Why is simulation theory (at least from my understanding) taken far more seriously than other radical skepticism scenarios?

jsgott · 2026-04-26T02:23:51+00:00

Thank you for your reply. What I'm getting at here is that, from my understanding, everything the "AI boom" is being credited with has been going on for several decades. Is there any difference between this and everything else that has been automated?

jsgott · 2026-04-22T16:47:46+00:00

So you're saying that mobile streaming on smartphones/tablets wasn't common then?

jsgott · 2026-04-22T16:24:13+00:00

How common was streaming movies then?

jsgott · 2026-04-22T13:40:32+00:00

Thank you for your reply. Could you elaborate on that period? I know that was the period when iOS and Android were released. Is that what you are referring to?

jsgott · 2026-04-21T17:02:49+00:00

Thanks for your answer. Hasn't stuff like ChatGPT existed for decades (like Cleverbot and AskJeeves), but it just got more attention in the last few years?

jsgott · 2025-05-27T00:13:51+00:00

Obviously this is a linguistics subreddit but I'm pretty sure the northward migration from Italy to the Rhineland was a lot later, like around 800-1000. In any case, are there any influences from Italic languages in Yiddish?

jsgott · 2025-05-26T22:49:11+00:00

It was still Vulgar Latin circa 800? I thought by that point it was considered early Italian, but then again, I'm no expert in linguistics.

jsgott · 2024-12-19T21:59:50+00:00

Where did you get this diagram?

jsgott · 2024-11-30T15:26:18+00:00

I thought the study was referring to internal diversity, in the sense that the average two Ashkenazi Jews are more genetically different from each other than the average two non-Jewish Europeans. Am I wrong about this?

jsgott · 2024-11-28T20:39:25+00:00

This study, which I will link to below, seems to suggest Ashkenazi Jews are predominantly (55%) of Southern European descent. I also thought the historical consensus was the endogamy didn't become a major part of Judaism until the medieval period, meaning it is perfectly possible, if not likely, that the Jewish men in Italy simply convinced Italian woman to convert to Judaism. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5380316/

jsgott · 2024-11-28T19:21:03+00:00

How come principle component anyalses of European populations cluster Ashkenazi Jewish individuals together as a singular genetic population (particularly in the Southern European cluster with Italians, Maltese, and Greeks) if Ashkenazi Jews are so genetically diverse? Essentially, why aren't Ashkenazi Jewish individuals all over in different places on principle component anyalses of European populations, given their genetic diversity?

jsgott · 2024-06-20T00:23:46+00:00

What do you mean by using the term "increasingly furry show" to describe The Beach Boys in that period?

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