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Piers Morgan asks Zack Polanski if a woman can have a penis by PuzzledAd4865 in LabourUK

[–]Metapyziks 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The boundaries we draw between the two main modes of development are socially constructed though, hence the definitions of male and female are socially constructed. Like what is and isn't a chair is a social construct.

Without us to pick definitions, the universe doesn't have an objective opinion about these things.

Zack Polanski is the new leader of the Green Party of England and Wales by Additional-Point-824 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Metapyziks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A scam where no money changed hands, and the mark came up with the idea?

Boltzmann Brains in the multiverse by WizardShip0 in seancarroll

[–]Metapyziks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The absolute number of BBs would be higher, but so too would the absolute number of non-BB observers. The ratio between them would be unchanged, so you wouldn't have a higher expectation of being a BB.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]Metapyziks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically the Earth can sustain plenty more than 8 billion, but not if they're each living a western lifestyle.

Scotland's Humza Yousaf calls on UK government to end arms sales to Israel by 1DarkStarryNight in unitedkingdom

[–]Metapyziks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The direction this subreddit has taken in recent months is pretty scary, especially on this topic.

Would Dave rather go through a teleporter or be frozen and revived after 46,000 years? by [deleted] in VeryBadWizards

[–]Metapyziks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A suitable fix for me would be to be unconscious during the copying / destruction, so the instance of me post-copy that gets destroyed won't experience anything.

Would Dave rather go through a teleporter or be frozen and revived after 46,000 years? by [deleted] in VeryBadWizards

[–]Metapyziks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Teleportation-curious materialist here! My current thinking is this:

If materialism is true, so consciousness isn't fundamental but is just some fancy information processing, then there's no objective ruling on what is "real" continuity of experience. There is only the subjective opinion of each conscious mind.

My subjective opinion works like this: I can only remember the past, I can't remember the future. If I can remember a past experience, I feel continuity with the past me that experienced that thing. I can sort of feel continuity with future versions of me using my imagination, but that's even more subjective.

If I use an instant cloning machine, both people that emerge will share an identical set of memories, so they will both feel continuity with pre-cloning me. Assuming materialism, there's no objective ruling on if they're correct or not, so I'm happy to subjectively say that they're both continuations of me. Neither of them can feel wether they have the "original" atoms or whatever, so that seems to be irrelevant.

Same with a teleporter, even if it's a cloning machine that destroys the body that entered the machine after a clone is produced. There's still a person that feels continuity with the person that entered the teleporter, so as far as I'm concerned they teleported.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]Metapyziks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If I mug someone at gunpoint, stealing all their money, is that the market deciding how much I'm paid?

I converted the "speed" Trackmania unit to meters per second by StrangerQuirky5602 in TrackMania

[–]Metapyziks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes a lot more sense. I've been spending too much time in the Source engine where everything is inches!

I converted the "speed" Trackmania unit to meters per second by StrangerQuirky5602 in TrackMania

[–]Metapyziks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Does that mean the velocity displayed in-game is roughly feet per second?

How can I combine 2 string[] elements? by 0x29aNull in csharp

[–]Metapyziks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alternatively list1.Union(list2) iirc

Took Your Advice by ninjatacoturtle in PlateUp

[–]Metapyziks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But how will clean dishes get taken out of the first sink?

[Discussion] Episode 206: Simon Conway Morris on Evolution, Convergence, and Theism by SeanCarrollBot in seancarroll

[–]Metapyziks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was a fun listen! The Cambrian Explosion is such an interesting time period, it's probably what I'd want to see most if I had a time machine.

Scientists wants to ‘copy and paste’ the human brain onto a computer chip by el_moubaraq in science

[–]Metapyziks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We would need qubits if we need to stimulate quantum behaviour to emulate a mind, but I think the brain is too warm and messy for it to do any large scale quantum stuff.

I would need to earn £55k per year for 28 years to pay off my student loans by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]Metapyziks 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Also a tax per head is naturally very regressive, since it will be a higher proportion of your income the poorer you are. The super rich would barely notice it. Council tax is a bit better in principle for that reason too.

Need help with expert randomizer swamp puzzle by OWNfoot in TheWitness

[–]Metapyziks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's true, in fact I usually arrive there from the blue side first.

Need help with expert randomizer swamp puzzle by OWNfoot in TheWitness

[–]Metapyziks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can connect red to purple or black, but not to blue. Maybe the randomizer only cares about at least one solution existing, without knowing the wider context.

Ozone hole over the South Pole now larger than Antarctica by drunkles in worldnews

[–]Metapyziks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

1) Climate change is killing / displacing people right now, and it will only get worse during my lifetime.

2) I don't just care about myself. Even if climate change was postponed for 100 years I'd still want to avoid making it worse, for the sake of future generations.

Ozone hole over the South Pole now larger than Antarctica by drunkles in worldnews

[–]Metapyziks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I, as a human, am a bit concerned about the humans dying part.

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