MrSmiley
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- Comment on After Today's meeting where Trump fell in love with Mamdani, this is MAGA tomorrow morning. 1 week ago:
The ruling class wear ideology like a suit. It’s political theatre. Power only ever serves itself, right/left have no meaning at the top.
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 1 week ago:
- Comment on Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race 2 weeks ago:
If you read his book The Technological Republic, he calls for a « collectivist » ideology and the merger of corporation and state. A few historical examples to choose from would be Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia or Communist China to get an idea of his vision for America’s future.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Reality is a simulation is an unfalsifiable claim, it can only be taken on faith, belief. Bootstrapping scientific theories to « prove » that claim is demonstrably pseudoscience. I’ve put too much time and energy engaging with this already.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
“If the laws of our reality as we perceive it are telling us that the odds are nearly infinite to one that our consciousness should be in a state of non-existence, why do we believe that to be true?”
“We need to make the distinction between the logic of the notion ‘I think therefore I am’ and the empirical observations of the reality around us.”
“Especially when we consider that it is certainly logically possible for reality to be an illusion…”
“…considerable evidence that is such (the probability argument of Bostrom’s Simulation Hypothesis, Dr. S. James Gates’ discovery of computer code in the equations of supersymmetry physics, and the double slit experiment, etc).”
Bostram’s Simulation Hypothesis is a philosophical thought experiment, not empirical evidence, Dr. Gates’ work involves mathematical structures in physics, not literal “computer code” proving a simulation and the double slit experiment demonstrates quantum behavior, not that reality is an illusion.
“That’s why I use the example of loading sentient artificial intelligence into a video game world. They can create a science to explain the logic of that, but none of that logic applies to the truth of their existence.”
Conflating Epistemology and Ontology
“The logic behind it is as follows: if the laws of our reality as we perceive it are telling us that the odds are nearly infinite to one that our consciousness should be in a state of non-existence…”
- Comment on The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be 3 weeks ago:
Is your community transitioning away from global industrial agriculture to a more localized sustainable model? Populist sentiments and emotive statements don’t really solve problems.
- Comment on The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be 3 weeks ago:
It’s a global system, the world goes with it.
- Comment on The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be 3 weeks ago:
Despite the possibility of avoiding collapse, Kemp remains pessimistic about our prospects. “I think it’s unlikely,” he says. “We’re dealing with a 5,000-year process that is going to be incredibly difficult to reverse, as we have increasing levels of inequality and of elite capture of our politics.
- Comment on The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be 3 weeks ago:
I’ve read the book. The analysis is great, it proposes some interesting ideas to possibly prevent collapse, but like the article states at the end, it’s unlikely. I would argue impossible, and communities should be organizing towards localization of production and self-sufficiency if they are to even survive.
- Comment on The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be 3 weeks ago:
What does that change exactly? The Machine consumes all.
- Comment on The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be 3 weeks ago:
That would be endless growth. It is the culture now.
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- Comment on Know the difference 5 weeks ago:
If you’re interested, this video might shed some light on it.
- Comment on necessary read 5 weeks ago:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
—Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951).
- Comment on celibate discussion 5 weeks ago:
It’s a cult brainwashing technique.
- Comment on [USA] Is "there are ICE agents roaming the streets" a good reason/excuse to avoid going outside? Or is it just a part of reality that you have to learn to accept? 1 month ago:
Those headlines aren’t reality, it’s hyperreality, outside is a whole different world from what the images you are being bombarded with. You only have one life to live, may as well experience it while you can.
- Comment on White House joins Bluesky and immediately trolls Trump opponents 1 month ago:
If you’re interested, this reddit thread has an interesting take on the reasoning behind their trolling strategy.
- Comment on Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” 2 months ago:
After repetitive exposure to this propaganda (repetition priming), the people were beginning to believe and stand up for what each respective government had been flashing before their eyes, without them even knowing it.
sites.psu.edu/psych256sp18003/2018/03/04/h/
The fact they will be exposed to propaganda and misinformation, will have a psychological effect over time.
The individual must not be allowed to recover, to collect himself, to remain untouched by propaganda during any relatively long period, for propaganda is not the touch of the magic wand. It is based on slow, constant impregnation. It creates convictions and compliance through imperceptible influences that are effective only by continuous repetition. It must create a complete environment for the individual, one from which he never emerges.
Propaganda, Jacques Ellul
- Comment on Palingenetic Ultranationalism is a concise definition of fascism coined by political theorist Roger Griffin 2 months ago:
I expanded on the text.
- Palingenetic Ultranationalism is a concise definition of fascism coined by political theorist Roger Griffindn720004.ca.archive.org ↗Submitted 2 months ago to youshouldknow@lemmy.world | 12 comments