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- Comment on Fear not, and enjoy this mere interlude to its fullest! 5 days ago:
I think it’s important to point out that the bicameral mind is one theory, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. One of its major criticisms is that it suggests consciousness only arose in humans around the time we started writing about it, and that it didn’t exist in humans before then. It’s also entirely possible that humans were conscious way before that, but when we started writing about it was just when we developed the cultural concept of what consciousness is.
The theory also seems to imply there is something special about human metacognitive processes compared to other animals, which would therefore imply that animals are not conscious. That seems weirdly reductive when various non-human animals show some evidence of self-awareness (mirror spot test, Alex the grey parrot).
It’s a nice theory which ties lots of things together, but it’s no more true than any other theory of consciousness at the moment.
- Comment on Uh oh lol 2 weeks ago:
Might be a dumb question, but if it’s blue-shifting surely we wouldn’t know it’s far away in the first place? I thought the amount of redshift is broadly how we determine cosmic distances?
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 2 months ago:
Thanks that’s perfect, my back feels great.
If I’m allowed another wish, can I get a space suit? Ideally ASAP
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 2 months ago:
Hello wise one,
I find the Earth’s gravity of 9.80665m/s² a bit much. Sometimes my back hurts from standing too long, and the general weight of existence sits heavy on my shoulders.
Can you make it a bit more comfortable please. Maybe 9.80664?
- Comment on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA 2 months ago:
I’m not in the US, but here in the UK I made the switch too.
I went from Windows PC + Windows laptop ~2 years ago to now having a Linux PC (ZorinOS), Samsung tablet and a home server running Proxmox with an Ubuntu VM for Docker.
Never been happier with my setup. The grass truly is greener over here.
- Comment on Infinite Monkey Theorem 5 months ago:
I have an infinite number of rooms, so I’m putting two monkeys in each room with two typewriters.
Now I can do it in half the time.
- Comment on Infinite Monkey Theorem 5 months ago:
Hey! I liked Romeo and Djrurleltkitshsnmqlaapj
- Comment on New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with the US hit hardest 5 months ago:
"Hmmm things seem to be worse since Trump was elected. Maybe it’s because we didn’t go far enough to the right?"
- MAGA crowds, probably
- Comment on Something's wrong with denmark 6 months ago:
Oh man, that takes me back.
- Comment on Thinkpad for the win 6 months ago:
Well maybe you were cleaning it wrong