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I think the leap from “pattern matching machine trained on the internet” to “generally intelligent software entity” is going to be a lot harder than commenters are assuming. I largely agree with Mich… (View Post)
Interesting topic. In the way of this video, which lifts eight good things about Japanese culture into view, you could probably also find a number of good things about Dutch culture. Similarly, a giv… (View Post)
(Quote) My adult response to any mention of Hell is that it is not realistic for such a place to exist, anywhere. I tend to view it as a manipulative way to compel adherence to a religion, and it ten… (View Post)
(Quote) I agree it is ritualistic, but I don’t think I agree with the modern scientific interpretation that ritual is somehow hollow and purely physical. There is this belief in science that things t… (View Post)