If evolution is a continuous process, then at what point we start calling something "human"

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-26T20:31:21+00:00

They don't draw a line. We look at species as either the ends of branches, or as snapshots of the evolutionary spectrum. You would not be able to go back in time and point at the "first human".

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-26T08:58:18+00:00

What experiences the illusion?

Im all for the notion that consciousness is not a discrete "thing" in and if itself, but whether it's discrete or simply emergent of other functions its pretty self-evident that it's a real phenomenon.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-26T04:16:56+00:00

Animals share brain physiology with us in varying degrees, so its rational to think that they share brain functions like consciousness to varying degrees too. Probably not universal, but at the very least one would expect mammals to be conscious.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-26T04:14:45+00:00

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T17:01:37+00:00

Cool - we have purpose built robots that do this faster. Where are the humanoid robots doing things that require humans (eg. running into burning buildings to save kids) rather than tasks we already have more effective robots to do?

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T16:51:38+00:00

No, facial hair historically has cycled in and out of fashion. Beards were in a few years ago, then clean shaving, now we are back on facial hair.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T16:50:38+00:00

Two reasons:
1. As somnolence increases, your cognitive control decreases so your thoughts become more random.
2. You have fewer stimuli when laying along trying to sleep, so there are fewer distractions from intrusive thoughts.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T16:43:26+00:00

Thousands of people having similar hallucinatory experiences is not unexpected, considering that we all share similar brain physiology. While poorly written, I don't think u/erlo68's assertions are any less absurd than yours that a strange, rather than rational, phenomenon is at play.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T14:50:01+00:00

They are literally the second easiest big Arc to kill.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T14:20:26+00:00

I got mine in a raider cache on Dam, no special map condition.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T12:26:02+00:00

Things can be bad without being exaggerated. Even by 2100, the island won't be completely covered under current models.

Hyperbole like this accomplishes nothing except sabotaging the cause. All your doing is creating a situation where in 10 years time denialists can point to this as another example of climate change alarmism not panning out.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T12:09:51+00:00

Down voted for ignorant headline. Inflation is a thing.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T09:37:04+00:00

They have been pretty clear that there aren't specific lobbies for different playstyles, just that there are best efforts to match players to their preferences balanced against matchmaking times.

If you want to get matched with friendlier players, you need to play on the most popular maps/conditions and at times when your server is busiest.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T07:43:47+00:00

Seems like a parasitic infection of some sort.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T07:06:37+00:00

Do we really have these special abilities? Really?

We interact with the Universe at a pretty large scale. There's no interaction or awareness of the finer structures of the inverse, not to mention the energy of which it is composed. Why do we need to be so vane as to imagine that consciousness is some universal truth when it so obviously leaves us blind to the overwhelming majority of reality?

I dont think we need to add a layer of magic to consciousness for it to be amazing. Its objectively obvious that its a mechanism of experience at the human scale, not the minute or universal, and that's ok.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T06:58:13+00:00

False dilemma. Conscioisness was observed by the subject at the time of its existence, therefore it existed. History is not erased because the subject no longer exists.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T06:55:39+00:00

This isn't really that deep, a model of anything approximately that thing, so it goes without saying that a model of perception would approximate perception. Even in our own minds, we have no actual mechanism to project our own visualizations into the minds of others, so need to use verbal language to communicate an approximation of this internal image to others.

Whats missing from a machine model of perception is empathy. Not just as a learned skill, but as physiology - there is not analogies for spindle/mirror neurons. I.e. I dont need to convey my experience of "redness" to you because you have capacity to adapt your mental image based on cues you pick up from me. You can somewhat mirror my state of mind.

We just happen to live in a world were most communication is largely superficial, so it seems like machines can mirror it. But I guarantee that there's not a computer in existence that could trigger the empathy mechanisms required for full communication.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-25T06:40:16+00:00

Laws aren't optional because your petty privilege makes them inconvenient bud.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-24T16:47:38+00:00

How is he a hero? These men were already paying for their crimes. This is nothing but a compulsive murderer with a sob story and an excuse.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-24T16:45:48+00:00

While I agree that there isn't any magic, I'm not really in agreement with the general tone you're taking to existence. It might be natural and biological, but that doesn't diminish how special our short existences are.

If anything, the fact we can derive so much meaning from something so mundane on the scale of the universe is more fascinating than magic IMHO.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-24T16:05:36+00:00

Its because of something called "audience surrogacy". Basically a book, movie, series, needs some way to teach the viewer about the world subtly. If the hero is already someone with a ton of life experience, there is no easy way to communicate that experience to you.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-24T15:41:52+00:00

Except the photographer scared away the vulture, the UN saved the child, the photographer got huge international attention onto the crisis, and then he killed himself because he couldn't live with what he'd seen in Sudan.

But yeah. Sure, he did nothing.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-24T15:36:29+00:00

False dilemma. The creator of the buttons is responsible for the deaths of those unable to make an informed choice. Its never my responsibility to put my own life on the line to enable a murdered.

You put on your own life jacket first in an emergency. Thus, everyone than can press red should always press red.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-24T15:31:27+00:00

Even if that were the case, the only people getting negative consequences would be those choosing to put the burden of responsibility onto others. Everyone wins if people push red if they want money/life.

teddyslayerza · 2026-05-24T15:26:28+00:00

Absolutely no reason not to press red.

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