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...We need emotions and consequences to govern us morally. Rationality can guide us up some weird paths……

I would suggest the converse of that is true.

The Categorical Imperative could be considered a foundational principle of morality. It is grounded in the belief that moral actions must be guided by rationality and universalizable principles, rather than emotions or consequences. I don’t really see what it wrong with that. It emphasizes the inherent dignity of every individual. Moral actions a…[Read more]

An hour-long video created by AI and if one defines creativity in terms of giving you a plethora of gorgeous imagery you’ve never seen or imagined before, this AI is more creative than any human visual artist.

“But what does it mean? When human artists create art, it’s meaningful.” My reply is Jackson Pollock? Mondrian? Sometimes visual art is…[Read more]

It reads like a machine….because it is a machine. TBH, when I debate anything with it, I sometimes have to remind myself of that fact.

The basics of human morality are easy to understand and I think the presentation here is accurate. Yes, we can argue about individual cases and how different groups treat various scenarios but morality is…[Read more]

I know. It pisses me off. I have asked it to stop and to not take any middle of the road opinions but it seems unable to remember to stop. It ok when my real life GF does 😂😂

You sure you aren’t using FlatteryGPT?

“What a fascinating way to think about black holes!” and “and I love that kind of creative rethinking”

@Simon

The motivation for people’s sense of responsibility to comply with moral norms and behave morally arises from a complex interplay of psychological, social, and cultural factors. Below are some key motivators:

1. Empathy and Compassion

Innate Response: Humans are biologically wired for empathy, allowing them to feel the emotions of o…[Read more]

Here is where I am at with Chatgpt at the moment. My comment first:

The term ‘dark matter’ is a problem for me. I think “unobserved gravitational effects” might be a better term. This could be a gravitational anomaly caused by black holes.

Gravity (relational gravity) is not an independent Force. It is an emergent phenomenon arising from the int…[Read more]

This is another take on the topic….

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-elon-musk-says-unrepentant-racists-support-trump-228379205741

The pseudoscience/apologist crowd always has so much to say about postulations in physics. If you gave them a simple quiz to calculate the weight of a 1 earth-pound brick sitting on the Martian surface, or magnetic field strength and direction created by a given energized coil for example, how many could do it? How many would even know where to start?