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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:08 pm The more they talk the less they say.

The stop listening. Find content that you care about.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:05 pm Americans are such wankers. Why can't they ever just shut the f'''k up? Do they really have to verbalise every stupid thought that comes into their stupid heads?

Yes. That's how freedom of speech works.

For every billion stupid ideas there is one that's not.

Do you think this child knows what that means? Is this child abuse from a law enforcement perspective, or from another perspective? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxdvOLdG_34 So they are encouraging Perspectivism ( http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Perspectivism ) at age 11? Cool! I would ...

The Simulation Hypothesis fails due to Occam's Razor. If you have to explain something, it should be done so that it requires the least possible assumptions. Simulation requires a good deal more assumptions for it to work ie. intelligent life outside our universe. Given the choice of Occam's razor ...

By the way, it appears to me that you are very eager to get a particular "answer" out of me so that you, acting as that "lawyer", can address the judge and jury (the readers) with YOUR final speech hoping that the judge and jury (readers) will find me "guilty" (WRONG) ...

Thanks, certainly a lot to take in on the Chomsky link, but I think I have a rather vague understanding of the points being made! Complexity classes and Big-O notation are directly related to Chomsky's hierarchy. I once had an idea to start developing an AI as a bit of a hobby project and learning ...

Objective human meaning is found above Plato's divided line and yes Kant was well aware of it. That's why both Plato and Kant were wrong. You can observe human 'meaning' from the most simple of English sentences if you just paid attention. The utterance "I". From the line Forms + Mathemat...

I am NOT sure how an adult human being, with all of those previous life experiences, could MISUNDERSTAND what is meant by "No". Ok. So when I asked you "Do you know when the next tsunami will take place?" and you answered "No" then I correctly understood that you don't...

Definitions are overrated. All they are is describing one word in terms of other words. It is inevitably circular. Communication does not need to be defined precisely. Can you even define a tree precisely? The reason why I am such a pedant is because the distinction is so tiny that it's trivial to ...

I wish I had more time to study linguistics, I think I may have something to offer in this particular field...maybe not! I promise you - you already have the intuition. Programming languages encompass everything there is to know about language. Meaning/interpretation/ambiguity/parsing/context/encod...

SO, if you already KNEW what the answer WAS, what was with the inquiring? I don't know what the answer was! That is why I asked you the question. Which you answered with "No". Perhaps I misunderstood what you mean by 'No'? There was at least two ways to interpret the 'No'. A. No, I don't ...

There is the perception/direct experience in our head, and there are all kinds of conceptual overlays/conceptualizations made from this, also in our head. Collectively this is the MAP. And then there is the totality of existence/the universe, this is the TERRITORY. The MAP is part of the TERRITORY ...

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:59 am 'Jerk'?

No good!

I've met jerks who aren't my skin color.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:56 am It was your word pumpkin.

Used for your advantage, pumpkin.

Because you seem to like labels and dislike confusion

There is no English word for my genetic composition.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:54 am You definitely said you are white.

Am I 'white' ?

I mean I am certainly more tanned than a Brit. I could get mistaken for a Mexican in America.

On the other hand - there are indians who are far more pale than me. Are they white?

*shrug*