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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Evolving AI Threats in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 1 month, 2 weeks 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 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 3 weeks 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 1 month, 3 weeks 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 1 month, 3 weeks 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 1 month, 3 weeks 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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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 30th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 1 month, 3 weeks agoJake:
Recall though, that U.S. Intelligence Community, didn’t foresee either the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993 or 9/11/2001, (not to mention Tiananmen Square, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of The Berlin Wall, the end of Communism in the Eastern Bloc, the end of Apartheid in South Africa, etc. ad nauseum). So again,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 30th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 1 month, 3 weeks agoFellow Unbelievers:
Unlike the oblivious writers at Commentary, this writer somewhat gets it:
Arthur Herman
Did America Win the War on Terror?
It depends on where you look.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/war-on-terror-911He does overestimate our foreign prowess against Islamic terrorism, however he does at least acknowledge areas where…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 23rd 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 1 month, 3 weeks agoReg:
Yes, I doubt if Mr. Gray is ever the most colorful actor on the party scene. He probably belongs to some branch of the ‘reality based community’.
Ron Suskind would have really been the life of the party if he’d have just named the name of the one who made the quote, and he would have been really ‘reality based.’
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 30th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 1 month, 3 weeks agoReg:
The idea of progress is a dangerous lie.
Phew! Bet John Gray’s the life of the party!
😁Sunday Book Club: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker.
Cue the Leonard Cohen, who, according to Neal from The Young Ones, is both alive and yet dead:
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 23rd 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 1 month, 3 weeks agoJake:
2026 is the year of saying two things at once that seem contradictory at first blush but really aren’t.
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