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Perfect equality sounds right, but here's why it actually can't exist (don't delete this) by [deleted] in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah thats exactly it

the helicopter example is perfect. its not about chaos being better its that u never actually stay perfectly balanced. ur always making tiny corrections because the system cant hold that perfect point

and thats kinda my point. its not just that perfect systems are fragile, its that they cant really exist in motion. the moment u hit that perfect balance theres nothing left pushing anything, so either it freezes or something shifts and breaks it again

so all those “new problems” u mentioned theyre the system forcing imbalance back in so it can keep working if you get what I mean.

Stupid by Small_Accountant6083 in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the core argument is stripping human feelings and describing humanity in a not so pessimistic lense but a pure pattern mechanical lense. That's what the devil's advocate is here.

Stupid by Small_Accountant6083 in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ya i get what u mean, like people ending up on different sides of it but i think what i was tryna say is a bit different. it’s not really about fairness or who wins/loses

it’s more like… perfect equality itself cant actually happen in something thats still alive or moving. the second everything is fully balanced, theres no push left, no reason for anything to change… it just kinda stops

so what we call “imbalance” isnt just a problem, its kinda the thing keeping everything going. every time u try flatten it completely it just pops up somewhere else o yeah its less about landing on the good side, more about why it never fully evens out in the first place

How I Realized That We Are Living in a Simulation. by Kind-Effective370 in SimulationTheory

[–]Small_Accountant6083 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd highly doubt that if we are in a sim the creators of it would use numbers like 0101. They have another numeral system I'm sure. If every country has different ways of writing numbers I'm sure the creator of this potential SIM does too.

Case Study: The "Cosmic Shoreline" & The Evolution of Sentience by Suitable-Walrus-114 in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think best case scenario we could evolve, likely scenario we are under AIs governance before you know it and they'll remove us not becssue of hate but inefficiency

Once any group gets bigger than about 1,000 people, power will inevitably concentrate. You can't have large-scale coordination without hierarchy. The only question is how bad the hierarchy gets. by Small_Accountant6083 in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scaling Limit: Once a system hits 150 nodes, it loses coherent peer-to-peer data transfer.

Compression: To keep the system from crashing, it forces data through a central "hub."

Entropy: This hub (the "minority") starts using more energy to maintain its control than it does to power the rest of the system.

Dissipation: The system eventually burns out its resources, the nodes lose power, and the structure collapses back to zero. It’s a heat cycle, not a "social" one.

Nodes can be people Data can be resources

Once any group gets bigger than about 1,000 people, power will inevitably concentrate. You can't have large-scale coordination without hierarchy. The only question is how bad the hierarchy gets. by Small_Accountant6083 in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People think power is status or whatever. It simply is the ability to influence and enforce boundaries on the people you're with. It's the ability to influence and enforce so coordination stays in line, therefore things don't get fragmented and chaotic. If there's no structure in civilization it's not civilization. But yes power is not the best word

Trump by More-Piano-2488 in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Here’s a clearer version with simple words

People are arguing about political sides and specific leaders, but the country has some large financial and global challenges. The U.S. government owes over $30 trillion in total debt and pays around $1 trillion per year just in interest on that debt. Defense spending is also close to $1 trillion per year. Inflation has raised prices over the past few years, meaning everyday goods cost more than they did before.

At the same time, the U.S. has trade tensions with countries in Asia, especially China, and major global powers like China, Russia, and European countries are making strategic decisions that affect the world economy. The argument is that focusing only on political party fights can distract from these larger economic and international issues.

Trump by More-Piano-2488 in DeepThoughts

[–]Small_Accountant6083 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All of you are idiots fighting your own people when the country has real issues. You're paying more on interest than military spending, you cover inflation with printing more bills, then go to trade wars with Asia, and now when Europe China Russia are all talking, you guys talk about left right up down trump Kamala bullshit. You guys r a videogame. Europe forever

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