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Ok, Simon, so i understood your viewpoint.

And whether you perceive any freedom or not it is an utterly ignorant position taken by those who posit unfettered free will.

If you have messed with Chat gpt or any other LLM from introduction to now it is remarkable the progress. If it evolves complete independence of human control/programming it…[Read more]

Simon, do you suppose the genesis of general intelligence in
AI is the one and only way that free will is possible?

Unless i misunderstand your viewpoint free will is limited.

Or is it matter in motion like turtles all the way down?

Tumble tumble
Little world
How our
Matter and energy
whirled
Did those rocks
imbue your sense
or is free will
for the dumb
and dense?

Simon it is nothing but carping but not all claims have a burden. Evolution for instance. And in legal parlance there are matters that the court will take judicial notice meaning no evidence necessary. But yea we agree for all intents there.

I’d use the word influence too if i wanted to rationalize free will. Read the book if you dear. And…[Read more]

Simon, the starting point for free will, god, or any popular belief puts the burden of proof on the proponent. So if Sapolsky refutes all of the arguments he has won the day.

If i had to give a synopsis of his argument against free will it is that decisions feel free but are actually the result of causes over which we have zero control. He…[Read more]

Robert writes:

It’s almost like some people, like autists have less “free will” due to biological/chemical reasons. A limited set of responses when compared to a plot of typical responses. Unless it’s actually damage to their “free-wheeling, spiritual souls” or something, LOL.

Took the words right out of Sapolsky’ mouth. His book Determined…[Read more]

Simon, i’ve been asked if i have autism. Other than sensitivity to noises and weirdness with language including speaking backwards i don’t think so. My theory of mind and high empathy along with pig pig sooiee disorganized and untidy ways suggests no.

I had to look up language board. What is your nephew’s diagnosis?

Hope it wasn’t a Zebco.

Fortunes are made on comparitively small investments.

I had an uncle who was brilliant but not able to function. As a child he would always go to a brokerage after school. (He dropped out of school before 10th grade) Anyways he had a stock he loved and my dad begged his to buy it. But nobody in his family listened. It…[Read more]

That is not how or why it was created. Returning to ancestral homeland was a no brainer political strategy to stop the endless persecution. Europe and the world did not give two shillings for welfare of Jews before, during, or after holocaust.

Britain like the rest of the Colonial powers in the wake of world wars was never gonna continue their…[Read more]

Think how much the middle east has changed as a result of the invasion and religious rapture of Hamas two octobers past.

Iran and its so called axis of resistance is toast. Iran is militarily weakened and so are its proxies in Hamas and Hezbullshit. That enabled rebels to topple the Syrian dicator. In its wake a great big power vacuum.

Israel…[Read more]

Seems to me that all JP was saying is that for him, stating a belief in God is hypocritical unless he can actually fully walk the walk of what a truly dedicated belief would require, e.g. in some form of heretofore unattainable perfection. [and I have the impression he’s caught up in his ability to out-intellectualize even some of the most i…[Read more]

Simon, if i want a good story i’ll read Washington Irving.

Ronald Reagan might have appreciated him. Tell me a story so i know what you mean. That was me channeling the dead guy. His son is an atheist so the apple defied gravity.

Somebody asks you do you believe? Have the integrity to say yes or no. And if asked for an explanation don’t go all…[Read more]

I think we discussed J P.

Only credit i can give him is in his treatment of some woke nonsense.

First time i listened to him debate Sam Harris i wanted to pull out my hair even if i am bald. Annoying in his intransigence and i am pretty sure Harris had his BP elevated having to debate him. And the way he arrived at his religious convictions is…[Read more]

Few yrs ago was hiking during winter along a ridge and there was a dusting of snow that concealed ice. Feet came out from under and i was about to fall down a cliff. Arms slammed the trail with legs dangling and pulled myself up onto trail without any conscious thought. Heart did not even have a chance to respond to hormones and i was up and safe.…[Read more]

Simon says “You might be surprised to find that studying all this evolutionary philosophical stuff, helps a person to navigate life successfully.”

Maybe a little but not shocked if it is true. Meanwhile it is divorced from how life actually works when viewed from a distance. Definitely see the value in acknowledging the role of evolution. i have…[Read more]

Brain Droppings:

Filched it and am gonna guess two of you get the reference.

Yeah Pope that forever endeavor will linger longer. And it is quite apparent the LLM’s are rapidly improving. Interestingly i challenged Meta after it once again towed the party line in asserting it does not remember prior conversations with users. Not only did Meta…[Read more]