New Maps of Hell

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New Maps of Hell

ER — 4/20/2023 1:49:54 PM (archived)

We all live in the same world. The world of the physicist, the world of particles and waves, forces and fields, causality and probability. We have no choice.

But we all exist in a perceptual analogue of that external world, the one we have created to make internal sense of the other, to model it in terms we can understand, the universe of emotion and culture, psychology, religion, science and philosophy. We cannot deal with quantum and relativistic reality directly, but we must still navigate that universe using the maps and charts and compasses we devise for ourselves.

That internal universe we construct may be subjective and personal, but it is no less real. And we all have the freedom to choose one that we believe works best for us.

You can navigate ships and predict eclipses even if you believe the earth is the center of the universe. The trick is not to figure out what the real center is, or even whether or not there is a center. The whole point is to understand that it doesn't really matter.

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AI, Dios Mío! - ER - 4/16/2023 5:07:34 PM
- Should I move this to Flame? - podrock - 4/22/2023 5:11:22 PM
- Would you trust yourself to build an ethical AI? - BuckGalaxy - 4/18/2023 6:10:32 PM
  - Of course not. - ER - 4/19/2023 2:31:22 PM
    - And, it just occurred to me... - ER - 4/19/2023 3:02:34 PM
      - I agree with everything you just said, except... - BuckGalaxy - 4/19/2023 11:30:33 PM
        
        I agree with everything you just said, except... - ER - 4/20/2023 2:20:21 AM
        
        Reflexive need - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 10:15:44 AM
        
        So much right and so much wrong - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 4:13:29 AM
        
        A zero sum-game. - ER - 4/20/2023 2:13:38 PM
        
        You've got it backwards - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 6:24:58 PM
        
        New Maps of Hell - ER - 4/20/2023 1:49:54 PM
        
        Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 9:51:09 AM
        
        Its not the "creators" I mistrust. - ER - 4/20/2023 2:03:57 PM
        
        What you always seem to miss - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 6:32:48 PM
        
        If I need a lawyer, I'll hire one in a heartbeat. - ER - 4/20/2023 7:20:03 PM
        
        Slimy Lawyers - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 11:33:13 PM
        
        Yeah, some are nice guys. - ER - 4/21/2023 1:30:53 AM
        
        A noticeable omission - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 2:03:19 AM
        
        No, I made an edit while you were typing.l - ER - 4/21/2023 2:52:34 AM
        
        An afterthought is better than none at all I suppose - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 3:20:34 AM
        
        As for the businessman, - ER - 4/21/2023 2:35:46 PM
        
        That kind of business owner is more common than you might think - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 7:29:35 PM
        
        I have no problem with the individual entrepreneur chasing a dream. - ER - 4/21/2023 8:00:15 PM
        
        Investment money doesn't just reward investors - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 9:46:25 PM
        
        Making dreams come true - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 9:57:58 PM
        
        Enough! - podrock - 4/21/2023 11:37:33 PM
        
        In my town - ER - 4/22/2023 3:43:55 AM
        
        Wow talk about "sliding off the edge"!! - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 4:01:25 AM
        
        Meltdown? - podrock - 4/22/2023 2:01:41 PM
        
        And the bees made honey in the lion's head. - ER - 4/22/2023 4:45:15 AM
        
        I expected more from you guys - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 7:53:21 AM
        
        Wait a minute - podrock - 4/22/2023 4:00:48 PM
        
        Try to think somehitng for a minute - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 6:03:49 PM
        
        Shall we start a new thread? - podrock - 4/22/2023 7:07:45 PM
        
        You're the one having trouble focusing - ER - 4/22/2023 3:51:17 PM
        
        Amateur psychology - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 4:59:17 PM
- Dying Inside - ER - 4/17/2023 1:01:35 AM
  - I would probably fail a Turing test. - podrock - 4/18/2023 3:00:47 AM
    - Something else, though, - podrock - 4/18/2023 3:37:20 AM
    - You don't need high tech to create a benign tyranny. - ER - 4/18/2023 3:31:44 AM
      - The gilded cage? - podrock - 4/18/2023 3:52:06 AM

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