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Thinking doesn't pass values, it passes references.
  • Ok, so given that memory is error prone, value makes more sense than reference, because errors of reference would be more errory.

    That makes assumptions about how the referred-to stuff is arranged. It assumes no organization. That memories about lunch would be kept right next to the Chemistry lessons.

    So, to step away from that assumption, maybe memory-components are more organized. Gradients of meaning, say.

    And maybe memory-components are less chunky. Instead of a memory of lunch, it's memory of sandwich, table and chewing, arranged appropriately in the referencing data.

  • Thinking doesn't pass values, it passes references.
  • If that were the case, you wouldn’t just remember things a little wrong, you’d try and recall your name and instead be remembering a field trip you took in 3rd grade.

    You are implying that the process must be error-prone? I don't see how that follows.

  • AI Moderators. What do you think?

    Moderation is work. Trolls traumatize. Humans powertrip. All this could be resolved via AI.

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    Thinking doesn't pass values, it passes references.

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    The whole world population dead or only 99% dead (keeping the wealthy 1%). Which do you choose and why?

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    If everybody agrees with you then that's a pretty good sign that you are wrong.

    Most of us just want to fit in, and believe what everybody believes.

    Coming to your beliefs this way is not actually intelligent. We don't do it consciously. It's just tribalism or herding instinct or whatever.

    So if everybody agrees with you then that's a pretty good sign that you are wrong.

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    Totalitarians, fascists and other scary governments prosecute you without telling you what you did, and everybody agrees that this is an evil practice. But now it's normal and accepted on social media

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    The harder I work the less I'm paid

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    Check out this wiring, now I'm gonna stick it in the box

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    Do you feel sick in big stores?

    Big box stores, Walmart etc. After 10 minutes I feel like I'm getting the flu. Weak. Headache. Fuzzy. I hear it from other people too. They attribute it to the lights, security system, plastic fumes...

    We used to joke that they have a giant soul-sucking machine in the basement.

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    Science owes its power to a great bullshit-filter : observation.

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    Ignorance and knowledge are similar, there is less uncertainty.

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    Physical art. (Not digital.) What sells? What is truly appreciated?

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    What is this reality? As comprehensively as you can, in about 40 words or less.

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    What would be the most pleasant form of euthanasia?

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    What are the pros and cons of a sterilizing (~95%) plague?

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    If you're right through manipulation (propaganda, marketing, etc), are you really right?

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    Is language mostly solipsistic?

    Consider the words on the screen. There are two sources of information.

    1. The words, how they're arranged and such.

    2. The meaning that you assign to the words. Meaning drawn from a lifetime of memories.

    99% of the information comes from the assigned meaning. So 99% of what's going on here is you talking to yourself.

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    How do you tell whether I experienced it or only read about it?

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    I am food and the internet is a gastrointestinal tract.

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    99% of the time the point of the post is to evoke an emotional response.

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    Why are we so concerned with impressing each other?

    "How impressed everybody is" is the basis of money, law, self-worth and our models of reality. But that's a pretty shabby basis if you ask me.

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