mtgp1000

6 ms·

1.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Perhaps it is because "STEM types" understand the difference in rigor that mathematics affords hard sciences. That's not an opinion.
2.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
This is such ridiculous alarmism. This is one of the worst case predictions and is unlikely to occur. Most likely you'll see gradual migrations over the next 100 or so years away from coastal areas, probably not too much larger than ty
3.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Shutting down petroleum overnight would completely shutter the economy and starve/kill millions of people.
4.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Not all animal species carry the same risk. This isn't about privilege - or at least not anymore. Mainland Chinese learned to eat anything and everything that moved after food shortages and famines caused by e.g. the four pests and suc
5.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
I had no idea that all those stereotypes about moonshine turning people blind and/or crazy were real - I guess methanol alcohol was a common enough contaminant in bootleg alcohol during prohibition. And wherever they make moonshine the
6.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
It's kind of racist/sexist. Pretty obviously such. I'm not personally offended but I am bothered by the casual double standard.
7.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>In places such as Siberia, a hotter climate can have devastating effects, not just on the local wildlife and people who live there, but also on the world’s climate system as a whole, for example through thawing permafrost, reduced snow
8.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>mindless masses Perhaps you meant this hyperbolically but I do not believe it to be an exaggeration. >What specifically makes them captive They are captive because of a combination of their ignorance and the network effect. If all of
9.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
How many of them even realize that their worldview is potentially being shaped by the moderation teams of the tech they consume? And what alternatives exist to the major platforms (Facebook, reddit, etc)? They're effectively a captive
10.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
To all of the people who feel similarly, and have problems ruminating: Try thinking in terms of probabilities - that's the real way out, to recognize that all of the negative scenarios you keep replaying in your head are very unlikely
11.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
The prompts don't matter if the training data isn't up to par - more importantly I believe the nature of the training is such that the weight activations for the various prompts are unlikely to be independent. In other words if 20
12.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
This was hilarious, but it brings up a serious concern: if you train your AI on a bunch of shallow, clickbaity content from the internet, you're going to get shallow, clickbaity output, like much of the presentation - in other words th
13.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Define misuse.
14.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>Roman Empire, British Empire, Ottoman Empire, Japanese Empire, Mughal Empire Imagine, for a moment, that each one of these had nukes. What's the probability they'd use them to make a point as an aggressor/opressor? Even r
15.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
You don't have enough information to go from this >that's only 80 mental mutations between us and the Homo species that made this axe. To this >These guys were just about as smart as us. You don't know how much of an in
16.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>It's because normal people are not equipped to deal with the cherrypicking and manipulative narrative that these kinds of "evidence" papers show I'm pretty sure this is the exact attitude that the poster was describi
17.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>Telling people that only 1% of them will die so it's all okay is telling people you don't care about them - they notice, they're not dumb. No no no no no. It's high time we stop treating everything as black and white
18.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>So tyranny of the majority is fine Perhaps it is preferable to tyranny by the minority. >authorization" stemming from? Did we explicitly authorize it? Or was it implied by our inaction? Did you authorize the taxes you pay, or wh
19.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
At some point people become enough of a liability that we collectively as a society have authorized the restriction of their rights. This is a literally subversive movement. I'm not exaggerating or choosing a side. Watch the livestream
20.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>yet you're trying to convince yourself and everyone else that "illegals vote in large numbers" Not once have I said anything like this. I've been trying to show that it's a valid concern. >tate law prohibits
21.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
That point is not under contention; let me reiterate >the “New Motor Voter Act,” which was passed in October 2015. The combination of these two acts, one allowing undocumented residents to obtain driver’s licenses, the other automaticall
22.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>Potential voters “have to demonstrate proof of age But if we are registering people who should not be voting, that's one less safeguard, and now we are relying solely on the good faith of the people at the booths and the illegal&#x
23.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
First off, this isn't a "study", the vast majority of journalists are non-technical people with limited understanding of statistics or science. Second, they looked at 3 states out of 50. Yes I understand that's where the
24.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
From Snopes, which generously labels this as "mixture" (because it is also dominated by partisan ideologues) >Some 605,000 undocumented immigrants who live in California were granted driver’s licenses in 2015...took effect on J
25.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>The figure reflects cases referred to law enforcement agencies in five elections held in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, where all voters proactively receive ballots in the mail for every election. Oh I see, well, clearly, if officials
26.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Wait, so an outlet which is openly at odds with the current administration performed an investigation into claims made by the current administration, found the claims to be false, and we're just going to take the conclusion at face val
27.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
There's a difference between ideology and an ideologue. One may believe in something while at least attempting to compartmentalize it's influence over ones work. I feel like that sort of self-restriction is increasingly absent in
28.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Came here to make a similar comment. Scientists are not supposed to be activists - focusing on eliminating words that carry stigma from popular (or scientific) use makes me question not just objectivity but qualifications as a scientist. Is
29.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
>I have been trying to educate myself about the topic recently, though, and would strongly recommend looking into some of the excellent work on systemic racism in the US if you’re interested in learning more. The fact that people write a
30.
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Isn't it ironically racist to assign negative properties ("white fragility" and racism in particular) to an entire group of people based on their skin color? Are we really just going to ignore that fact? The treatment of raci

More ›