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Monthly Archives: September 2016

Commandment A-1

He who is so unwise as hath consumed ranch dressing by the spoonful shall be endowed with thee Darwin Award. Sorry Furbs, I love you buddy but that’s not healthy. These kinds of dietary habits are the reason people like Trump rise to power.

I feel more alive than Paris. The sun will shine bright today.

My response to “The Myth of Sentient Machines”

There was a recent thread on the Systemshock.org forums in which Kolya linked to an article on cybernetics titled “The Myth of Sentient Machines” by some Bobby Azarian. Kolya was posting the article in agreement with Azarian, but he’s wrong. Dead wrong. And what is missing from the formulation that so many transhumanists and cyberneticists […]

Next day (redux)

Understanding fire

Fire is a chemical process of combustion. We all know that. It’s a very painful way to injure oneself. We know that too. But fire is also something else: a stimulus that works very hard to get you to avoid it. I’m sure you’d rather not get critically burned by fire–well, fire doesn’t want you […]

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It’s a new day (redux)

The sun will rise soon. Let’s start here.