And of course, expressing any opinion like the one above (mine, Matthew Pirkowski , Baudrillard's, etc) is bound to be meant with discomfort and incomprehension. "Going over to the side of the principle of Evil implies making a choice in every sphere that is not only critical but

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Discipline and self respect are the most enduring forms of life satisfaction.

Math is language, constrained. Language is experience, compressed. Experience is cyclic coherence, revealed unto itself.

Nice write up. Touches on the core epistemological issues of irreducible complexity, while remaining grounded, accessible, and actionable.

And, more importantly, the response to the prior article. A deeper look into the void, where irreducible complexity is not dealt with by having faith in a higher order. Rather, it is the most humble epistemological recognition that the world is ultimately beyond order and

Martin Picard Agree 100% specially about this.

Tries to bash philosophy as a bullshit discipline by...checks notes...providing his own bullshit philosophical analysis ✅

Our collective interest in the future demands recognition of our current predicament through the delineation of the complexity constraints that shape our possible trajectories, and our resignation of our role as stewards (and not dictators) of our vital and artifactual offspring.

Because we can simulate X on a computer, doesn't mean X is simulated in reality.

I regret that many people I follow because they are great writers, scientists or thinkers mostly post about their politics. It's always the same politics, the same narrative engulfing whatever thing happens. Politics is the mindkiller.

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Computer scientists often seem incredibly confident one way or the other about computational functionalism. What they should say is that the arguments both for and against provide only inconclusive considerations and the right attitude is therefore one of great uncertainty.

"BuT EvErYthIng iS CoMpuTEr" - majority opinion on X

"[This] tells you something about how non-default the capacity is. You don't acquire it by being smart. You acquire it by doing work that specifically trains it."