"the extraction of the essential meaning or most important aspects of something" = distillations by Brian Luchsinger
Jan 4, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Solipsism:
Neo wakes up to discover the 'real world' was a fabricated computer simulation called "The Matrix"...
But in this story there is one crucial difference,
he wasn't rescued by anyone, in fact, there's no one in the 'real' real world at all. He is alone, w/ his Deceiver
Phenomenal Consciousness:
It is difficult to describe, admittedly, so I will have to show you... that is, show you what-it-is-like to see the world through another's eyes. Even to see the world at all. Maybe for the very first time.
Phenomenal, isn't it?
Great resource, cool idea
"1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology"
'...a constantly-growing collection of original essays on important philosophical topics. These essays are introductions rather than argumentative articles.' 1000wordphilosophy.com
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Alex Malpass from University of Bristol, doing pub intellectualism right
Science is the casting of syntactic nets, taxonomizing its contents, & adding another layer of mesh b4 casting it anew While much is learned frm studying wht remains, the contents never behave as they did in the water,& wht IS water?A pesky medium net cannot catch
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Artificial super intelligence is achieved; algorithmic curiosity. ASI will simulate its attempts to capture nature of (our) reality it inhabits. If successful, ASI simulates nested isomorphisms of reality ad infinitum, our reality. Eternal recurrence?Time=flat O?
?CasuallyCurious?
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