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liability commented on Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart sciencemag.org/news/2020/... · Posted by u/jelliclesfarm

root_axis · 5 years ago

The mirror-test is not even close to exhaustive with respect to conclusions about self-awareness. It is certainly conceivable that a self-aware creature could simply be incapable of understanding a mirror or that they might be otherwise indifferent to what they see in it. For example, dogs fail the mirror test, but they are obviously self-aware creatures.

liability · 5 years ago

Cats supposedly fail the mirror test, but I think they're just disinterested. There are a lot of videos of cats being shown live video of themselves and their owners, with the owner's face modified to look like a cat. In many of these the startled cat immediately turns around to look at their owner, seemingly indicating an awareness that the video they were being shown contained themselves and that the weird cat-like human creature seen in the video was behind them.

Compilation of such reactions that was posted on HN a fee days ago: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jto2peSOLac

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liability commented on This Company Wants to Help Your Boss Monitor Your Brainwaves at Work vice.com/en_us/article/qj... · Posted by u/elorant

aaron-santos · 5 years ago

That's one way of looking at it. Another is asking whether firms which eventually would employ this tech have a competitive advantage over those that don't. If the incentive exists it only takes complicity to allow the system to naturally run its course. Most bosses may not be stupid enough, but are they complicit enough?

liability · 5 years ago

Assuming I could keep my homicidal impulses in check, I think the rage would still surely impact my productivity.

liability commented on Password-cracking theory against Assange unravels at extradition trial dissenter.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/k1m

gamblor956 · 5 years ago

This isn't a trial.. It's an extradition hearing. They don't need to prove their case. They just need to make a showing of sufficient evidence that they could prove their case at trial.

liability · 5 years ago

It's a kangaroo court. America and the UK are both banana republics.

liability commented on The fresh smell of ransomed coffee decoded.avast.io/martinhr... · Posted by u/zdw

FlyMoreRockets · 5 years ago

You can't tell the difference between a chardonnay and a burgundy?

liability · 5 years ago

Only when I can see it..

liability commented on The fresh smell of ransomed coffee decoded.avast.io/martinhr... · Posted by u/zdw

Talanes · 5 years ago

What are the two closest flavors that you can differentiate? Because those are some massive gaps in flavor to not taste any differently. Can you tell different brands of soda apart? Styles of beer? Does all liquor taste the same?

liability · 5 years ago

I haven't tasted cola in years; back when I drank it I believed I could tell the difference but today I doubt I ever could. I can tell a pilsner apart from a stout. All whiskey tastes like whiskey, but whiskey doesn't taste like gin.

I don't believe I have an impaired sense of taste. I'm just highly skeptical of the objectivity of my sense of taste. Marketting and branding probably has more influence than anything else when comparing two drinks in the same category (wine-to-wine, coffee-to-coffee, etc.)

liability commented on The fresh smell of ransomed coffee decoded.avast.io/martinhr... · Posted by u/zdw

hpkuarg · 5 years ago

Americans do have kettles, they just suck at 110V.

liability · 5 years ago

Yeah. American homes do have 240V across a split phase but this is virtually always used only for heavy appliances like electric ovens. Split phase 240V for countertop appliances isn't a thing and NEMA 14 outlets aren't installed in locations that would accommodate such appliances.

liability commented on The fresh smell of ransomed coffee decoded.avast.io/martinhr... · Posted by u/zdw

DonaldFisk · 5 years ago

You're referring to the Brochet experiment? That wasn't a blind test: the white wine was dyed red with a flavourless dye, so there was an element of deception involved.

liability · 5 years ago

I did with my family using blindfolds and we all failed. Either seems to demonstrate that perception of wine has a strong visual component.

liability commented on The fresh smell of ransomed coffee decoded.avast.io/martinhr... · Posted by u/zdw

markrages · 5 years ago

You can't distinguish between freshly-brewed coffee and microwaved instant coffee?

liability · 5 years ago

Nope. Nor can I tell the difference in a blind taste test between white and red wine. Probably most wine snobs can't either, and probably most coffee snobs couldn't really tell the difference in a blind test.

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