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Letters Show Cantor Stole His Famous Infinity Proof from Richard Dedekind(boingboing.net)
6 points by EventH- 7mo ago|0 comments
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Schrödinger Color Theory Completed After 100 Years(sciencedaily.com)
4 points by EventH- 7mo ago|0 comments
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by EventH- 1y ago
First, the 'On the contrary...' in the article is not a rebuttal to the specific objection but a quote from an authority (Aristotle) supporting his general position. His specific rebuttal distinguishing the senses of 'natural
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by EventH- 1y ago
Modern physics and biology really do not conflict with the classical Aristotelian-Thomistic conception of the soul but only describe in further detail the operations of the body. The immateriality of the intellect is included there. Aquinas
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by EventH- 2y ago
"There is no 'truth' that we can grasp in parts but not entirely." The value of pi is a simple counterexample.
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by EventH- 3y ago
Sure it does — there is a noisy optimization process, but more importantly an undeniable general trend which is the point.
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by EventH- 3y ago
The fact that instinct's heuristics are not well-adapted to every situation does not change the above point that the various algorithms which nudge may (do) also detract from one's freedom. And there is an important difference bet
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Google Reneged on the Monopolistic Bargain(pluralistic.net)
143 points by EventH- 3y ago|64 comments
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Chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con(softwarecrisis.dev)
35 points by EventH- 3y ago|13 comments
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by EventH- 3y ago
It isn't a cop out because the creator in the conclusion of this type of argument (e.g. Aquinas' third way) is not just another contingent being like other things, but rather a being whose existence is necessary in itself.
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by EventH- 7y ago
You're right, thanks.
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by EventH- 7y ago
Not sure what the justification is for saying Y functions 'psychologically' as a primary color. It would be a secondary color (R + G) in terms of the light spectrum, and (as you noted) our cones are directly most sensitive to RGB
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by EventH- 7y ago
This deftly misses Theil's point and the supposed fallacy is wholly irrelevant. Alphabet's success came off the back of world-changing innovation; now their best offering is the stagnant status quo, yet they position themselves as
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by EventH- 7y ago
A few concerns with this story: 1. How big is this 'flat earth movement' really? The video claims it 'caught fire around 2015-16' but gives no specifics. This is unfortunately typical for these sort of 'we need to d
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by EventH- 7y ago
It would be really nice if the tutorial walked you through creating a sample simple fractal, like the Sierpinski triangle or Koch snowflake.
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by EventH- 7y ago
Totally irrelevant; this isn't a matter of the author being one thing or another. The point Vonnegut makes in the story is a philosophical one, namely that a blind pursuit of equality is wicked and inhuman, which is transparently corre
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by EventH- 7y ago
Have these people never read Harrison Bergeron? How do they think this is going to end?
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by EventH- 7y ago
Except that they're not.
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by EventH- 7y ago
The middlebrow dismissal: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5072243
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by EventH- 7y ago
Why does this article emphasize Komodo MCTS and completely ignore LeelaZero which has had much more exciting and interesting results as far as 'alternative method' engines go? This is especially strange given that Leela operates s
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by EventH- 8y ago
On the contrary, this example only /supports/ the classical understanding of free will, in the sense that it shows the will operates only on goods that we perceive, and not on those which the intellect does not know. We often oper
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by EventH- 8y ago
A decision can be based on prior information (in the sense of being informed by it) while not being deterministic. This is how Aristotle and Aquinas handle the relationship between the Intellect and the Will, where the will chooses between
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by EventH- 8y ago
That is literally the definition of the word correlation. Claiming 'intellectual dishonesty' is a nice rhetorical move but doesnt actually show anything. The point remains. A second point above which needs addressing is that it si
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by EventH- 8y ago
First of all, principle and ideology are very different things. Secondly and more to the point, there is no reason to privilege race over any other of the millions of filters with which to slice up society to find inequalities of outcome. A
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by EventH- 8y ago
This is pure ideology, built with rhetoric on emotional sand instead of argument from principle. A difference in outcome by itself in no way lays a requirement on society to 'drive that disparity to zero.' This is a baseless, inde
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by EventH- 8y ago
Have a look at Maze Rats, designed to be simple and easy to pick up: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/197158/Maze-Rats