Larry Stevens

@simonpaynton

“Murder is wrong”.  You are presenting this as a choice. We choose not to murder because it’s wrong.

But that’s not what stops us from randomly killing annoying people.  We don’t think “I want to throttle you but I’d better not because it’s wrong”.

I mock myself for my revulsion of killing. I ridicule my efforts to get a fl…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths.

In principle, we can make a complete description of the way morality works.  But this still would give a multiplicity of correct answers, according to multiple moral principles or domains; it couldn’t resolve dilemmas such as the abortion issue.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths. But as Gödel shows, deciding what is right will always be our burden.

I think it’s impossible to get “moral truths” (such as “murder is wrong”) with the same truth-status as “2 + 2 = 4”.  I think this is because the two kinds of “truth” are about different things – m…[Read more]

Some more info on witchcraft in India as mentioned in last weeks’ post.

Enco says:

If “nobody is home” and we are just “acted on” as opposed to also acting back, then how do you propose we can “create positive influences and minimize negative influences?”. Ever heard of self-awareness?

And just who is the proposed target audience for your proposed novel about Lesbrews? It won’t fly with the Abrahamic crowds who be…[Read more]

Thanks Reg!

Have a great week Everyone!

“Morality needs neither heaven nor hell to function—just a working conscience and the ability to think beyond yourself.”

– Me.

Jake,

Did you know this is sort of common in India? I’d read about Africa but not India. Am so happy to know how we are progressing.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-863236

Hindus have literally millions of Gods, so it’s just a matter of odds and numbers that some permit witchcraft and others have prohibitions against witchcraft.

Jake,

Instead we need to change perspective and understand the reality of NOBODY IS HOME. We are acted on. So lets do what we can to create positive influences and minimize negative influences. And at this rant juncture i am getting off the rant train to climb a little pissy mountain.

If “nobody is home” and we are just “acted on” as opposed to…[Read more]

Meant to write how easy it is to condemn the horrific unspeakable acts and either write the perpetrators off as evil MOFOs or be a retarded lefty and say meh it is cultural relativism and so everything goes.

Instead we need to change perspective and understand the reality of NOBODY IS HOME. We are acted on. So lets do what we can to create…[Read more]

Did you know this is sort of common in India? I’d read about Africa but not India. Am so happy to know how we are progressing.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-863236

Jake,

Interesting story about Red China’s role in all of the Global Intifada protests. Must read later.

Here’s another about how Hamas and Turkey are controlling the image narrative about Gaza:

Pallywood: Leading Media Outlets Reportedly Used Staged Photos From Gaza
“In southern Gaza, Hamas controls 100 percent of image p…[Read more]

Enco,

My goals would not require on point parallel history. J. Swift comes to mind. Just enough to recognize the parallels and the gross injustice and absurdity of it all.

I was thinking of a few things to address that issue cuz as an author ya need suspension of disbelief. One way would be a Margaret Mead take one for the team right of…[Read more]

Jake,

So, how would the Lezbrews perpetuate themselves throughout history in your hypothetical novel? In Vitro Fertilization is only a fairly recent procedure and neither Lesbians nor Jews recruit or proselytize. Or are they Eternal Wondering Lezbrews who don’t need to propagate and perpetuate? Sounds like a hole in the plot that needs filling…[Read more]

Easy on me Enco.

Shebrews easy man.

Jake,

When a sweet Lezbrews thanks you for the coffee it is code for something else. She is aware but not woke. You had a meaningful conversation but it feels like you never spoke. Will you be shamed into ghosting her?

Enco that was the sense in which i was racisting you. Did not even know the Scottish guy was history.

And

The dust settled…

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The dust settled and an imposing woman with her shield at her side strode into the quorum with the insouciance of an aristocrat among her inferiors. She was greeted with stark expressions for having violated the sanctity of the proceedings. “How dare you enter the temple when we are deciding whether to go to war!”

When a sweet Lezbrews thanks you for the coffee it is code for something else. She is aware but not woke. You had a meaningful conversation but it feels like you never spoke. Will you be shamed into ghosting her?

Enco that was the sense in which i was racisting you. Did not even know the Scottish guy was history.

Jake,

You just dumped on Lezbrews. THAT IS RACIST!

I said the novel would be popular! How is that Racist except in the Craig Ferguson/Producer Michael sense?

By the bye, late night television died when Craig Ferguson went off the air years ago. Fallon, Stewart, Kimmel, and Colbert, all posers by…[Read more]