Matt, on #12 under “what else,” you could add “gamma ray burst” Btw I only check in periodically, when did loaded language like “clot shot” enter the thread? Not useful imho.
Dw > On Sep 20, 2023, at 11:17 AM, Matt Mahoney <mattmahone...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Truth is whatever makes the best predictions. The proper way to update our > beliefs is by Bayesian reasoning. If a theory, t, correctly predicts event, > e, then this evidence increases the probability that t is correct to p(t|e) = > p(t)p(e|t)/p(e). We all reason this way because the math is built into Hebb's > model of classical conditioning. > > But there are two problems. First, science has no axioms. Probability is a > model of belief, not of the state of our deterministic universe. The universe > necessarily has greater Kolmogorov complexity than any intelligence contained > within it and is therefore unknowable. The problem is that different people > have different evidence. If I flip a coin and peek at the outcome, then my > p(heads) is different from your p(heads). > > Second, some of our beliefs are hard coded in our DNA by evolution, which > makes objective reasoning impossible. For example, we all have senses of > consciousness, qualia, and free will, which we know must be illusions because > we know that all human behavior depends only on neurons firing according to > rules that are either deterministic or computationally indistinguishable from > deterministic. These illusions make life worth living, leading to more > offspring. > > The nature of science is that you can always find evidence supporting both > sides of any issue. I find this to be true on all political issues. If you > follow both the left and right leaning media as I do, then you find that both > sides have legitimate arguments backed by studies on issues like abortion, > guns, immigration, climate change, children getting sex changes, etc. > > On vaccines, there is a legitimate argument that DNA left over from the mRNA > manufacturing process remains stable for years rather than hours or days, and > we won't know for years if there are any long term effects. I weigh this > against evidence that the vaccinated had lower death rates. I recall the > protection was something like 95% against Alpha, 88% from Delta, and 12% from > Omicron. If you are afraid of needles, it is easy to only follow evidence > against the vaccine. I'm not, because when I was about 5 the nurse put > rubbing alcohol on my arm and told me it would numb the pain, and it did. I'm > not planning another booster shot because I already had 3 shots in 2021 and > caught Omicron anyway at it's peak in January 2022 and I barely noticed. > > I'm not very hopeful that AGI can solve political division when it was > technology (social media message ranking algorithms) that caused it in the > first place. > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 6:35 AM John Rose <johnr...@polyplexic.com > <mailto:johnr...@polyplexic.com>> wrote: > On Friday, September 08, 2023, at 3:06 PM, John Rose wrote: >> A big threat is for people’s minds to be programmed to believe that >> something that will slowly kill them is good for them. >> >> *hint* *hint* > > But then, in order to maximize the seductive efficacy of an AI generated > Darwinian kill shot they’d have to not only asynchronously and lazily > exterminate existing “vermin” but target descendants by altering the tumor > suppressor gene via DNA modification… > > Hanlon’s Razor LOL > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWHhrHiiTY > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWHhrHiiTY> > > In addition, by adding luciferase and graphene oxide then an agent > programming interface is firmly in place by exposing an “API” to 5G. > > Translation - you’ve been chipped 😊 > > Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest> / AGI > / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + participants > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery options > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription>Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T206dd0e37a9e7407-M7810f3c28a4fa57ea2a32f5c> ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T206dd0e37a9e7407-M7e0bf093efe395b99583f454 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
