're drugs or alcohol.
QuanticSausage commented on Are Physical Laws Inevitable? math.columbia.edu/~woit/w... · Posted by u/chmaynard
Yes.
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QuanticSausage commented on Aldous Huxley Foresaw America’s Pill-Popping Addiction lithub.com/aldous-huxley-... · Posted by u/benbreen
Just to build up on previous comment and yours, "social media or addictive distractions" is also a thing known for a long time.
"Panem et circenses" is a known latin expression about providing to the masses the 2 biggest basics (food and entertainement) to appease it, sometimes used to show a decline.
It seems to me that the direct translation is "bread and circus".
Argentina's economy is going down the drain atm. Labor cost is a big factor in transportation so keeping two drivers might be making the things too expensive. Independent of this, buses are safer than cars, so safety wise the argument could be made if it gets people out of the car it's worth it. I don't think I've ever had two drivers for long distance buses in Europe. I don't think we're very unsafe.
Yeah, I bet you think that the economy problem in Argentina will get better cutting costs. The real problem, however, is the job culture here, if not the overall culture.
QuanticSausage commented on Hologram Within a Hologram Hints at Fate of Black Holes nautil.us/blog/hologram-w... · Posted by u/furcyd
You can think of it as information within other information within still other information...
Simple 2D example (for programmers) -- you have a binary string, which can be looked at as a series of 1's and 0's, or as a series of 8-bit bytes.
Well if we look at it as a series of bytes (think of that as the first "holographic" dimension, because the bytes don't really exist -- that is, all they really are is repeated groupings of 8-bits -- CPU's and programs and memory might work with data of that length and "see" them, but in essence, the string is is just 1's and 0's.
So that's the first "holographic" dimension... bytes. But now, inside of that string are substrings -- discrete runs of shorter information. Let's think of those substrings as "holographic" dimension 2.
From here, there could be even higher "holographic" dimensions, that is, let's say we observe only some substrings relative to a mathematical pattern, f(x).
Well, you can think of f(x) -- and the resulting data it produces as a result of reading specific substrings in a specific order -- as living in a higher dimension, a "higher dimensional" "observer", if you will...
Whenever you see the word "black hole" or "hologram" -- replace that with the word "information", and think about it from that perspective... usually there's something there...
(It's also equally-and-oppositely possible that I'm a crackpot and don't know what I'm talking about -- take this explanation with the proverbial grain of salt... <g>)
I beg to differ on the proposition that you're a crackpot. That seems to me a perfectly mathematical way of thinking.
If you're a crackpot, it's because all mathematicians are.