I believe it is more than you've missed the forest for the trees. You haven't accurately explained what understanding means. One might not rigorously understand x÷x=1 but still 'naturally' see that having two apples and…
Is basic arithmetic something that can be forgotten? Studies have suggested that even infants have an understanding of basic arithmetic. It seems to be something innate. But as we're only imagining anyway, let's forget…
> It still requires a government to keep people from stealing, defrauding, and murdering each other. No. Under a free market one voluntarily buys protection, negotiates with relevant parties how arbitration is to be…
You're mixing up different idea again. It is true that anarchy is necessary for a free market. The way we understand how to take us away from anarchy is to enforce the closure of possible markets! But anarchy can also…
> Your quote is a single line out of a larger context which had significantly more to say. The larger context is a completely different discussion, and one that isn't particularly interesting to have, at least on my…
> You have either accidentally misinterpreted or deliberately misrepresented the expression "using AI to fake posting activity" to mean The original comment asserted: "Using AI to fake posting activity is bad." So, yes,…
> This is not what I'm saying! It is not what you said, but it is the context that defines what we're talking about. I reiterated it to remind you of what the original reply isolated as it was starting to look like you…
> There's a continuum between free markets and socialism. Uh, what? You're not even comparing in the same dimension. Consider a free market where all actors decide to form cooperatives. That, however unlikely in…
Never in recorded human history has there been a free market, so naturally you've never seen one. Kingdoms, governments, etc. emerged out of the old kinship economies long before the idea of free markets was conceived…
We obviously cannot know. However, what we do know is that a free market requires management people today aren't accustomed to. Suddenly you are fully responsible to negotiate protection, transit, etc. That is a burden…
> I'd argue that in a pure free market without intervention, monopolies would be disappointingly common Impossible. If a monopoly were to emerge in what was a pure free market, it would become the government, and its…
> For me, the whole concept of online forums is interacting with semi-anonymous humans This is where things break down for me. You want to take humans out of the equation by making any humans that may exist in the…
As the one who isolated the context out of the OP the carried forward into the remainder of this discussion, I can confirm 9rx has it right. Any bad faith attempts to bring in points unrelated to the discussion that was…
> In my mind this destroys the core value proposition of the site: reputation. The question was: Where is anything on PhysicsForum presented as human activity? Because I don't see it. It is modelled like most other…
> The "fake" aspect is the fact that it's presented as human activity. Where? I admittedly hadn't heard of PhysicsForum before this, so I don't know what it looked liked before, but at time of writing it seems to be…
Well that didn't take long for Godwin to show up. Purposeful or lazy?
The thing is that, by common definition, a problem ceases to be a problem when there is a solution. To not remove problems from the pool once they are solved would leave everything to be a problem forevermore, which…
I'm not sure you have explained the problem. You have explained why PhysicsForum might not appeal to you, but it doesn't have to appeal to you. It is not a problem if it doesn't appeal to you.
2022 is when tech funding dried up, so it stands to reason that we ran out of hacker topics. The odd person still doing something cool in their basement for fun does not supply a sufficient stream of curiosities to keep…
"Fake posting activity" is a weak framing. It is real activity. The risk in allowing AI-generated content is that users will be able to sniff out low-quality content produced by AI that they don't find engaging, but if…
> But existing homeowners don't like to see their home prices go down! As a homeowner I don't want to see my home price go down relative to all other homes as that leaves me in a precious position if I need to move, but…
> I would engage with this if it wasn't written so rudely. No you wouldn't. Intellectual thought isn't swayed by meaningless human emotion. Let's be honest, you won't engage because you can't prepare a coherent response.
> it doesn't have consciousness As measured, how? Aside from your groundbreaking research that we're learning about for the first time, the science has held that we have no idea what is and isn't conscious, or if…
> No ... actually yes Nice to see someone update their worldview on new information. Doesn't happen often.
Whatever you want it to mean. Embrace your autonomy.
I believe it is more than you've missed the forest for the trees. You haven't accurately explained what understanding means. One might not rigorously understand x÷x=1 but still 'naturally' see that having two apples and…
Is basic arithmetic something that can be forgotten? Studies have suggested that even infants have an understanding of basic arithmetic. It seems to be something innate. But as we're only imagining anyway, let's forget…
> It still requires a government to keep people from stealing, defrauding, and murdering each other. No. Under a free market one voluntarily buys protection, negotiates with relevant parties how arbitration is to be…
You're mixing up different idea again. It is true that anarchy is necessary for a free market. The way we understand how to take us away from anarchy is to enforce the closure of possible markets! But anarchy can also…
> Your quote is a single line out of a larger context which had significantly more to say. The larger context is a completely different discussion, and one that isn't particularly interesting to have, at least on my…
> You have either accidentally misinterpreted or deliberately misrepresented the expression "using AI to fake posting activity" to mean The original comment asserted: "Using AI to fake posting activity is bad." So, yes,…
> This is not what I'm saying! It is not what you said, but it is the context that defines what we're talking about. I reiterated it to remind you of what the original reply isolated as it was starting to look like you…
> There's a continuum between free markets and socialism. Uh, what? You're not even comparing in the same dimension. Consider a free market where all actors decide to form cooperatives. That, however unlikely in…
Never in recorded human history has there been a free market, so naturally you've never seen one. Kingdoms, governments, etc. emerged out of the old kinship economies long before the idea of free markets was conceived…
We obviously cannot know. However, what we do know is that a free market requires management people today aren't accustomed to. Suddenly you are fully responsible to negotiate protection, transit, etc. That is a burden…
> I'd argue that in a pure free market without intervention, monopolies would be disappointingly common Impossible. If a monopoly were to emerge in what was a pure free market, it would become the government, and its…
> For me, the whole concept of online forums is interacting with semi-anonymous humans This is where things break down for me. You want to take humans out of the equation by making any humans that may exist in the…
As the one who isolated the context out of the OP the carried forward into the remainder of this discussion, I can confirm 9rx has it right. Any bad faith attempts to bring in points unrelated to the discussion that was…
> In my mind this destroys the core value proposition of the site: reputation. The question was: Where is anything on PhysicsForum presented as human activity? Because I don't see it. It is modelled like most other…
> The "fake" aspect is the fact that it's presented as human activity. Where? I admittedly hadn't heard of PhysicsForum before this, so I don't know what it looked liked before, but at time of writing it seems to be…
Well that didn't take long for Godwin to show up. Purposeful or lazy?
The thing is that, by common definition, a problem ceases to be a problem when there is a solution. To not remove problems from the pool once they are solved would leave everything to be a problem forevermore, which…
I'm not sure you have explained the problem. You have explained why PhysicsForum might not appeal to you, but it doesn't have to appeal to you. It is not a problem if it doesn't appeal to you.
2022 is when tech funding dried up, so it stands to reason that we ran out of hacker topics. The odd person still doing something cool in their basement for fun does not supply a sufficient stream of curiosities to keep…
"Fake posting activity" is a weak framing. It is real activity. The risk in allowing AI-generated content is that users will be able to sniff out low-quality content produced by AI that they don't find engaging, but if…
> But existing homeowners don't like to see their home prices go down! As a homeowner I don't want to see my home price go down relative to all other homes as that leaves me in a precious position if I need to move, but…
> I would engage with this if it wasn't written so rudely. No you wouldn't. Intellectual thought isn't swayed by meaningless human emotion. Let's be honest, you won't engage because you can't prepare a coherent response.
> it doesn't have consciousness As measured, how? Aside from your groundbreaking research that we're learning about for the first time, the science has held that we have no idea what is and isn't conscious, or if…
> No ... actually yes Nice to see someone update their worldview on new information. Doesn't happen often.
Whatever you want it to mean. Embrace your autonomy.