the very concept of "illusion" implies that I had a choice
No, illusion is when perception does not accurately reflect reality. It does not imply choice. Take the Hering Illusion for example. The red lines appear to be curved even though they are actually straight. We don't choose to see the lines one way or the other. That's just the way we see them.
Of course it's obvious that we have free will. We make hundreds of choices every day. But the fact that free will is obvious does not eliminate the possibility that it could be an illusion.
There is no feeling quite like the one you get when a real person looks you in the eye and says "thank you". When you know they aren't merely being polite, that you've made a real impact on their life. It's like a drug. Those of us who know what that feels like crave more of it. Writing a check may be more efficient, but it doesn't produce the same feeling. Sure, it may very well be selfish to want to be there to hear that "thank you" in person. This is one case where I have no problem with selfishness.
I heard somewhere that autonomy, mastery, and purpose are the three primary intrinsic motivators. Don't remember where I heard it so don't blame me if it's wrong. Of the three I think purpose is the most significant. That's my personal opinion.
I would just like to point out that there is an important distinction between 'doing what you love' and 'doing what you love, for a good cause'.
Yeah right, do you have any idea how many weeks of supercomputer time it takes to run these climate models? Well neither do I. Just think of all the CO2 that would be produced by running them again!
Most people DO like flash. Most people use Internet Explorer. Most people have never even heard of open standards, much less give a damn about them. For most people, Flash, Windows Media, and Real are the 3 types of video that exist.
"I approve of ______" is a positive statement. "I disapprove of ______" is a negative statement. "______ is awesome" is a positive statement. "______ sucks" is a negative statement.
Far from clear, full of apparent contradictions and atypical associations, not meaningless.
It seems at first impossible that something would be both colorless and green, but given that the subject is ideas we're obviously meant to apply the abstract meanings of the adjectives. So green ideas refers to ideas that are eco-friendly, and colorless ideas most likely refers to ideas that are racially ambivalent. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Sleeping is typically associated with living organisms but may also be applied to anything that goes through a period of inactivity such as a sleeping volcano. A sleeping idea might be one that is not accompanied by action.
Furiosity is difficult to reconcile with sleeping. Furiosity indicates a high level of agitation. Agitation naturally leads to activity. There must be some constraint preventing this from happening. Learned helplessness could account for this. Alternately we could interpret this to mean the ideas are actually quite active although they appear dormant.
Incidentally Noam Chomsky used this sentence in 1957 as an example of a grammatical sentence that probabilistic grammar models would find ungrammatical. link
You may be on to something here. It's a paid survey so respondents selecting the first option seems plausible. 27 our of 127 respondents rating themselves as having excellent math skills... I'll take that to also support the respondents pick the first option theory.
But wait, the first option of the survey was yes the defendant violated the law. First option pickers would have the opposite effect.
Full disclosure: I don't think the defendant violated the statute. I consider myself predisposed to do well in mathematics.
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These abstract moral absolutes are more likely to exist in terms of efficiency than right and wrong. Cooperation is more efficient than fighting.
the very concept of "illusion" implies that I had a choice
No, illusion is when perception does not accurately reflect reality. It does not imply choice. Take the Hering Illusion for example. The red lines appear to be curved even though they are actually straight. We don't choose to see the lines one way or the other. That's just the way we see them.
Of course it's obvious that we have free will. We make hundreds of choices every day. But the fact that free will is obvious does not eliminate the possibility that it could be an illusion.
There is no feeling quite like the one you get when a real person looks you in the eye and says "thank you". When you know they aren't merely being polite, that you've made a real impact on their life. It's like a drug. Those of us who know what that feels like crave more of it. Writing a check may be more efficient, but it doesn't produce the same feeling. Sure, it may very well be selfish to want to be there to hear that "thank you" in person. This is one case where I have no problem with selfishness.
I heard somewhere that autonomy, mastery, and purpose are the three primary intrinsic motivators. Don't remember where I heard it so don't blame me if it's wrong. Of the three I think purpose is the most significant. That's my personal opinion.
I would just like to point out that there is an important distinction between 'doing what you love' and 'doing what you love, for a good cause'.
8 times more efficient does seem like a more realistic number doesn't it.
Well, it's all published if you're really interested, and skeptic implies an interest - otherwise "apathetic" would be a more appropriate term.
That's sort of what I was thinking. If he really wants to see the evidence he can go look at it.
Yeah right, do you have any idea how many weeks of supercomputer time it takes to run these climate models? Well neither do I. Just think of all the CO2 that would be produced by running them again!
Speaking of downloading, I suspect enforcement of these terms will be targeted at high bandwidth users.
305million / 8million = 38.125
So for every time Sprint turned over GPS data there are 38 Americans. Usually we express this the other way around. 8/305 = 2.6%
That is, if each request represented a unique individual, which is probably not the case.
so 4G is going to rely on IPv6?
You're suggesting we go to war with China... are you crazy?
It's the lazy type that can't finish projects. The problem with free thinkers is they break the rules and disobey orders.
Nobody likes Flash
Most people DO like flash. Most people use Internet Explorer. Most people have never even heard of open standards, much less give a damn about them. For most people, Flash, Windows Media, and Real are the 3 types of video that exist.
"I approve of ______" is a positive statement.
"I disapprove of ______" is a negative statement.
"______ is awesome" is a positive statement.
"______ sucks" is a negative statement.
No point of view is required.
It's not that easy to kill an open source project.
http://see.stanford.edu/see/courseinfo.aspx?coll=63480b48-8819-4efd-8412-263f1a472f5a
Far from clear, full of apparent contradictions and atypical associations, not meaningless.
It seems at first impossible that something would be both colorless and green, but given that the subject is ideas we're obviously meant to apply the abstract meanings of the adjectives. So green ideas refers to ideas that are eco-friendly, and colorless ideas most likely refers to ideas that are racially ambivalent. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Sleeping is typically associated with living organisms but may also be applied to anything that goes through a period of inactivity such as a sleeping volcano. A sleeping idea might be one that is not accompanied by action.
Furiosity is difficult to reconcile with sleeping. Furiosity indicates a high level of agitation. Agitation naturally leads to activity. There must be some constraint preventing this from happening. Learned helplessness could account for this. Alternately we could interpret this to mean the ideas are actually quite active although they appear dormant.
Incidentally Noam Chomsky used this sentence in 1957 as an example of a grammatical sentence that probabilistic grammar models would find ungrammatical. link
I don't understand it, therefore it must be brilliant.
The contrast between the arrow and the banana makes the joke funny.
how is this system going to help find competent threats?
The purpose of the system is not to find competent threats. The purpose is to intimidate dissidents into self censorship.
Gary McKinnon didn't report anything to anyone. He got caught logged in to computers he wasn't authorized to access.
cuz, y'know, the 4 and the 0 are like right next to each other on the keyboard, happens to me all the time.
Uh, that's assuming 0% interest.
You may be on to something here. It's a paid survey so respondents selecting the first option seems plausible. 27 our of 127 respondents rating themselves as having excellent math skills... I'll take that to also support the respondents pick the first option theory.
But wait, the first option of the survey was yes the defendant violated the law. First option pickers would have the opposite effect.
Full disclosure: I don't think the defendant violated the statute. I consider myself predisposed to do well in mathematics.
Thanks for sharing your occupation, but more importantly, do you find the man innocent or guilty?