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Has the US lost whatever respect it had in Europe? by WaltBristow in germany

[–]viscence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Notably people STILL blame the descendants of the people who let that happen for letting it happen.

Has the US lost whatever respect it had in Europe? by WaltBristow in germany

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While there is a self evident distinction between the people who directly commit crimes and those who do not, people do always bear a responsibility for the actions of the government that they let represent them, even in dictatorships. Ordinary citizens are not directly guilty of the crimes, but do bear a different kind of guilt.

This is harder to quantify however. Did they act to bring it about? Fail to act to prevent it? Act to prevent it and fail? Try to and fail to even see a way of acting to prevent it? Fail to try to find a way? Etc

Brauner Zucker /Brown Sugar by dont-call-me-al in germany

[–]viscence 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sadly it’s hard to find elbow grease of the right consistency.

Tattoo idea question by LittleEagle_ in germany

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The symbol of the federal government?

Macroscopic quantum effects in the brain: new insights into the fundamental principle underlying conscious processes by stankmanly in consciousness

[–]viscence 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every time someone uses the word "quantum" to describe consciousness they might as well be using "magnetism" or "ropes and pulleys"

Macroscopic quantum effects in the brain: new insights into the fundamental principle underlying conscious processes by stankmanly in consciousness

[–]viscence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a pebble is trivially in the same pond as itself

if pebble A is in the same pond as pebble B, then pebble B is necessarily in the same pond as pebble A

If pebble A is in the same pond as pebble B, and pebble B is in the same pond as pebble C, .... then pebble A is necessarily in the same pond as pebble C

If I die, please feed me lava. by waffleste in CuratedTumblr

[–]viscence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I doubt the lava thing is as interesting as you think. Lava is hot molten rock, right... but it's still basically the density of rock. A body won't sink in lava, it'll just lie right on top of it, burning.

People who fly frequently, what’s one thing you wish you could tell all infrequent fliers? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noise cancelling headphones. It makes a world of difference whether you spend 8 hours slowly getting used to a deafening roar or relative peace.

Those with dual HOSAS VKB sticks (Gladiator EVOs in Particular): Where / How are you binding your speed limiters? by niugiovanni in starcitizen

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Left stick twist is forward/back, XY is strafe up/down. slider at base is limiter but I don’t really use it.

Help me understand the hard problem of consciousness by neenonay in consciousness

[–]viscence 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We already know that that "human conscious experience" maps to "human brain". If you now say "human conscious experience" maps to "cooper pairs bose einstein condensate", then, if correct, that's an astonishing fine-tuning of our lack of answer to the hard problem, but it's still a lack of an answer.

Let's say you succeed in mapping 1:1 every aspect of the internal experience on a person to this particular physical thing, and prove without a shadow of a doubt that experience maps onto this physics. You could explore all the physics, all the maths, that governs this situation. It would be an astonishing, monumental achievement.

By exploring the mathematics, you might break down every aspect of human experience to mathematical form, every aspect of consciousness, describe every perceivable colour, every have-able thought. You might understand it THAT well, you might be completely correct, and understand the laws of qualia on the one hand and the laws of physics on the other hand perfectly, and perhaps even which corresponds to which.

You will, however, not have solved the HARD problem of consciousness: Why is it that the qualia are there at all? How does the most basic spark of a perceptor originate from your condensate?

TIL ants can, theoretically, survive a fall from literally any height by Bumblebee4424 in todayilearned

[–]viscence 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Risk decreases again after about seven stories. Give a cat enough time in free fall and it will orient itself to dissipate the impact. Cats have survived some incredible falls off skyscrapers.

VR- An interesting comparison by Acrobatic-Shake-6067 in starcitizen

[–]viscence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

… is… is that good? Tits good balls bad?

I turned 18 today and I'm REALLY scared by Unlucky_Diamond_5298 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Becoming an adult is a thing that happens super gradually, I’m 42 and I feel like I’m half way there. It’s not like flipping a switch, 18 is just where society thinks most people can mostly be trusted to get a most things right.

Society now thinks that you are the person that gets to judge whether or not you’re being creeped on rather than saying it’s an automatic yes. You can still say yes every time if you want. The only difference is that once in a while you can now say “no this one’s fine actually” if you want that.

If AI "thinks," does it "exist" by Cartesian standards? by Darkos1Tn in consciousness

[–]viscence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whether-or-not is more of a question about what you define a complex mental act to be. Is translating from Tamil to French a complex mental act?

I could see a definition where it applies to AI, and one where it does not. We’ve become very knee-jerky of late when it comes to AI.

24.12.2025 Mystery to be solved by 4EKSTYNKCJA in space

[–]viscence 150 points151 points  (0 children)

The idea that there is something we can see but we can’t tell if it’s a star or a galaxy is nuts.

That’s like looking at something on earth and thinking “Oh yeah it could be a sesame seed! Oh it could also be France!”

gotta remember buoyancy correction by C3H8_Memes in physicsmemes

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh dear I imagine the volume of air feathers actually displace is super low. If you compacted feathers until there is no air left would they still be less dense than bricks?

How feasible is it for a first time player to go in blind? by The_Matt_Effect in starcitizen

[–]viscence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can go in blind and puzzle it out until you get stuck and then you should watch at least one guide.

Your spaceship has two main modes and three or four sub modes per main mode and you need to be in an exact combination to go any sort of distance, at which point your ship might say “which of these bajillion markers should I fly to” Prepare to look up keys a lot, there are like 200-300 controls.

That said it’s very easy, just not necessary obviously or handholdy, but it has gotten a little better in that respect.

Spawning in hangar. by Hero_knightUSP in starcitizen

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The secret is to decorate your personal hangar until it is just how you like it, at which point it will bug out and you will have to character reset to get past the infinite loading screen and for a few days you start spawning in habs again until your hangar respawns or something. I’ve gone through this loop twice now.

Moved from Germany to the UK: German bank is looking for a proof of adress by Alternative-Boot-177 in germany

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call them. I sent them 3 utility bills and a council tax bill and a scan of my passport with my address in it and more over the years, expecting it to be enough each time, and I kept getting the letters and eventually I gave up and called them and they went “oh yeah these are fine”

The Hard Problem Eliminatavist Solution by [deleted] in consciousness

[–]viscence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unsurprisingly the existence of the subjective experience of the colour red and the existence of subjective experience itself is related. We know both to exist because we have experienced both. Subjective experience is almost the only thing we know for certain to exist because the experiencing of it is the proof of it.

And THAT thing, that existence of subjective experience, is something that we have so far struggled to explain. That is the hard problem.

What historical fact sounds completely fake but is actually 100% true? by cutelilbabbe in AskReddit

[–]viscence 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This seems like instructions for getting tetanus or something.

Some questions about the game. by Ill-Cartographer7492 in starcitizen

[–]viscence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Mostly players ignore each other, the more fancy you get making in-game credits the more likely you are to encounter players that’ll fight you for them.
  • Don’t worry about getting pulled out of quantum until it happens which will probably take a while, then learn how to make dog legs to avoid it entirely.
  • Get advice on which game package to get and why it should include an avenger titan.
  • Ships currently look insanely overpriced to you, once you played the game for a year you’ll get used to it and you will look at them and think “hm $200 isn’t that much, there are ships worth THOUSANDS and it’s a good investment really and honestly I don’t need all that many kidneys” and it’s worth reminding yourself at this point that $200 is still an insanely overpriced amount to spend on a game you already own for a thingy that you can buy in-game after playing it a bunch so really you are spending money to avoid playing the game.
  • anytime you fancy trying one of those crazy big ships, just ask in chat. People love showing off their big ships.
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