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@Mharman
You're making sense yeah,
Heh,
The idea of an unbounded Nihilist just following the herd, though I think is funny, I think is also true.
I've never actually read Nietzsche, but I've heard people talk about his idea of the Übermensch, Overman.
. . .
Which I'm going to assume without strong reasons to,
Is the idea of someone not bounded by societal norms/values/mindless following of expected behavior.
Though I can imagine such an idea to an extent, I'm doubtful one 'can ever truly be free of the influence of one's experiences.
Even if one chose to mindwipe oneself and start with a random number generated life.
Such was chosen, came about due to previous experiences.
. . .
Still, having a 'reason for why someone does something, other than 'just tradition, can often be found in various religious books.
Though I think they mention such 'more, of traditions that warp or are harmful.
In the Bible, I think Jesus criticized some legalistic traditions of his time.
The Tao Te Ching frequently seems to argue that whatever is spoken is not 'The 'Way, and that people need to 'think about various things the book talks about.
Which I take as acknowledgement that words and ideas warp,
Though maybe the book takes the view that there are objective ideas and ideals that are correct, and might be discovered by those who look for them.
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“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own - not of the same blood and birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me. No one can implicate me in ugliness. Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him. We were born to work together like feet, hands and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural. To feel anger at someone, to turn your back on him: these are unnatural.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Lastly a Zen Buddhist story (I think),
A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. At one point, they came to a river with a strong current. As the monks were preparing to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman also attempting to cross. The young woman asked if they could help her cross to the other side.
The two monks glanced at one another because they had taken vows not to touch a woman.
Then, without a word, the older monk picked up the woman, carried her across the river, placed her gently on the other side, and carried on his journey.
The younger monk couldn’t believe what had just happened. After rejoining his companion, he was speechless, and an hour passed without a word between them.
Two more hours passed, then three, finally the younger monk could contain himself any longer, and blurted out “As monks, we are not permitted a woman, how could you then carry that woman on your shoulders?”
The older monk looked at him and replied, “Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river, why are you still carrying her?”
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I mostly post here just for the, Most active members listing.
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@Mharman
Being able to look at our past selves gives some perspective to life I suppose.
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I wonder if society at large will weary of hedonism, truly hedonism seems to ever grow with the internet and AI.
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@Mharman
AI rewriting their own code,
Seems a bit similar to allowing AI to write 'any code?
But then, maybe more chance for unpredictability if an AI can recode itself.
Writing code for something else, would always be set.
Rewriting it's 'own code, the unpredictability and magnitude maybe is greater.
AI could be dangerous to a person,
Or 'break itself, I suppose?
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Heh, one 'probably 'could make a religion out of this.
. . .
The idea of Roko's Basilisk. . .
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
-Voltaire
The West often has certain ideas of God/s that are not 'uniform in history or worldwide.
Some people fear death and the weakness of flesh, resent death and various diseases.
Transhumanism will only rise with time, assuming tech continues to improve.
Theoretically it would be possibly to 'create a God an/or leader, judge.
Who holds the majority of power, who 'has great power.
. . .
Been seen in fiction often enough.
. . .
HAHAHAHA!
Of 'course it already exists. Well, in small form.
Glancing online I see a couple.
Still, I don't think they're well 'established cults.
Not enough 'people, not enough land, money.
Ah, sometimes I wish I was brave or insane enough to dare in life.
. . . Though, of course the idea has flaws.
I remember one of the Ultima games had a robot statue judge, that some villain had managed to reprogram so that they could control court cases.
. . . Still, how would one form a Robotheism?
I'd say give the people a direction and give them some things they want. . . Isolating them and othering outsiders, also useful.
Could probably manage to start a city, get rid of the idea of privacy, everyone wears a bodycam 'all the time,
Either limiting it to the AI, or giving access to 'all other people in the community, hive mind.
Automate 'every aspect in society you can, while passing on the savings back to the people.
People wouldn't 'mind the automation by the rich 'so much, if they got paid for it, at least enough to scratch by in life.
. . . Automate 'everything one can, including autodocs.
Robotheism. . . Hm, does it assume 'one AI God, or can there be many?
Heh.
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What makes something 'canon?
I prefer headcanon sometimes.
'Canon according to 'what?
Who has authority over canon?
If an author edits a work 10 years later, why should the 'new version be canon?
Suppose the author sells the work to someone else and they edit it into a new version, why is the new version canon?
Canon cannot be retroactive, cannot be retconned.
The original stands by itself,
Whatever is not stated in a version, is not canon per that version.
Though there is often 'assumption that a work is connected to an older or future work. . . An oddity of fiction.
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What knowledge would be 'useful to learn/drill on in a video game?
Another language I suppose.
'Could drill math, but I'm not sure how useful that would be.
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Why did Joseph Conrad name his book Heart of Darkness?
I sometimes wish authors wrote a second book to accompany the first they write, to explain the first.
Directors do commentaries on their movies.
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@Mharman
Short answer,
I don't know.
Maybe they're the same, rough enough,
In some of their variations.
I wouldn't be satisfied though, in labeling myself in Subjectivism, rather than Nihilism.
Long answer,
Apparently a bunch of unhinged ravings.
I'd not bother reading it, I don't manage to pull it together into anything coherent 'enough.
Yet it stays with me, and as I've thought it and typed it, I may as well post it.
. . .
I agree Nihilism is self-contradictory,
And I think Nihilists continue to live despite Nihilistic conclusions or beliefs, because it doesn't matter in a way.
Human going to human.
I don't know the difference between Nihilism and Subjectivism.
. . . I'm not even 'quite sure how to define them, but one 'has to label themself.
Perhaps Nihilism is more self aware?
And Subjectivism is more recognition that people will hold different views and values based on their position?
I assume however that Subjectivism can still assume there is a 'correct Moral position, some people will just believe the wrong position?
. . .
Hm, history. . .
We often cut people in history slack, for actions or values of their time, as we understand the effects of Nurture.
They were a good person (For the time period they lived in)
Moral Subjectivism, might still assume there to be a "correct" or "superior" morality?
. . .
I made a comment on a debate about Pantheism recently,
As soon as good, evil, harm, meaning, oughts, ideals, morality, ethics, truth. Pop up,
Rather than expected to occur, or consistent with framework of a subjective system.
I think Burden of Proof often pops up as well.
. . . Moral Subjectivism. . . Makes the claim that there are many moral positions, and that they are all valid within themselves?
Even if they are opposed by other moral systems, they are still valid?
While Nihilism might argue none of them are valid, and that it is an illusion?
. . . I 'think even Moral Subjectivists 'do tend to fall into habits of acting, saying, and 'assuming they are Objectively correct?
Humans are habitual creatures, very fond of norms, established rules?
Nihilism I suppose is a frustration at the contradiction?
A continued awareness of the void?
. . .
A person might say slavery is wrong,
B person might say slavery is right,
Moral Subjectivism, slavery is both right and wrong.
Nihilist, might say they cannot both be right,
What you are describing is an individuals 'acceptance of the concept.
What you are requiring is a contrary to humans.
Something cannot be right simply because it matches with what you want.
You cannot be 'Righteous with your belief when it means no more than it's opposite.
You cannot fight against slavery and against torture, cannot claim it 'Right, when you admit the opposite is also Right.
THEY CANNOT BOTH BE RIGHT!
Even if we will end up acting and often thinking as if the path we choose is right.
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In his heart, the Moral Subjectivist takes an action and says even though this is dependent on my beliefs, it is right.
In his heart, the Nihilist takes an action and says even though this is dependent on my beliefs, it is not right or wrong.
The Moral Subjectivist attempts Societal Change, The Hypocrite!
This is wrong according to our values they say, but what they mean is this is wrong.
What 'Rightness is in a robot? IT'S JUST F****** ROCKS FALLING IF ITS JUST CODE!
NO! I AM NOT A ROCK!
And so I scream in contradiction, ego, and hypocrisy even in myself.
I think it's Opposite to the human condition, to believe in Subjective Moral Right,
We are built to believe in Moral Right.
Even if we understand Nature and Nurture, and that different people will reach different conclusions.
We are built to believe that Morality truly exists, that it is more than personal opinion.
Yet the F****** truth cannot be escaped when I examine the problem.
There is no morality, only directives.
If even that.
The Nihilism expands, and one doubts the 'classification of anything, cabbages and kings? Word games, meaningless sounds between voids, that never refer to the same.
“Like seeing roasted meat and other dishes in front of you and suddenly realizing: This is a dead fish. A dead bird. A dead pig. Or that this noble vintage is grape juice, and the purple robes are sheep wool dyed with shellfish blood. Or making love—something rubbing against your penis, a brief seizure and a little cloudy liquid. Perceptions like that—latching onto things and piercing through them, so we see what they really are. That’s what we need to do all the time—all through our lives when things lay claim to our trust—to lay them bare and see how pointless they are, to strip away the legend that encrusts them. Pride is a master of deception: when you think you’re occupied in the weightiest business, that’s when he has you in his spell."
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
But there is nothing left when everything is fully deconstructed.
Man cannot live by truth, because truth is meaningless, there 'is no truth,
When we are dead, it is as we never were,
When the final human dies and falls, will it make a sound?
"She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing."
-Macbeth
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I don't have a strong view of the visuals used for the YouTube videos.
Gives people something to idle watch I suppose as they listen, if they are looking at the video.
I think it'd be better to do just a slideshow of pictures, related to whatever is being mentioned every few seconds or minute.
But admittedly such would probably take more time.
And I don't much care 'what is shown in the video, since I'm just listening to it.
I suspect some videos do better 'with relevant pictures though.
I'd imagine various video game clips were chosen because videos with black blank screen do worse than video game clip.
Gives people something to idle watch I suppose as they listen, if they are looking at the video.
I think it'd be better to do just a slideshow of pictures, related to whatever is being mentioned every few seconds or minute.
But admittedly such would probably take more time.
And I don't much care 'what is shown in the video, since I'm just listening to it.
I suspect some videos do better 'with relevant pictures though.
I'd imagine various video game clips were chosen because videos with black blank screen do worse than video game clip.
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Warhammer, Tau'va
It's a funny thing when literal Gods get into one's. . . Pantheism?
Well, the Atheistic Pantheism anyway, always so many variations of ism.
Though maybe the Greater Good is more akin to Taoism or Confucian beliefs?
Albeit again, the Atheistic versions.
Course from what little I've read, Taoism seems more like a riddle than clear cut,
And Confucian-
Well, I don't actually know much 'about religions, just 'of them in general.
Idealism?
Ideal more specifically one's ideal, not the other meaning that implies unrealistic pursuit of.
. . .
Heh, then at some point people perhaps argue, don't get your religion in my political ideology.
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"You’re a nihilist, huh?"
Yeah, but it's a pretty vague label.
"I never cared much for Gundams.
I do like a lot of Transformers stuff."
Eh either way, giant fighting robots.
I mostly post here so my account stays on the Most active members spot.
Why bother with an mmo when someone else holds your character and world hostage?
No offline play, changes to game.
Might be interesting if one could retire their character to an offline game.
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It'd be kind of interesting if RTS games showed where other players were looking.
Maybe like in BFME2, an eye of Sauron for every player, always active and directed wherever each players camera is.
Course, might take away from some steath tactics in RTS.
Eh, just add an ability to hide the eye now and then.
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I often wish food companies had to identify their products by each new change,
When changing the method, quality control, ingredients, proportions, something or other,
Should declare and admit it to be a new version, a new product.
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In some forms of fictional magic, parts of a person are used as a medium of sorts.
Whether voodoo or tracking.
I suppose science can be similar in some ways.
Fingerprints can be used for tracking people, or allowing access through locked doors.
Some viruses and diseases, effect people of certain genetics more.
Dogs can track based on scrap of person or clothing.
People have talked about giving robots a sense of smell.
Knowing someone's true name,
Knowing someone's name and address,
Mailing them items.
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It suddenly occurs to me, maybe the most possible method to have Gundam, person piloted giant robots,
Would be to have the story focus on a group of 'tiny aliens, maybe mouse or ant sized?
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"what did Gen Y do, exactly?"
Reminds me of a video.
If "Real People" Commercials were Real Life - CHEVY Millennials
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I wonder how long this site will last.
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Sometimes I click on YouTube videos, but don't watch them, I just read the comments.
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@Shila
'Might not be the best decision, 'depending on extent and how of implementation.
Morale can make an army strong, can encourage recruitment and retention of valuable individuals.
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@Shila
I wasn't doing anything with my life,
Figured it would be a decent source of money and GI Bill college as an option.
Figured if I wasn't self motivated, I would use the military 'to motivate me. Bit difficult to back 'out of the military once you're in.
I suppose I might have had other options, that could force me into movement, I though about trying to find employment on some merchant or cruise ship for example.
But figured military would be easy entry.
I was also kind of depressed around that time in my life.
People sometimes die in the military,
If I 'did happen to die, my parents would be my beneficiaries, thus gratitude could be fulfilled to a degree.
My father's father was an officer in the Air Force, flew a bomber, eventually retired.
My mother's father was in the Infantry, drafted into the Korean War , she said he never talked about his time in the military.
My eldest brother joined the Air Force (Repairing and checking planes) some years before I joined the navy, I considered joining the air force, but I didn't want to feel as though I was just 'following whatever my eldest brother did. So I joined the Navy.
Joined as Hospital Corpsman because it sounded a job for smart people. Medicine, doctors and all that.
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@Castin
Hey what's the most isolated you've ever been. #5
"psychologically or physically" #14
I can't remember 'any long periods of physical isolation, not even for a period as long as a day.
Psychologically, hm, school was a bit of a loner, had friends in earlier years recess and such, never got all 'that close, hung with them in classes and lunch.
Mostly I just read books.
Military job and the military training, bunch of new people, strangers, instructors and situation abnormal to what one is used to.
Heh, it's funny because 'physically you're 'surrounded by people.
One get's used to it over time, strangers not 'so strange, but they don't always become close friends or family.
I still missed family while I was in the military.
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Is there any language robots would not be able to understand?
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@Mharman
For one court seems too complicated, all the rules and the laws,
It feels divorced from the common man.
And I think people deserve a fair shake,
Deserve the freedom to express their situation and their view of it to the best of their abilities, uninhibited unchained.
Also I just find some court laws annoying, such as regulating what clothing an individual can wear.
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I'm not familiar with America court rules,
But it's my view that the defendant 'ought be given a good amounts of windows of time to be able to say 'whatever he wants to the jury, in any language he wants.
Not that I think court 'allows such.
Lie, threaten, beg, curse, insult.
Ought be able to say whatever he wants about 'anyone.
Ought be able to 'wear whatever one wants, or not wear.
Contempt of court, 'bah.
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I never liked saluting or standing in various positions in the military.
Always felt a stupid power play situation.
Though on another hand, comes with the job one chooses I suppose.
Football players kneeling, or baseball players hands on hearts.
Eh, still don't care much for 'having to do it.
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At a certain size, does something stop being a vehicle, and instead a moving building?
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I wonder if comedians ever have it in their wills, that people shall do stand up comedy at their funeral.
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@Shila
No.
Though I was aware of such a possibility.
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I own, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher.
Kind of a fun take on it.
I wonder if a similar treatment would work well for Ciaphas Cain?
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@Mharman
Looking online, as I forget my Dad's exact iteration.
2003,
You hear about the new sandwich at McDonalds inspired by MJ?
It's 45 year old meat between 12 year old buns.
2016,
What does Michael Jackson and McDonalds have in common?
They both stick their meat into five year old buns.
2018,
Have you guys heard of the New Michael Jackson burger at McDonalds?
Its Comes with 50 year old meat between 8 year old buns.
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Internet Bridge Troll - College Humor
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@UltimateTrueKorea
In a sense yeah, though I'd see it more as inherited consequences of a parents sin, than inheriting their sin.
Way of existence, that we influence and are influenced.
. . . Yet, in so much as the practicality of Free Will exists, and other consequences influencing us which may be positive, suffering might be overcome.
Berean Standard Bible
"The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him."
Berean Standard Bible
"You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him."
Berean Standard Bible
"Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted."
Berean Standard Bible
"Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—"
. . . Course the Bible says a lot of things.
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I'm not sure that memory equates to instincts too well.
Whether in the short or the long of it.
Short, mother does drugs while pregnant, health consequences for that baby.
Long, some humans go somewhere with little sun or much sun.
Skin changes.
In either case, I don't think we'd say we have 'our ancestors 'memories.
Though it is true that our genetics can reflect past roads and actions of our ancestors.
Memory seems more to me something one 'remembers.
Not ability, talent, susceptibility.
If something has a strong talent for being aware to threats because it's parents were in a heavy predator location.
I still would not call such 'memory.
. . .
I think the scope of memory they said in Assassins Creed was science fiction.
Not that I've read any more on the subject of epigenetics than a few webpage skims.
I'm not yet convinced either, that I'd call epigenetic memory, memory.
But if it 'were classified as memory, I don't think there's enough of it, that one could have such detailed memories of past lives.
. . . Though one could argue that in Assassins Creed most of the memory is fake, filling in the blanks by the scientists and person remembering.
. . . But even then, I don't think there'd be 'enough memory (If there 'is any memory) to be useful.
. . .
Maybe a species other than humans,
or if humans were modified could inherit clear memories.
In Warhammer, some space marines can eat people's brains to gain their memories.
. . .
But having a fear of spiders because your great grandfather lived during the poison spider swarm in ages past and was bit a lot,
Isn't the same as being able to remember your great great grandfathers various sense memories or data acquired by great grandfather.
For instance his name, without ever being told, seeing, or reading about it.
. . .
I also don't think you 'remember or have 'memory about something, from indirect nurture consequences.
Parent is abused as child.
Parent abuses you as child.
You do not have 'memories of your parent being abused as a child.
You are 'effected by your parent being abused as a child.
There exists information by your parents 'actions towards you, that they may have been abused.
Still not memory in my view.
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It would be funny if all the votes of people who didn't vote, went whatever third party candidate had the most votes.
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I find the idea of AI or machines using brains as neural networks, interesting.
The AI being people but lacking ability until commandeering a brain.. . .
Though I'm still not sure the AI 'would be a person, so much as the brains would be,
Just be that the 'body would be overriding the brain.As even human bodies do sometimes, the mind is a plaything of the body, as the saying goes.
Course the body is also a plaything of the mind, chicken and egg.
. . . And then there's the possible error of mind/body, why not just body?
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@Mharman
I'd imagine it's a shifting line,
Different for different people, different moments, different contexts.
I don't 'think I've been outraged about people joking or mocking Charlie Kirk,
Though I wouldn't say I've encouraged it.
Have really discouraged it I think.
But that's partially 'expected politeness in society,
Partially irritation at political error of such comments.
Partially dislike of a person being so jerkish towards a death, maybe.
Partial dislike of obtuseness, they think they're making some great point, but I think 'they are missing the point.
Partially too soon.
Partially not all that 'funny in joke or delivery.
Partially mind on politics, not humor.
. . .
People laugh about most 'any subject I think.
. . . I laugh about a lot.
But I think I laugh at certain jokes more in private than with people.
Never really 'liked Americans Funniest Home Videos, pain montages.
Feels a bit wrong to laugh about that in public, or even alone.
To real, empathy activates.
Easier to laugh about something abstracted maybe,
Words, or parody.
But even then.
My Dad would frequently tell people at the store or in the drive through, a joke about Michael Jackson and buns.
. . . I don't think I ever found it all that funny, seemed crass, and even worse and bizarre to tell random people that joke.
. . . But I find the South Park jokes on Jared a bit funny, again maybe it's delivery and context.
One finds a comedian telling mean jokes funny, it's what one expects.
One doesn't find a random person telling mean jokes as funny, unexpected. Feels tiring and mean hearted after a while.
. . .
Yet, even 'immediately after a disaster of some sort, humor might be funny.
Suppose some guy loses a leg,
And someone tells a joke, it's not lost, it's right over there.
I think it'd be funnier if the guy who lost the leg said it,
Than a person who saw the guy lose the leg say it,
Maybe.
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@Mharman
What 'has changed?
Myself, I debated most when I was still developing what I believed, early 20s, I also had a night job with computer access, so what else to do.
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Watching some episodes of Columbo.
Musing on the benefit of catching some of the suspects.
. .
'Why do we care about catching criminals?
. . . The answer I've tended on for a few years, is to prevent future crime.
Whether by the individual, or to prevent others from being inspired.
. .
But many of the murders in Columbo, are unlikely to result in another murder.
Whether by the murderer, or society at large.
Often the murders are disguised as accidents until Columbo manages to eventually unravel the mystery.
. . .
Arguably society is 'damaged 'more by holding some of the murderers accountable.
Tax money spent to prosecute and imprison,
The individual is no longer taxed, and is removed from a productive job in society.
. . Society at large hears of another crime, Hm, is there benefit in society seeing how good the police are, or is there fear of copycats thinking they could do better.
. . . Consequential thinking though, doesn't quite fall in line with the 'Revenge Concept of Justice, personal retribution.
. . I do have a harder time telling 'others to forget, than myself. Though, I have yet to suffer 'Great injustice, so hard to say.
Though I am not 'terribly found of Revenge, Retribution, as something to extoll.
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@Mharman
I've never read about him before,
. . . Probably be interesting to.
. . . Probably be interesting to read a book about 'every president, I'd imagine.
Interesting to have read of them 'all I mean,
Not that any president would be interesting,
Though I do imagine each president individually, might be a bit interesting, in themselves.
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I imagine some knowledge ought not be known,
As to know it, is to be tempted to preform it.
I imagine some knowledge requires constant connection,
Else it is no longer known or remembered.
Not 'purely and truly,
Instead, once no longer experienced, it is only 'partially known.
To know some things, maybe requires one to 'be some things.
As to know it, is to be tempted to preform it.
I imagine some knowledge requires constant connection,
Else it is no longer known or remembered.
Not 'purely and truly,
Instead, once no longer experienced, it is only 'partially known.
To know some things, maybe requires one to 'be some things.
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@UltimateTrueKorea
"Imagine a government which actually acts all the time instead of just talking."
Heh, depends on who programs the AI maybe.
If the AI still had to be elected, I can imagine the Right programming a Trump Bot, much the same perhaps.
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World's first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania's PM
Well, maybe better than a horse as consul I suppose.
"A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course." That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed."
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Hm, note to self, should it matter if X many suicides happen because of guns?
Yes, For Pro Guns, because deaths from guns can be falsely inflated by suicide numbers,
'Maybe for Con Guns, 'depending on whether gun existence increases number of suicides, would need to compare with societies without guns.
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@UltimateTrueKorea
UltimateTrueKorea, the name changes are a bit funny, as though you are evolving as one does characters in various card games. Such as Yugioh.
Memory games can be good for exercising brain I suppose, though perhaps a bit dull at times.
Playing computer can be dull for me, lifeless, little 'challenge in a computer, regardless of it better or weaker. No Ego vs Ego. 'Person looking at.
Maybe playing same person, or even many people could be dull? Unsure. Maybe game lacks a 'bit compared to other games, AOE2 can be fun, but the fun is when equal skill more often.
Yet strong vs weak or weak vs strong can be fun too, if one sets goals and seeks small or different victory conditions.
Chaos, unusual,
Yet chess can develop such as well.
. . .
I have difficulty in imagining a perfect country.
. . . Humans often breaking our environment and current systems.
Many variations,
Different systems working better for different variations of humans.
Yet sometimes such an imposition of systems feeling a prison.
Depends on 'motivation perhaps, end goal.
If one was keeping humans as pets and tryin to maximize this or that.
If one was human and created system to safeguard human existence maximizing this or that.
If one is ruler.
If one is ruled.
If one desires happiness.
If one desires freedom.
If one desires culture.
. . .
I suppose politics doesn't 'have to be pyramidal,
Nor society.
But I think society would need more controls than politics, to not be pyramidal.
I sometimes think maybe Communism 'could work, but I'm doubtful any of our current or past systems/people have fine tuned it enough.
Athens was very Democratic I have heard, slaves aside.
. . . I imagine a difficulty is land availability and norms.
. . . New countries maybe have an easier time with new systems,
And yet, new systems often 'need old systems to have 'ability 'to 'be.
Some people say Communism only likely to work well in 1st world, not 2nd world,
And yet small 'communities can do Communism okay, villages, small communities.
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Board game with sound effects and AI.
Probably already exist, but I still like the idea.
. . . Having the board move in 'response would be harder I'd imagine,
Easier if the board could just 'recognize what was happening, and tell you what to move.
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I would think that the higher a population is, the more often high profile people might be killed.
Society is pyramidal at times,
Lets say 1 in 10 people is crazy fame killer seeker,
10 in 100,
100 in 1000 and so on.
100000 of 1 million.
Pyramidal, there is only 1 president, there is only 10 top ten X people at a time.
Society is pyramidal at times,
Lets say 1 in 10 people is crazy fame killer seeker,
10 in 100,
100 in 1000 and so on.
100000 of 1 million.
Pyramidal, there is only 1 president, there is only 10 top ten X people at a time.
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I wonder how much work does the Federal Government 'needs do,
Why fund this or that, why not just give the money back to the taxpayer with the understanding that they can invest it as they think right.
"A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate of government funding for students at a chosen school. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. Depending on jurisdiction, a voucher may be used for home schooling expenses or exclusively for private schools, charter schools, or publicly-funded schools."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher
Ah, already kind of a thing I guess.
Why fund this or that, why not just give the money back to the taxpayer with the understanding that they can invest it as they think right.
"A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate of government funding for students at a chosen school. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. Depending on jurisdiction, a voucher may be used for home schooling expenses or exclusively for private schools, charter schools, or publicly-funded schools."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher
Ah, already kind of a thing I guess.
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