Honestly, I think it's more characteristic of the default mode of human thinking. A kind of weak skepticism untempered by philosophical underpinnings. People don't naturally understand and embrace the scientific method, the historical method, or ethics, and it takes education to come to terms with those concepts.
The French wealthy, in 1789, depended on the poor for their military and civil protection. What happens when the most effective soldiers are robots doing exactly what they're told? Can you rebel when you have handguns and they have hellfire missiles?
Totally fascinating insight, we also don't know if the Hospitallers used M-16s in 1066 because we weren't alive back then. Or you know, we have this study called history that tells us things about the past without us having been personally present.
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I'm not sure e-books are the venue to contest the fundamental validity of economic accelerationism.
All I see from the comment history of that guy is lines after lines of TRUTH. May be you are the one that is the PC police and intolerant.
With no respect to the point(which I'm not even sure I've correctly identified, and thus won't address) the phrasing of this post is that of a crazy person. Like just a hint of psychotic. A touch of insane, perhaps. Or maybe garnished with schizophrenia.
Their job will include figuring out how to maintain the public's trust and prevent abuse
Isn't it a little late for that?
Realpolitik time: The U.S. government isn't going away, regardless of its moral authority. Our lack-of-trust and non-participation in the broken democracy we have here would only lessen our ability to effect change. Unless you, personally, are ready for open revolution, you've got to work within the framework that already exists. Obama has more or less only gone as far as he promised on rolling back government abuses as he suggested he would in 2008. Go look at the debates against McCain, where he suggested drone strikes in lieu of wars(citing existing such actions in Pakistan), his carefully limited assertions about warrant-less wiretaps. If people didn't know what they were getting, they have no one to blame but themselves.
At first, I thought this comment might be a joke mocking the conspiratorially minded, but nope, check the comment history and this guy is basically just crazy and racist.
And honestly, that's a really important factor in charity, on top of the somewhat lazy metric of "How much does middle(and upper) management swipe along the way?"
Yeah, I'm going to go with you being an ignorant person, rather than an asshole. There's no evidence to show that those things are determined after fetal devleopment at all.
Why not a vegan tranny black lesbian Muslim in a wheelchair?
Yeah, why not? Not counting vegan and Muslim, which are both belief driven, which give an easy out. Can you explain why not any of those without being a bigoted piece of shit along the way?
You can make a microprocessor too, with the right expertise. To pretend that basic handi-working skills are all that's necessary is extraordinarily extreme.
This is clearly off-the-shelf components with designs an idiot could follow.
While I agree, I think the underlying tie here is that "fully automatic" has, until this point, been something that requires industrial design and manufacture to incorporate into a design. It's not a trivial thing to do, and requires a fair amount of precise moving parts for weapons with chemical charges.
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Honestly, I think it's more characteristic of the default mode of human thinking. A kind of weak skepticism untempered by philosophical underpinnings. People don't naturally understand and embrace the scientific method, the historical method, or ethics, and it takes education to come to terms with those concepts.
The French wealthy, in 1789, depended on the poor for their military and civil protection. What happens when the most effective soldiers are robots doing exactly what they're told? Can you rebel when you have handguns and they have hellfire missiles?
Totally fascinating insight, we also don't know if the Hospitallers used M-16s in 1066 because we weren't alive back then. Or you know, we have this study called history that tells us things about the past without us having been personally present.
I'm not sure e-books are the venue to contest the fundamental validity of economic accelerationism.
It'll normalize when the tablet fad is over. Smartphones are better tablets than tablets are.
All I see from the comment history of that guy is lines after lines of TRUTH. May be you are the one that is the PC police and intolerant.
With no respect to the point(which I'm not even sure I've correctly identified, and thus won't address) the phrasing of this post is that of a crazy person. Like just a hint of psychotic. A touch of insane, perhaps. Or maybe garnished with schizophrenia.
Why do I always see these posts where it seems like someone is having a completely different conversation from another universe?
Their job will include figuring out how to maintain the public's trust and prevent abuse
Isn't it a little late for that?
Realpolitik time: The U.S. government isn't going away, regardless of its moral authority. Our lack-of-trust and non-participation in the broken democracy we have here would only lessen our ability to effect change. Unless you, personally, are ready for open revolution, you've got to work within the framework that already exists. Obama has more or less only gone as far as he promised on rolling back government abuses as he suggested he would in 2008. Go look at the debates against McCain, where he suggested drone strikes in lieu of wars(citing existing such actions in Pakistan), his carefully limited assertions about warrant-less wiretaps. If people didn't know what they were getting, they have no one to blame but themselves.
At first, I thought this comment might be a joke mocking the conspiratorially minded, but nope, check the comment history and this guy is basically just crazy and racist.
That's not what he was saying, he was talking about the government. But this is a case where actions do speak louder than words.
As long as we imprison the other 10%
And if we fined you for everything wrong you ever did, in full accordance with the law, you'd be broke too, criminal scum.
What's far weirder is that prior to this episode, Bill Clinton aced a quiz on "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic".
And honestly, that's a really important factor in charity, on top of the somewhat lazy metric of "How much does middle(and upper) management swipe along the way?"
Ok, you're an asshole then. Thanks for the clarification.
Yeah, I'm going to go with you being an ignorant person, rather than an asshole. There's no evidence to show that those things are determined after fetal devleopment at all.
Why not a vegan tranny black lesbian Muslim in a wheelchair?
Yeah, why not?
Not counting vegan and Muslim, which are both belief driven, which give an easy out. Can you explain why not any of those without being a bigoted piece of shit along the way?
Because the NSA won't let them?
Oh look, a petulant angry gun person who can't control their temper. Thanks AC.
You can make a microprocessor too, with the right expertise. To pretend that basic handi-working skills are all that's necessary is extraordinarily extreme.
This is clearly off-the-shelf components with designs an idiot could follow.
Eh, it still requires machined materials. I'm not entirely convinced of the argument. But no, let's just pretend it's all nice and settled.
Well, here's an algorithm that generates music
I didn't say modern industrial design.
Yeah, as long as you don't mind the heat from firing to bleed down into your cartridge.
While I agree, I think the underlying tie here is that "fully automatic" has, until this point, been something that requires industrial design and manufacture to incorporate into a design. It's not a trivial thing to do, and requires a fair amount of precise moving parts for weapons with chemical charges.