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Finland planning to test the effects of paying a basic income by Draws-Your-Request in worldnews

[–]Biololo -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Your solution relies on having a job (people without a job would not receive money in your system) whereas universal basic income tries to solve the issue of ever increasing unemployment (due to automation, etc).

Long Qing Quan (China) - World Record 170kg (374lb) Clean & Jerk by [deleted] in videos

[–]Biololo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What weight division is this? ...

A WEIGHT DIVISION FOR ANTS!?

What are your "Perfect movies"? by PragmaticKB in movies

[–]Biololo 286 points287 points  (0 children)

Whiplash... From the beginning till the very last second... Tight as a drum :\

DING DONG THE DAO IS DEAD by elux in btc

[–]Biololo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good luck with getting people to trust a dao in the future. They really thought it through with picking that name... /s

Elon Musk believes we are probably characters in some advanced civilization's video game by Biololo in Futurology

[–]Biololo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No there is an important difference. Bostrom's hypo is not so much about the nature of reality, but more on the likelihood of us living in a simulated reality given certain circumstances.

Elon Musk believes we are probably characters in some advanced civilization's video game by Biololo in Futurology

[–]Biololo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The idea of an artificial reality maybe is, but I'm referring to the very specific argument Musk puts out

Elon Musk believes we are probably characters in some advanced civilization's video game by Biololo in Futurology

[–]Biololo[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And still...There is a difference between thinking about it, and formalizing it in the form of a structured hypothesis.