That's pretty much what I think about the whole crowd-sourcing X prize phenomenon. This is what happens when a society institutes greed as a moral virtue.
Technically you are correct, but that's not the point. Assuming a normal distribution 68% are within one standard deviation of the mean. 95% within two standard deviations. Theoretically targeting the 50th percentile provides access to the largest possible market. In practice, I think Facebook games are aimed at the lowest common denominator.
I guess you're all grown up now, secure and confident in your own unique identity. I think it's safe to say, you would not be the person you are now if you had not been able to privately explore the things you used to be ashamed of.
And your very statement - "does not accurately reflect reality" - implies that reality can be accurately reflected, for how else would you know that someone had not accurately perceived reality?
You're right, I'm totally taking it on faith that objective reality exists. Perfect accuracy does not have to be possible in order for it to be true that some perceptions are more accurate than others.
How do you know they are straight? I say that they are curved. Now, show me I have judged incorrectly, without affirming that I have the ability to judge.
Take a ruler. Multiple people observe the ruler under various conditions. Very nearly all people agree that the ruler appears straight in almost all circumstances. Multiple people place the ruler next to the line and agree that the edge of the ruler and the line are a similar shape. The majority of observations that the ruler appears straight are more likely to be relatively accurate than the contradictory observation that the line appears curved. Probability can be calculated mechanically.
Perceived judgment is the same as perceived choice, or any other aspect of apparent free will. It doesn't eliminate the possibility of illusion. My point was not to argue which state is more likely, only to maintain that determinism is a logical possibility by correcting a misunderstanding about what an illusion is.
Actually war is not a very effective control on population growth. For instance in World War II 72 million people were killed. That's a lot of people, but still only about 3% of the people who were alive in 1940. In spite of all that killing, population grew by about 8% between 1940 and 1950.
Slashdot Mirror
If that's the key to success why am I still broke? I've been playing video games all day for years!
Every time
So, you mean, is there any hope for me?
Yes, you will do well in politics or investment banking.
Step 4: ...
Step 5: Profit
That's pretty much what I think about the whole crowd-sourcing X prize phenomenon. This is what happens when a society institutes greed as a moral virtue.
I think finding zero day bugs fits better with the current meaning of hacking than with it's original meaning.
Yeah, this is what the Mayans were actually predicting with their calendar.
Obviously we need to outlaw rain and teenagers. Think of the children!
Isn't water vapor also a greenhouse gas?
I guess some libraries are better than others.
Is there not some rule that says you cant just sit there for all that time until making an infringement claim?
It's called Laches
What's the screamers list? Maybe try screaming into your telephone the next time a telemarketer calls.
I for one welcome our new AI money printing overlords.
Low entry barriers = low profit margins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barriers_to_entry
Links like that are the reason I read Slashdot.
Technically you are correct, but that's not the point. Assuming a normal distribution 68% are within one standard deviation of the mean. 95% within two standard deviations. Theoretically targeting the 50th percentile provides access to the largest possible market. In practice, I think Facebook games are aimed at the lowest common denominator.
Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Accumulation.
http://www.ted.com/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war.html
For comparison, US consumers spent almost 10 billion in theaters and almost 9 billion on DVDs in 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704789404574636531903626624.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect
I guess you're all grown up now, secure and confident in your own unique identity. I think it's safe to say, you would not be the person you are now if you had not been able to privately explore the things you used to be ashamed of.
It's the stuff everyone else develops that you have to be suspicious of.
And your very statement - "does not accurately reflect reality" - implies that reality can be accurately reflected, for how else would you know that someone had not accurately perceived reality?
You're right, I'm totally taking it on faith that objective reality exists. Perfect accuracy does not have to be possible in order for it to be true that some perceptions are more accurate than others.
How do you know they are straight? I say that they are curved. Now, show me I have judged incorrectly, without affirming that I have the ability to judge.
Take a ruler. Multiple people observe the ruler under various conditions. Very nearly all people agree that the ruler appears straight in almost all circumstances. Multiple people place the ruler next to the line and agree that the edge of the ruler and the line are a similar shape. The majority of observations that the ruler appears straight are more likely to be relatively accurate than the contradictory observation that the line appears curved. Probability can be calculated mechanically.
Perceived judgment is the same as perceived choice, or any other aspect of apparent free will. It doesn't eliminate the possibility of illusion. My point was not to argue which state is more likely, only to maintain that determinism is a logical possibility by correcting a misunderstanding about what an illusion is.
Actually war is not a very effective control on population growth. For instance in World War II 72 million people were killed. That's a lot of people, but still only about 3% of the people who were alive in 1940. In spite of all that killing, population grew by about 8% between 1940 and 1950.
I think starvation counts as a natural cause of death. Modern science is working on a "cure" for that too.