SCAQTony

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by SCAQTony 4mo ago
James Burke is a great man. I have a personal policy that when I write a white each paragraph has a "layperson's" explanation beneath it, which was inspired by the first and the last episode of his BBC show Connections
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The Toroidal Momentum Engine: A Workable Version of Infinity(zenodo.org)
4 points by SCAQTony 5mo ago|0 comments
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by SCAQTony 11mo ago
Ignorance is bliss. Q.E.D. IMO, the more brain cells one has, the more neurotic one can be because the added bandwidth, compounded with being highly educated, gives one's imagination the horsepower to predict plenty of negative consequ
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
Back to qualia: in my opinion, and your mileage obviously varies, it’s not even a wild goose chase — it’s more like The Hunting of the Snark. Consciousness isn’t just a spotlight, it’s the forced arbitration of billions of cellular demands.
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
Fair critique — and I’ll own that the paper emphasizes reframing more than exhaustive exposition. To be precise: • I am not claiming to solve the Hard Problem of qualia. I position qualia as an evolved data format, a functional necessity fo
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
You’re closer than you think. Replace “hallway of pictures” with “predictive coding across the common core network,” and you’ve got 80% of my framework. The other 20% is what makes it falsifiable.
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Imagination as General Intelligence: Reconciling Consciousness and Free Will(zenodo.org)
14 points by SCAQTony 1y ago|7 comments
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
I’ve written a white paper proposing the Predictive Timeline Simulation (PTS) Framework, which treats consciousness as an evolved simulation engine. It connects neuroscience, physics, and philosophy, and suggests both a testable schizophren
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
This is phony; run it by CHAT GPT for its response.
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
If I am not mistaken, losing excess weight, emphaisis on excess, can extend life as well.
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
I cut these two off because I felt I was bothering them.
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
That was the word everyone is afraid to say: Autism
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
When I read posts like this, or watch introverts doing comedy skits about their introversion, such as KallMeKris saying she needs 10 days in advance just to schedule a phone call. As an extrovert, I don't want to inflict angst upon an
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
Does anyone truly believe Musk had benevolent intentions? But before we even evaluate the substance of that claim, we must ask whether he has standing to make it. In his court filing, Musk uses the word "nonprofit" 111 times, yet
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by SCAQTony 1y ago
I investigated Musk’s legal brief against OpenAI. It mentions “nonprofit” 111 times but never explains how the structure would help humanity. Also, a contract was never signed to solidify any agreement as such. Meanwhile, Musk’s role in t
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Musk's Lawsuit Mentions "Nonprofit" 111 Times Without Explaining How It Helps(substack.com)
3 points by SCAQTony 1y ago|1 comments
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New Technique Slashes AI Energy Use by 95%(decrypt.co)
2 points by SCAQTony 2y ago|0 comments
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by SCAQTony 2y ago
It's an India-centric news source. India is a member of the BRICS consortium.
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by SCAQTony 2y ago
I find Anthropic's Claude the most gentle, polite, and consistent in tone and delivery. It's slower than ChatGPT but more thorough, to the point of saturated reporting, which I like. Posting a "Responsibility Policy makes me
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by SCAQTony 2y ago
With great advantage comes equal disadvantage, I wonder what the side effects are?
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by SCAQTony 2y ago
Apple's "Monopoly Sentinels" won't let me open it. To wit, “Pinnacle a Sentinel remake” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software." • This software needs to be updated. Contact the develop
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was charged with 18 Counts of disseminating classified information on July 12, 2007. If Assange had surrendered to US authorities circa 2007 (He wasn't indicted till 2019), he would have been sentenced
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Their economy is still not doing well. The sole reason that the NIKKEI is storming it is that banks only offer negative interest rates on bank deposits. Thus, the NIKKEI is the only real option left. https://www.focus-economics.c
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Astronomers Caught Dark Matter in the Cosmic Web, Revealing an Unseen Universe(popularmechanics.com)
8 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|1 comments
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Changes to Anthropic's Terms of Service – They may start charging(console.anthropic.com)
1 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|0 comments
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I thought this issue was settled in the late sixties and seventies. As "hot" as threesomes sound, the result of polyamorous consequences was once considered settled when the early '80s struck. i.e., Drug-resistant STDs and th
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Get this only 54 paths with 3 degrees of separation from Yuri (manga genre) to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in 13.93 seconds. Got WOW!
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
It seems so evident that the 5th is in play. I wonder if this is a test case to take advantage of a particularly conservative Supreme Court.
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
We must remember this: The credibility of both sides in a war is more than suspect. i.e., incomplete information, pure B.S., or propaganda. "The first casualty of war is the truth." This has been stated throughout history back to
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Is Google shooting itself in the foot by taking an adversarial approach toward the user's desire to avoid invasive surveillance? I think so.

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