My favorite equation would be... 1^(0.5) = {-1,1} This equation means a lot to me, because I once thought that equations having multiple roots...
Hitler and Stalin weren't atheists. They were God-fearing Christians. ...and WHY do you have to resort to reductio ad Hitlerum???
To me the concept of an inalienable and irreproducable 'consciousness' is equivalent to a soul. It is a delusion that we share to convince us that we...
Yes. Instead of 'the joy for musing', it'll have a positive feedback loop that increments it's happiness counter by an amount equal to its...
point...but isn't consciousness defined in terms of understanding and not the other way around? Isn't this the soul? I thought we didn't believe...
Looks like there's something we agree on :D The human mind is a system. A system of biochemistry, electricity, some mechanics and maybe a bit of...
It's also important to remember the difference between kinetic energy and momentum in these problems.
How do you know that HUMANS 'know'? Our 'ego' could just be an illusion. How would you define integration into ego? According to me, all human...
A galaxy is a VERY large place, and I sincerely doubt that the majority of planets are used in the SW galaxy. Han Solo is scared of getting lost is...
Leto was able to predict at a range of 3000 years. Paul blinded himself by rejecting the sacrifice that he would have to take in order to bring about...
The entire Jedi council could not forsee the fall of the Republic. While Jedi do have mild prescience, it is incredibly weak compared to that of a...
How would an AI parse sensory input from sound or sight? For example, how would one make a program to count the number of humans in a given picture?
I don't think consciousness is binary. Its fuzziness seems pretty apparent to me. Look at a toddler, as it grows up, you can see it getting more...
You're making the mistake of immediately focusing on military power, and nothing else. When it comes to sheer physical power, SW has it. But Dune...
Who here plays World of Darkness? :)
prescience + no-field technology + Holtzmann field (shields/foldspace) make a pretty good combo not to mention Paul, Leto II and Teg
I believe that we think in terms of somethingness. There are lots of different kinds of something, only one kind of nothing. It's like heat and...
Religious or non-religious indoctrination is not an unevitable constant in a child's life. It's possible to rear a child as an athiest without...
To me, a person's soul is simply his personality separate from all input and reference. Take a human mind, cut of its 5 senses, and erase it's memory...
Convenient.
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