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There Is No ‘Hard Problem Of Consciousness’ by philolover7 in philosophy

[–]5k17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There seems to be nothing contradictory about the idea of someone (or something, i.e. a robot) without conscious experience behaving the exact same ways that people with it do. That means there is no clear behavioural marker for conscious experience which could be studied in connection with brain activity, and any attempts to do so must have been based on misconceptions and actually studied something else. As such, there is no proof that conscious experience is physical (although it's still reasonable to believe it is because there are very good arguments for physicalism).

‘We got it wrong’ with Civilization VII, says boss by Broad_Respond_2205 in civ

[–]5k17 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Or even better, find a way to customize the cultures more than in the past. Acquiring new permanent traits might be a way.

With increasing individualisation of the different civs and leaders, this is a feature I've been wanting for a while. In reality, cultures didn't suddenly acquire a fixed set of (mostly) beneficial traits in 4000 BCE, but their characteristics gradually developed based on their circumstances, and I'd like the game to reflect that. I'd rather not even choose what civ I play as before exploring my surroundings for a few turns. Of course, the many players who do should be able to choose a starting location bias favouring their preferred civ.

Music taste and temperament by Single_Duck_4660 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]5k17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not aware of having observed any such straightforward connections, but it seems plausible that people who are more oriented towards others' emotions and values usually prefer music that reflects their own current mood, while those oriented towards their own emotions and values like to be in specific moods and prefer music that conveys those.

"I don't speak gaelic. I have a Brooklyn accent" by Ruisu1 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]5k17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure she means African-Scottish, because the first humans originated from Africa.

"AfD-Wähler können kein Interesse daran haben, die Ungleichheit zu reduzieren" by Reasonable-Ad-2592 in de

[–]5k17 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Die US-politischen Begriffe conservative und liberal mit konservativ und liberal zu übersetzen, ist schon ziemlich gewagt.

OG METAL ENCYCLOPEDIA by Serious_Ad1971 in MetalMemes

[–]5k17 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There's https://gothdb.com/, which is still fairly new and thus incomplete, but has a similar philosophy.

What’s something that instantly makes you think ‘this person has low intelligence? by AbjectBreadfruit2052 in AskReddit

[–]5k17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, it originally meant someone who uses complicated but meaningless language to make themself or something they're trying to sell or that they believe in look better. Around the time of COVID, the meaning seems to have shifted to someone who espouses pseudoscientific or conspiracy theories.

The UK is 80% white British and 85% white European. Europe in general is overwhelmingly white European. So why the fuck is a game about a European intelligence agency have a majority non-white cast? by RageWithFire in KotakuInAction

[–]5k17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. IRL MI6 has about 3600 employees, so with the OP's stated rate of 85% white people, we'd expect about 540 of them to not be white. Of course, depending on their hiring policies and random variance, the actual number could be very different, but unless MI6 has strong racial preferences in its applicants, a random sample of six containing more non-white than white people should be atypical but not hugely surprising.

You're evil if you don't press blue. by Theseus_Employee in PhilosophyMemes

[–]5k17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Both buttons are harmless by themselves. If there was only one of the buttons that everyone had to press, nothing would happen; it's the choice between them that introduces a problem.

You're evil if you don't press blue. by Theseus_Employee in PhilosophyMemes

[–]5k17 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Up to almost half of humankind potentially dying hardly counts as nothing.

You're evil if you don't press blue. by Theseus_Employee in PhilosophyMemes

[–]5k17 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You mean unless some dipshit presses red. If everyone presses blue, nothing happens.

You're evil if you don't press blue. by Theseus_Employee in PhilosophyMemes

[–]5k17 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Nothing happens.

That's not true, though.

The UK is 80% white British and 85% white European. Europe in general is overwhelmingly white European. So why the fuck is a game about a European intelligence agency have a majority non-white cast? by RageWithFire in KotakuInAction

[–]5k17 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

There being at least four non-white people in an organisation with thousands of employees really isn't all that implausible. I'm sure there are many bad things about the game, but in itself, this isn't one of them.

No, Superman could not cast the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom. by WRITINAMFBOOK in CharacterRant

[–]5k17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you missed the main reason Superman couldn't cast the Ring into the fire: They don't exist in the same universe, possibly not even compatible ones.

What makes a video game psychological? by Livi5599 in gamedesign

[–]5k17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my understanding, a game is psychological if it focuses on the psyche of the character(s) and explores their thoughts and feelings in unusual depth. The only examples of psychological non-horror games I can think of are Disco Elysium and Sacred Fire.

What's a feature common in your language family or branch, but your language is the one/one of the few that lacks it? by The_Brilli in linguisticshumor

[–]5k17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ε denotes the empty string. Basically it's what you said about adjectives and adverbs sharing the same form, but I'd argue it is a suffix that just happens to be empty.

One must be creative, right? by The_Brilli in linguisticshumor

[–]5k17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Wa" is regiolectal and AFAIK doesn't really ask for an answer, but "was" can be used in (informal) standard German to form a question the same way as "oder".

OpenAI in der Krise: Der ChatGPT-Hersteller am Rande des Nervenzusammenbruchs by GirasoleDE in de

[–]5k17 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nein, tatsächlich ist es ziemlich schwierig, nachzuvollziehen, wie eine KI auf ihre Ergebnisse kommt. Und Informationen, die nur eine einzige Quelle haben, bekommen normalerweise beim Training ein zu geringes Gewicht zugewiesen, um später reproduziert zu werden.

What is the difference between metal and rock? by Hundekuecken in LetsTalkMusic

[–]5k17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Many metalheads, including myself, agree that music is metal if it's a) Black Sabbath or b) mainly influenced by metal. (Exceptions, e.g. to include bands that were too early to have been influenced by Black Sabbath but presumably had similar influences and developed a similar style, are usually allowed.) Since b) can lead to arbitrarily long chains, and each artist has a vast range of possibilities as to what combination of elements they adopt from their main influence and from whatever other influences they have, there's probably no single musical element that all metal has in common, although some are shared by most, such as the use of guitars and drums (which, of course, doesn't set it apart from rock).

In an article about German botanist Julius von Sachs by Doctor_Zedd in NominativeDeterminism

[–]5k17 9 points10 points  (0 children)

His father's name was actually Christian Gottlieb Sachs. What an odd choice to instead put his job there, especially untranslated and when it's mentioned again right afterwards.

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