Reg the Fronkey Farmer

I am posting this as a jpeg because I cannot gain access to the site to copy it. It is behind a paywall. I buy the paper every Saturday (The Irish Times). Let me know if you agree with this Irish economist. I would agree strongly with the points he makes.

Clicking on the picture should increase the size and make it legible.

Anthill and the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

...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]

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 😂😂

@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

After the cowardly attack in New Orleans, Trump linked it to illegal immigration on an unsocial media post. He gave no evidence for this claim.

“When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in the country … it turned out to be true…

He went on to claim that crime “is at a level that nobody has ever seen.”<…[Read more]

Jesus, the original NEPO baby.