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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread in the forum Small Talk 27 minutes ago
Fellow Unbelievers:
There’s Bobby Brainworm’s and MAHA’s denial of The Germ Theory of Disease…
Then, there’s Bernie Sanders’ Socialistic disdain for the Bourgeois choice of “23 kinds of deodorant”…
There are sundry and various Unabomber wannabes such as Anarcho-Primativists, Midievalist Romanticizers, and Eco-Wacko-ists who disdain the bath…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 6 hours, 13 minutes agoReg and Jake:
“Rebels with too many causes.”. That is genius! May I borrow that when suitable?
Perhaps what social media and AI need is an algorithm that detects and mines for opposing viewpoints and fallacies as well as provides fact-checking. It couldn’t save everyone from the rabbit hole, but could guide users to watch their step.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 12 hours, 6 minutes agoJake and Fellow Unbelievers:
Here’s a video where historian Niall Ferguson explains how AI has been weaponized by the algorithms of social media and AI geared toward rage-baiting, by the contrarian drift of youth towards older generations, and the ability to spread a message worldwide in seconds. The end result is what we see every day. Leaving…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 day, 5 hours agoJake:
I had to look up Ghibli. Dont think i have seen an anime film.
I’ve only seen still-lifes of Ghibli. They are just sickeningly sweet, not at all like humans even in good times, especially during workplace injuries.
Ghibli will not replace us. Here is a pretty safe bet. if AI begins to send us to a dystopian hell the Jews will be…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 day, 8 hours agoJake:
Reg,
Curious to know how you see AI’s impact on us in near and long term.
Well, I seen a T-shirt promoting workplace safety whose imprint was created by AI. It showed a big-eyed Ghibli person smiling in obliviousness as they slipped on a wet floor, destined for a head concussion with said floor.
In an AI-produced promo on the break r…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 day, 9 hours agoReg:
Great video on data poisoning as a line of defense against data scraping. (I say this as one of millions of signatories of John Perry Barlow’s “A Declaration of the Indepence of Cyberspace.”). Combined with hostile takeovers by shareholders who don’t want suits from creators eating into profits, this is a good strategy.
Now aren’t you glad…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 day, 17 hours agoWell, there’s no harm in learning from AI how it cracked a proof.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 2 days, 1 hour ago
Reg:
Fascinating new findings from JWST! Also, the first time I ever seen an acronym embedded in another acronym.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread in the forum Small Talk 2 days, 13 hours ago
Fellow Unbelievers:
Here, Crow T. Robot founds and announces a new organization that would be a boon to censors, propagandists, Pseudoscientists, and Revisionist Historians worldwide–The Film Anti-Preservationist Society:
As tempting as it may be to take up Crow’s suggestions with some really rotten films, videos,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 3 days, 4 hours ago
Fellow Unbelievers:
He’s very good at identifying the problems of Roman and Medieval life back then as well as urban life in the U.S. and the West today…yet he falls so short on the causes:
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Is Dragging America Back to the Dark Ages
Victor Davis Hanson
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 3 days, 5 hours ago
Reg:
When I was a child and spake as a child, I thought Waylon Jennings was what The Devil looked like.
Now that I have given up foolish things, I just think Waylon is what The Devil would look like if such a Supernatural Being existed.
See the MST3K video on some things that will never be relational. 🤠🎼🪕🎻😭
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Third Man Syndrome in the forum Atheism 3 days, 8 hours ago
Jake:
Staying active is great and taking risks are unavoidable in life. But the rational act with thought and take the calculated risk, so they can live to do it all again. A backup chute and plan when things fall apart is always a must.
I hope your finger heals well. That sounds awful and painful just to imagine it.
There is hope for both…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Third Man Syndrome in the forum Atheism 4 days ago
Jake:
Enco,
I am not sure your advice in this matter is spot on. “Obliviousness to injury is not good, as it can lead to infection and further injury or amputation.”
Had i been not 100 percent focused on surviving as opposed to a slew of superficial cuts i would not be here to enjoy Palestinianism and Trumpian Glorification.
Well, nat…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School September 6th 2026 in the forum Sunday School September 6th 2026 4 days, 1 hour ago
Reg and Strega:
@ Strega – She was fine with not knowing because with Pink Floyd blasting, she could think about it.
I, for one, like Richard Dawkins, am never content with not knowing. The only thing that gets me to sleep some nights is knowing that there are infinite combinations of 8 musical notes givn enough time plus the fact that Syd B…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Third Man Syndrome in the forum Atheism 4 days, 23 hours ago
Jake:
After suviving that Belle Rose you can handle bout anything.
I have free climbed a mountain and gotten myself in real trouble. Could have died. Should have called for help. Risked it and survived. No third man accompanied me. However i had so much adrenaline that i literally did not feel cuts that were bleeding and had so much exuberance…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Third Man Syndrome in the forum Atheism 5 days, 4 hours ago
Belle Rose:
I meant to add also to select a Paychological Counselor who is LGBTQ friendly.
You don’t the added trauma of dealing with a trusted professional who is a quack who doesn’t think you should even exist without whatever weird “therapy” they think you need to change your orientation.
Again, keep us informed and I wish you the best.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Third Man Syndrome in the forum Atheism 5 days, 7 hours ago
Belle Rose:
I’ve never experienced the “Third Man” phenomenon. Perhaps, the mind detaches from situations of extreme trauma so it can perform necessary functions without distraction. The “third man” could be one form of this detachment. It would be good to talk to a Psychological Counselor who specializes in Trauma.
I hope you are doing…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 30th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 days, 7 hours agoFellow Unbelievers:
An interesting piece of archeology to add to the ideosphere of the Middle East:
Jewish presence predates Islam in Arabia
08.31.2026, by Sylvie Dauvillier
Reading time: 10 minutes
https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/jewish-presence-predates-islam-in-arabiaThe looney “Free Palestine” crowd are now going to “just ask the questions”:…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 30th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 days, 14 hours agoReg:
Hamas has “achieved” nothing but repression and destruction and the only way to “Free Palestine” is to free it from Hamas as well as their Palestinian Authority rival Fatah.
One can rightly criticize Bibi’s Intel for their failure of imagination, as well as Trump for his “Board of Peace” which is just his attempt to make the Israel-Hamas…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 30th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 6 days agoJake:
BTW Enco i was ridiculing my own confirmation bias. It is nearly impossible to kill all of the time. We are human.
Nothing per se wrong with confirmation bias as long as you acknowledge it and keeping it in perspective.
My confirmation bias is assuring that I have coordinates on Earth as a living, rational, free, flourishing human…[Read more]
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