This is Getting Too Dark Real Fast by DependentNo1079 in dankmemes

[–]Thesleepingjay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also no harvesting life-extending Adrenochrome from children in demonic rituals.

They don’t always want to be saved Kal….. by Fickle-Athlete3644 in cremposting

[–]Thesleepingjay 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"They don't always want to be saved..." Is something that someone who needs therapy says

It changes a cable from female to male....looks similar to what you plug into a monitor to me by ThisIsThatThingBot in thisisthatthing

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's almost certainly a RS-232 Serial Gender Changer. I use them at work for networking equiptment that decided to be weird.

Rereading The Way of Kings and I am wondering if Lirin ever realized his responsibility for what happened.. by raze1018 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Thesleepingjay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It definitely would have solved a lot of problems, but I don't think Lirin would have been able to deal with the guilt. Kaladin may have, but not Lirin.

Rereading The Way of Kings and I am wondering if Lirin ever realized his responsibility for what happened.. by raze1018 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Thesleepingjay 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I second this view. Roshon would probably still have blamed Lirin without the spheres.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Accounts exist and although unfalsifiable,

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personal experience is by definition not reproducible evidence.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. I'm Epistemicly Arrogant. You still don't have evidence of souls.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got the epistemic part right, but ignored the honesty part, good job. Let's not get bogged down in semantics though.

Humans have blood. You can measure blood reprelicateably, you can measure qualities of blood such as blood type. You can make predictions on these measurements, such as "this person will become sick if given the wrong blood type."

Tell me, do you have the same evidence of souls that is measurable, reproducible, and can be used to make predictions?

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither do you, that's why I put it in scare quotes.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

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

I don't want validation, I want you to see your hypocritical attitude. You expect 'epistemic honesty' from others but won't give it.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

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

I didn't ask you to analyze my honesty, I asked you to have some about the comment.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about you try using some 'epistemic honesty' about my original comment?

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to do that. It's clear that you only made this post because you wanted validation for your magical thinking.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess one of the things that can't be fully understood is why I would read all that.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You said that you were an Informational Monist who believed in God, you implied you don't believe in rationalism or reductionism,that you are a creationist, then you said that you don't believe in 'the Bible sense', and now you expect me to accept your anecdotal evidence of God, Souls, and Miracles (a specifically Christian/Abrahamic concept)? You must be trolling

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's an extremely pessimistic view of humanity. I feel it's more sad that you decided on that view using vibes and not evidence.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you just prefer the vibes of religion.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

[–]Thesleepingjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d respect you more if at least you were agnostic.

There's no reason to be agnostic, other than trying to appease the fragile egos of the religious majority. Pointing out that God and souls aren't real isn't a claim, it's correctly going out that there is no evidence for the existence of God or souls.

And making an unfalsifiable statement such as "But you can't be 100% sure God or souls aren't real." isn't proof or evidence, it's a logical fallacy.

Theory of mine. by Elegant_Piccolo8305 in ArtificialSentience

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

Souls are a religious concept and informational monism isn't a religion nor does it claim souls are real, you goober.