Simon Paynton

Promoting Incompetence

Wannabee authoritarians can “take over” institutions by corrupting them first, then claim it’s proof that they need to eliminate or rebuild them. It’s a wrecking ball approach.

E.g. usurping the authority of well trained and dedicated experts in the field of medicine. Obviously there are a lot more examples of this in…[Read more]

Lezbrews?  Need any research help, just give me a shout, guys.

edited to clarify – we are not talking about coffee, right?

The article in the JP mentions that the children being photographed in the arms of their well fed mothers are suffering from genetic disorders. It is estimated that 25%–50% of Palestinian marriages are consanguineous, with first-cousin marriages being the most common form. Rates can be even higher in certain rural areas or refugee populations w…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Translated: “Speedrunning democracy%” = self-sabotage for clout. “Jesus co-signed the tax fraud” = mixing religion with political delusion. “Bible thumping with zero patch notes” = outdated beliefs, no updates. “NPC behavior” = mindless repetition of slogans. “Revelations didn’t cover indictments” = karm…

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Thanks, I appreciate those examples of radio history. Even that recently, I was in a stage of ignoring most radio shows. Even as an atheist back then, I didn’t like Dawkins or Hitchens because I thought they were too strident or disrespectful. It took a while for me to mature enough to appreciate them. I was more in awe of Dennett at the time.

I…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
However he stands on the shoulder of a giant from the not too distant past.

omg omg lol lolrotfl [sic?]

That is hilarious! (I actually did laugh out loud, but didn’t rotfl.)

Almost halfway through, I switched to the youtube original and turned on captions, which helped a little, but not enough. That was good, especially…[Read more]

Thank you Jake that was just what I needed.

I think I have an over-inflated sense of my own abilities, but I don’t mind being knocked down and proved wrong.

I think most people think that their interpretation of reality is the correct one. As I said before, I don’t maintain any “core beliefs” about reality.  I have various understandings about how the Universe operates and of my place in…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Once again, AI has miles to go before we can sleep with ease about it.

And those miles will be on fundamentally different kinds of roads. Currently, I liken AI to Reddit, in that there is some really great, useful stuff there, written by humans. I think if AI now as amplifier to whatever’s available on the internet, just…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg 🙂

Have a great week!

“They say God works in mysterious ways. That’s theological code for ‘don’t ask.'”

– me.

Ppl still on god fr no cap.