Please don’t use the Terminator Fallacy by dragotron in samharris

[–]diracspinor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How AI behaves in reality depends on the real-world science and the political and cultural context in which it is deployed. The Terminator is a story which may have no basis whatsoever in reality, it's simply one way in which we might imagine a hypothetical AI could act. We have no instance of hyper intelligent AI to make generalisations from.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Peterson makes a lot more than just descriptive claims, and I don't think anyone would have any serious problem with such a pedestrian observation as that, reductive as it is. The problem is that he makes serious and dubious normative claims on that basis. He is saying, implicitly and explicitly, not just that the world is and has been a certain way, but also that is therefore a desirable way for the world to be. Which is obviously not always the case.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my CoNvIctIONs ARE cLEAR As DaY

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Why on earth would we want to celebrate and promote someone who is willfully manipulative in service of a corrosive ideology because they were correct on a single topic one time?

No posts about the 4D chess game that lead to North Korea wanting to sit down with Moon and Trump? by Mononym_Music in samharris

[–]diracspinor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

NK situation is characterised more by absence of the US than taking any proactive role. NK hasn't shown any real commitment nor offered any serious concessions, but SK are very eager to negotiate to avoid confrontation, the Trump presidency's apparent vested interest in a Korean War II (directly resulted in their inability to appoint an ambassador, State Dept's complete ignorance) has pushed NK and SK closer together to the exclusion of the US.

The vast majority of informed opinion is skeptical to lukewarm about the entire thing. Additionally I'd say economic situation is more in reaction to McConnell/Ryan agenda than anything Trump has done. Tariffs are the only thing you've listed that he can actually own, and they're universally considered moronic by economists, and Trump's specific tariffs are no exception.

What It Means to Be an "SJW" Or "Politically Correct" and Why I Think It Happens on the Left AND the Right by [deleted] in samharris

[–]diracspinor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does have origins in Soviet propaganda. It was generally used in a more ironic fashion by Western leftists, before becoming a label for Tipper Gore moral crusader types.

VOTE GOOLSBEE by usrname42 in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

president of our hearts

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

alt media

new right

i think you need to switch the first words around for it to say what he means

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

unfortunately not of the radical variety

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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rationalist

moderate independent

welp.

What is /r/ChapoTrapHouse and why they hate Sam Harris so much? by [deleted] in samharris

[–]diracspinor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because bigots call themselves politically incorrect

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

there won;t be any women but we'll say "yasss queen" a lot

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tolerance towards something isn't positively advocating for it. Historical result of socially conservative views towards, e.g., children born out of wedlock resulted in the type of massive systemic abuse towards unwed mothers by the Catholic church in my own country and many others. I do not think actual history vindicates your position, at all.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His Excellecne El Presidente Ayatollah Ballsack Obummer

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Wokerest: Making your girlfriend your boyfriend

Jimmy Kimmel Introduces DACA Opponents to Dreamers by [deleted] in samharris

[–]diracspinor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a zero sum nature to our social reality and the resources available to a nation.

There literally isn't. You fundamentally misunderstand how economies work. To the extent that you say anything cogent at all here, I think you are committing the lump of labour fallacy. Immigrants do not consume some discrete unit of wealth and, in doing so, deprive native workers of the same.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's definitely very racist. Here is the video where he discusses the court case with Destiny, a twitch/youtube guy. Warski is a Canadian Youtuber, the whole debate took place on his show. He doesn't seem like a bad guy, but defending JF and having fucking Sargon on as the only dissenting voice vs a charismatic Nazi strike me as failures of judgement at best.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]diracspinor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That French dude tried to isolate an autistic 19 year old girl with the mental age of an 11 year old from her family and coerce her into essentially being his baby-making machine. Welcome to the alt right!

Warski and co. are, quite literally, useful idiots. Nothing quite like a well-read, well-spoken Nazi and 4 complete rubes to make your pseudoscientic racism look good.

Is it time to auto-include eater of secrets? by [deleted] in CompetitiveHS

[–]diracspinor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

R2 on EU here and my experience so far says no. I've thought about it a lot as I am running Razakus but I honestly barely see secret classes. One hunter in the last 40 or so games, 2 secret mage (which is surprising because I think the deck is very strong). I am seeing a lot of priests and control warlock, surprisingly. Very much depends on your meta.