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2019-03-21 at 11:22 AM UTC in am going paki shop
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2019-03-21 at 11:20 AM UTC in A list of known cat fuckersWait, is mal referring to Malice? Or --mal--???
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2019-03-21 at 11:19 AM UTC in A list of known cat fuckersI'm a bit uncomfortable with including Malice on there.
I mean, it's one thing to call.the guy out on it when hes still around to defend himself, but do you really have to drag a deceased compatriots name through the mud? It just seems kinda unfair. -
2019-03-21 at 11:16 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Common De-mominator There's nothing to support the theory and the theory does not fit the data nor even really make testable predictions, nor answers the Hard Problem.
I mean you can read it if you want, but understand that you're not really receiving any information about reality from it.
And I want to remind you that I am not taking Jaynes' theory as irrefutable gospel. My only reason to even intervene when you and Obbe were discussing it was when I could tell you were dismissing it entirely too flippantly.
Are you SHARK/Captain Falcon/etc? If you are, carry on with that IIT theory. That was actually pretty cutting edge and by far the most empirically testable theory about consciousnesss I've ever seen. But you don't have to dismiss Obbe's (or anyone's, for that matter) contributions to the discussion at hand with such crude insensitivity.
It's not like IIT is without dissenters. It's essentially a very sophisticated house of cards built on a foundation of axioms that are just as speculative as Jaynes' theory. -
2019-03-21 at 11:05 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
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2019-03-21 at 11:01 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Common De-mominator No, it means she made a theory to fit the historical data but it doesn't fit all the relevant historical data. So it's a nice work of historical fiction "based on a true story".
The Aboriginal example is good too.
It is possible that we evolved consciousness at different rates, ya know?
Either way, every theory has edge cases. Some kids die from being vaccinated.
Are you also anti-vaxxer? -
2019-03-21 at 10:57 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
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2019-03-21 at 10:51 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Common De-mominator They developed conscious thought outside of her proposed timeline, i.e. falsifying it on temporal grounds.
HIS timeline, first of all. That's been bugging me for a while now.
But more on topic: That does not disprove the theory. It it means that the predictions made based on the theory are slightly inaccurate. Do you have any idea how common a thing that is in science and academia? It probably happen a 50 times a day. -
2019-03-21 at 10:49 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Common De-mominator They do not, they won a Nobel Prize in consciousness before Jaynes thought it possible.
The Nobel prize is not exactly the one true measure of scientific accuracy.
Next you'll tell me the Academy awards are an objective source of quality in the cinematic arts. -
2019-03-21 at 10:47 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Divination is also considerably older than that date and the early writings he claims show bicamerality: The oldest recorded Chinese Writing was on oracle bones, meaning that divination arose at the same time or even earlier than writing in Chinese society.[37][not in citation given]
So the Chinese developed conciousness before us? Big deal. That's not a counter argument.
Unless you're racist and can't accept the hypothesis that the Chinese developed conciousness thought before the rest of the world?
It certainly does not bother me, but, then again, I'm not a racist prick. -
2019-03-21 at 10:43 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
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2019-03-21 at 10:41 AM UTC in This probably goes without saying but if you want/need to steal a carI have a friend (we live in Canada... Pretty darn North)... He steals cars for a living, and a few of his first boosts had been cars left running at gas stations and convenience stores.
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2019-03-21 at 10:35 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Common De-mominator I referred specifically to Obbe's link, which directly raised issues with the idea that were not been resolved thereafter.
That's called academic honesty. Literally EVERY theory has opponents. Evolution, vaccinations, the list just goes on and on.
If a theory having dissenters is enough to convince you that it's incontrovertibly false, then you better stop believing in evolution, vaccines, a heliocentric universe, etc. -
2019-03-21 at 9:26 AM UTC in Spells that work
Originally posted by HTS Fuck, I miss the days when I could smoke weed without that happening. I really need to try the pure CBD stuff. I also wanna try the pure CBD stuff mixed with varying amounts of "real" weed, because I remember hearing somewhere that the anxious nightmare I experience every time I smoke could be based on the disproportionately high THC:CBD ratio in modern weed. *sigh*
I very rarely encounter anyone who actually gets it. Usually it's like "it's just weed, weed can do no harm, it's all in your head" etc, etc.
The problem I've found is that the the 50/50 THC:CBD stuff is, while a lot more.tolerable, even still too strong for me.
So I tried pure CBD (with like trace / 1%) THC, 99% CBD, it's kinda like drinking decaf coffee or non-alcoholic beer... It's... It's like just enough placebo to kinda get a pass, but I wouldnt write home over it.
I'm getting to a point that I'm just considering putting my weed days behind me. -
2019-03-21 at 9:20 AM UTC in Adidas Campus Nere UomoPut me down for 8.
Not 8 pairs.
I am an amputee with only one (left) leg.
I want 8 left shoes. -
2019-03-21 at 7:13 AM UTC in Spells that work
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2019-03-21 at 7:11 AM UTC in Dear Karen, this is Zanick.Zanick is one of the few true romantics around today.
Karen, my words will echo his so that maybe somehow the message is successfully transmitted.
Respond to Zanick. There is no forseeable outcome in the bittersweet yet cruel hands of fate that rivals the two of you consumating your love. Karen, if you do not present yourself, you will have rendered me just as much an enemy (to you) as you have rendered Zanick a friend (of mine). -
2019-03-21 at 7 AM UTC in Spells that work
Originally posted by mmQ What do you mean by pure CBD weed?
The kind that doesn't really get you high.
I'm just experimenting with it because I used to love weed, but THC fucks me up in a bad way now for some reason.
Purely CBD weed gives me.some of the benefits of regular weed, without the intense anxiety and dysphoria. -
2019-03-21 at 6:57 AM UTC in Spells that work
Originally posted by mmQ That's some math m8. But do you smoke ?
Factor in the money you dont soend on things. Lol.
I smoke crack from time to time, and occasionally meth, and even more rarely some pure CBD weed (as an experiment).
Hookers tho, if I had the budget, I'd so do it.
But I just can't bring myself to pay hundreds for it. -
2019-03-21 at 6:53 AM UTC in When cops on police procedurals tell the perp "you tell us everything, then we make a deal"
