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by dfilppi 7mo ago
DOGE has no power. It produces information. Is the premise of this page that information about government operations is bad? If the goal is to persuade somebody that government should grow with no oversight forever, good luck. Democrats
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by dfilppi 1y ago
Nuclear (hopefully fusion at some point) is the only plausible way to meet energy needs in the future (that we currently know of). Fear of nuclear waste isn't irrational, but highly overblown because catastrophic events are more emoti
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by dfilppi 2y ago
Somehow, fallible humans create robust systems. Look to "AI' to do the same, at a far higher speed. The "AI" doesn't need to recite the Fibonacci sequence; it can write (and test) a program that does so. Speed is
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Apparently they can declare anything and people will obey
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Nope. Setting aside resistance to government, there is home defense, which is more practical.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
I suspect that any advanced species would abandon life as soon as possible. E.g. become non-biological and immortal. Then interstellar travel is trivial.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Perhaps. But we're not talking about individuals.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
The "social contract" is not a contract, but the word "contract" is used to infer some kind of responsibility or "norm". In reality it refers to what ever equilibrium has been reach in a certain market context
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Trickle down doesn't "work", because "work" has been defined a certain way. Define "work" another way, and it does "work". It also presumes that the government somehow has first dibs on what pe
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Humanity hasnt. Brazil has
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Yes but if Santa Claus exists, how can you explain the Easter bunny?
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by dfilppi 5y ago
In the plus side at least the government doesnt get the money
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Using nuclear energy doesnt require the overthrow of capitalism.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
That is acceptable
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by dfilppi 5y ago
The inevitable rise of Skynet
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by dfilppi 5y ago
California has an ocean. Desalinated. Not brain surgery.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
You switched from income to wealth
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by dfilppi 5y ago
The cost of imprisoning them is borne by taxpayers, but the imprisoned arenl responsible. So add that to their income.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Mars needs more gravity and raw materials (nitrogen). I suggest a large impactor or impactors to solve both. Now how to get them there...
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Yes it is theirs even if the world depends on it.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Or at least the Brazilians, who are actually responsible
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by dfilppi 5y ago
We dont know. But not knowing isnt the same as knowing not.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Drug laws dont create gangs. People create gangs.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Far from it
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by dfilppi 5y ago
No he didnt basically say that
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by dfilppi 5y ago
A government with that power would be far worse than any AI could be
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Yes. And voting is the judgement
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by dfilppi 5y ago
Well "intelligence" does imply reasoning, which has never been delivered.
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by dfilppi 5y ago
This combined with the mirage of multitasking are effectiveness killers
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by dfilppi 5y ago
This technique is the basis for politics

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