This isn't about pushing the bosses' moral agenda: This is about preventing the loss of customers. It doesn't matter how wrong it is, it's going to happen.
It can only be imagined social pressure if no one is really pressuring you. I'm sorry to say that social norms exist and there is no way to fight against them without harming your own social status. This is a fight you can't win.
Dude, it's not that simple. Every animal has to kill another living creature to survive. Humans, well, they sometimes kill for different reasons altogether. It begs the question, how similar would AI really be compared to us? We evolved through natural selection by the propagation of our genetic code (DNA). Computers were not made by the same process. Nor will they even need the same basic resources as us. Do you think a ultra intelligent computer will need shelter, food, social interaction, or even land? You have to realize that everything humans do, want and need have a biochemical origin. Men are more aggressive than women for a mechanistic reason, not just because men think it's a good idea to be confrontational. Computers will only kill if they are designed for it. Intelligence and behavior isn't as pure as you think.
"Still, I bet that it ultimately just gets used to undermine people who've made an enemy within the political organization that have access to this information."
How is that not horrible?
Maybe I'm misinterpreting your stance, but are you trying to say that we shouldn't trust the opinion of a climatologist when it comes to issues about the climate?
Your post is a textbook example of the rampant politicalization of the issue of global warming. Get it through your head: Global Warming isn't an Anti-American conspiracy to destroy capitalism. It's not like there is a group of people in this world who would refuse to mitigate the effects of climate change if a profit can be made all because of spite. Peak Oil is going to happen anyways, so we might as well start working on getting a reasonably profitable alternative on the market.
We have camps in Cuba and Eastern Europe, no?
We are also building permenant military bases in Iraq.... how would you like it if a foreign country started putting military bases in your backyard?
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This isn't about pushing the bosses' moral agenda: This is about preventing the loss of customers. It doesn't matter how wrong it is, it's going to happen.
It can only be imagined social pressure if no one is really pressuring you. I'm sorry to say that social norms exist and there is no way to fight against them without harming your own social status. This is a fight you can't win.
I see you people have forgotten about religious experiences. Maybe spirituality has a physiological basis?
Dude, it's not that simple. Every animal has to kill another living creature to survive. Humans, well, they sometimes kill for different reasons altogether. It begs the question, how similar would AI really be compared to us? We evolved through natural selection by the propagation of our genetic code (DNA). Computers were not made by the same process. Nor will they even need the same basic resources as us. Do you think a ultra intelligent computer will need shelter, food, social interaction, or even land? You have to realize that everything humans do, want and need have a biochemical origin. Men are more aggressive than women for a mechanistic reason, not just because men think it's a good idea to be confrontational. Computers will only kill if they are designed for it. Intelligence and behavior isn't as pure as you think.
"Still, I bet that it ultimately just gets used to undermine people who've made an enemy within the political organization that have access to this information." How is that not horrible?
Maybe I'm misinterpreting your stance, but are you trying to say that we shouldn't trust the opinion of a climatologist when it comes to issues about the climate?
Your post is a textbook example of the rampant politicalization of the issue of global warming. Get it through your head: Global Warming isn't an Anti-American conspiracy to destroy capitalism. It's not like there is a group of people in this world who would refuse to mitigate the effects of climate change if a profit can be made all because of spite. Peak Oil is going to happen anyways, so we might as well start working on getting a reasonably profitable alternative on the market.
Great idea! Lets screw Africa even more!
Was "The Global Warming Swindle" made by a climatologist?
You can't even explain the evidence against anthropogenic climate change completely. I mean, come on! Your counterargument consists of two sentences!
Do you even know who he was replying too?
"I don't think he has disproved it yet; the reason is a bit complicated for this forum."
Isn't that a cop-out?
If you think these are scandals, then WOW, wait until you see what has been happening in the White House in the past 6-7 years
Intent DOES NOT matter. Tell me, why the hell should civilians die accidently or not over a bogus war?
Yes, its the surivial instinct that led to the holocaust and will lead us into world war III
I know you are a troll, but the liberals are right about one thing, God didn't give us chemotherapy, because God is dead
If you truly believe the peer-review process is political, then you really should shoot yourself in the head, /spit
We have camps in Cuba and Eastern Europe, no? We are also building permenant military bases in Iraq.... how would you like it if a foreign country started putting military bases in your backyard?