I wouldn't
True, but this is slightly higher up the abstraction stack.
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...
"Capitalism does not require the concept of a loser. It's the base human instinct of comparison to ones neighbor that requires the concept of a loser." I would say that both benefit from the concept of a loser. In fact…
I agree it definitely has that quality. However the analysis also 'feels' right to me, the proposed model fits elegantly. My money is on him being correct in many ways.
But you see the polygraph test doesn't have to be accurate. It's not there to actually tell whether the person is guilty. It's there so that the police can save face. Instead of "we made a mistake, we charged the wrong…
Science is becoming a church, to the detriment of science itself.
Objective truth, lol, good one.
Will power consumes mental energy. Fighting the urge not to consume the cheap sugary food all around you is not something many people have the resources to do - especially the poor, who are under stress and therefore…
It's also possibly to do with their lack of shell. While other molluscs have a shell to protect them Cephalopod do not, perhaps this forced the evolution of a more capable brain.
Thanks, for your reply. I think I'm being down voted because the idea is too general for most people to understand, also they get caught up in the emotional back patting that goes on whenever people get a chance to show…
Well, not entirely. Imagine a perfect replica of Rembrandt's brain connected to an artificial body, a painting produced by this machine would be a Rembrandt. Now imagine reducing the correlation between the artificial…
"There are strong parallels between people who give this kind of advice to delayed sleep sufferers and people who think they can cure homosexuality" I almost said the same thing in another post, but thought it was too…
I wouldn't
True, but this is slightly higher up the abstraction stack.
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...
"Capitalism does not require the concept of a loser. It's the base human instinct of comparison to ones neighbor that requires the concept of a loser." I would say that both benefit from the concept of a loser. In fact…
I agree it definitely has that quality. However the analysis also 'feels' right to me, the proposed model fits elegantly. My money is on him being correct in many ways.
But you see the polygraph test doesn't have to be accurate. It's not there to actually tell whether the person is guilty. It's there so that the police can save face. Instead of "we made a mistake, we charged the wrong…
Science is becoming a church, to the detriment of science itself.
Objective truth, lol, good one.
Will power consumes mental energy. Fighting the urge not to consume the cheap sugary food all around you is not something many people have the resources to do - especially the poor, who are under stress and therefore…
It's also possibly to do with their lack of shell. While other molluscs have a shell to protect them Cephalopod do not, perhaps this forced the evolution of a more capable brain.
Thanks, for your reply. I think I'm being down voted because the idea is too general for most people to understand, also they get caught up in the emotional back patting that goes on whenever people get a chance to show…
Well, not entirely. Imagine a perfect replica of Rembrandt's brain connected to an artificial body, a painting produced by this machine would be a Rembrandt. Now imagine reducing the correlation between the artificial…
"There are strong parallels between people who give this kind of advice to delayed sleep sufferers and people who think they can cure homosexuality" I almost said the same thing in another post, but thought it was too…