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- Comment on Funny 2 weeks ago:
The response is always “having a choice means you are bisexual.”
- Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States 2 weeks ago:
Florida has racial Gerrymandering. they just don’t recognize race. problem averted.
- Comment on Big tech has spent $155 billion on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more 3 weeks ago:
Those numbers seem odd to me. I feel like the truth is 1 billion was spent on productive programmers and hardware. The small remainder of 154 billion was used to improvise profit growth through totally valid payment to some CEOs ego account.
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- Comment on So THAT'S where it is 5 weeks ago:
How can you call it big if it has zero mass?
- Comment on YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term 5 weeks ago:
The way you describe LLM sounds exactly like a large portion of humans I see.
- Comment on Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket 5 weeks ago:
On the rare occasion I fly, I know I can get my long knees in a Delta plus seat. This restriction will definitely make my ticket go up with such an AI. It feels like it should be an accomodation but is more often a punishment.
- Comment on Since we're doing magic eyes now... 5 weeks ago:
I miss r/crossview and the short love r/crossviewnsfw. Damn greed ruining everything good in the world.
- Comment on Didn't ask. 1 month ago:
We haven’t even gotten to the dark age of technology yet. This knowledge must be lost pretty soon. Or maybe discovering the Eye of Terror is referring to first contact of some sort.
- Comment on Make dinosaurs weirder 2 months ago:
Something that stands out to me is how the most colorful creatures are good at evasion. Birds and bugs flying or reef creatures have hiding holes. Other colorful life tends to be toxic.
For this reason I doubt the huge species had color that stood out from their environment.
- Comment on (・∀・) 2 months ago:
Have you ever tried earthworm milk?
- Comment on Into the meat grinder! 2 months ago:
Little pieces of a jellyfish can become new jellyfish. They can reproduce sexually or asexually. The Immortal Jellyfish is even weirder. They are some of the simplest multicellular animals after sponge and coral.
- Comment on Touch grass. 2 months ago:
You forgot the spikes of bahia and the variety sandspurs here in Florida.
- Comment on Into the meat grinder! 2 months ago:
Sponge are some of the most simple animals alive. Jellyfish are comparatively not too far off.
- Comment on On trees... 2 months ago:
Paras is a fungus. Totally different thing.
- Comment on It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System 2 months ago:
Teachers are generally quite adaptable. We have asjustes for AI in our classrooms. We have adjuated to not teaching up to standards because we would be fined by our states for pushing some imaginary agenda. We have changed our entire curriculum the week before classes start because the County curriculum specialist had a bright idea.
The reality is that we have to navigate arbitrary law, we have to not do what’s best for our classroom and teaching style because someone who hardly spent any time in a classroom thinks they know better. We have to do all this while being blamed for the behavior of students when their parents block the school phone numbers.
- Comment on Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies? 5 months ago:
Ask Johnathan Haidt. I am trying to get my hands on his books but the libraries have one or two copies of ones they do have and not at my local branch.
- Comment on Chat, is this true? 5 months ago:
You are doing it the wong way. The wight way to do it is to acknowledge the victory of the colonizers. Take Denali for example.
- Comment on Texas approves Bible-infused curriculum for public schools 8 months ago:
Now children, please turn to Ezekial 23 20.
- Comment on flouride 8 months ago:
Weird. The only argument I heard, and successfully made it to policy in my area is that it costs tax money and takes away choice. All thus smart stuff is for those damn yankees.
- Comment on Feral Science 9 months ago:
That’s the kind of scientist I want to be. I wish it paid.
- Comment on Tiny pp 9 months ago:
I can’t handle stupid right now.
- Comment on Capsaicin 9 months ago:
I enjoy this.
- Comment on Honey 10 months ago:
Thank you for the correction. It can be applied in the Socratic method. I ask questions to understand someone’s position and continue into how they came to those conclusions. At no point do I pressure for answers though. The idea is just to keep the person talking so you can understand their poimt of view to the best of your ability. It has a side effect of healthy personal reflection for all parties involved.
- Comment on Honey 10 months ago:
Just look at the other responses to my comments.
In real life it can be better or worse. Some of the closest people in my life get immediately defensive. It’s sometimes easier to talk with strangers. More often than not, I will find a passion point that is the limit of conversation. At those times I just listen as much as possible. How much I engage depends on how they rect to my questions.
- Comment on Honey 10 months ago:
I have conversed with quite a few vegans and none of them have pushed their morals on others. Some of them have been very upfront about their veganism. I am wondering where you are that you see vegans being so revolutionary.
- Comment on Honey 10 months ago:
I was unaware that my message implied a 100% requirement. That part of the comment was meant to be about how I see them trying to define the line between what is vegan and what isn’t. I see now how this is being interpreted and it is my fault for being unclear.
- Comment on Honey 10 months ago:
I am not confused. I am curious and fascinated on how people come to their conclusions. I know exactly what epistomology means. I have used it for conversations with many vegans about their choices as well as on other personally held beliefs. I could be a lot better at it but it has helped me show that I am curious and respectful.
- Comment on Honey 10 months ago:
Each vegan will have their own answer. If you are truly curious, and a vegan is sharing their mindset with you, ask them.
- Comment on Honey 10 months ago:
The response to light color does not stand on its own. That is merely one parallel from many. It is true plants do not have a nervous system like animals, but they do have similar responses to stimuli. Parallels can be drawn to sight, sound/touch and smell/taste.
Sentience is another topic that is defined subjectively. From context it is clear you make a central nervous system a foundational requirement. I could also apply this to technology, so I would need clarification from you to understand what it means to you. I do not hold to a personal definition for sentience because I have found neither a universal nor scientific understanding of the idea.
As for the last paragraph: yup.
