Roamin' Chemicals

@dgerard @blakestacey Bertrand Russel famously argued he was the pope by starting with false premises. At least according to my logic professor. That’s the earliest version I’m aware of.

@YourNetworkIsHaunted I think I feel similarly. Things are pretty dire in Canada, too. Right-wing populism is polling very high, our media landscape is mostly conservative-owned, and our communities are fractured. I don’t know what to do either, I’ve been feeling anxious and sick all week, but I think part of the answer has to be local, grass-roots community building, connecting disparate people together for empathy and communication, with minimal reliance on the institutions that got us here

@sailor_sega_saturn @BlueMonday1984 here in Canada our prime minister (who’s no fan of Trump) used the word “decisive” too. I think at least some people are using the word because they know it’s what he wants to hear. It makes my skin crawl, but I can’t argue there isn’t a logic in trying to maintain some power over him with flattery

@HelixDab2 @sue_me_please I’d go a step further and say it doesn’t work. It’s an inherently flawed concept that you can reduce human thought, skill, ability, and behaviour to a number and then rank people by it. The legacy of general intelligence itself is that of people assuming it exists and seeking to justify their assumptions.

@BlueMonday1984 you can actually get an HL: Alyx compatible Windows Mixed Reality set on eBay for well under $200. I use an Acer one pretty much exclusively for Beatsaber, but it’s very capable hardware for other games too. It’s kind of a shame that the WMR sets didn’t catch on. They were cheap, even new, and were the start of a less closed VR ecosystem. Facebook massively undercut them by selling at a loss when they were released, though, and they were pretty much dead in the water.

@V0ldek @youngalfred I’d argue that they’re put in places they shouldn’t be, where tactile feedback is important. Like car interfaces.

@BlueMonday1984 @blakestacey I can’t believe I’m siding with Michael Bay over James Cameron on a matter of artistic integrity. Make it stop!

@sailor_sega_saturn @gerikson it’s very funny, but I wish they didn’t AI clone David Attenborough’s voice for it

@Soyweiser @bitofhope He was extrapolating lobster behaviour to humans before that whole mess. I think he might just be that dumb.

@sailor_sega_saturn @AcausalRobotGod It’s literally the opposite of the categorical imperative, the philosophical equivalent of saying, “it’s rare that ducks go quack”

@sailor_sega_saturn @AcausalRobotGod It’s like someone read Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and proceeded to bash themselves over the head with it.