Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Joy of *small* business Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:43:47 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <1248675b-e38a-04a7-93b3-6fa527725858@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="63852"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62961 On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: >> I'd add to that that one is a process and open to change (which has >> happened and does happen occasionally) and the other a religion. > > MAYbe an advantage there ... but maybe NOT. Theists will > say they don't NEED 'process' or 'corrections' because > they were magically provided with the RIGHT ANSWER > long back. They just see us bickering about whether > 2+2 (common conditions) = 4 for a century or two > when they knew all along. True, but I just ignore them. Discussion, except for entertainment or trolling, is meaningless and a waste of time. >> I have mixed feelings about Occam, since Occam tends to shut down waaaay >> too many discussions waaay too quickly. Who is to say what is, in reality >> "simpler" or less complex, if the understanding of the questions is >> lacking? > > Occam HAS his uses. However sometimes things ARE complicated. > > Read my post here to Mr. Natural about 'negative time' > findings ...... > > https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scientists-negative-quantum.html Ahh... but let's wait and see... "The findings, posted on the preprint server arXiv but not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, have attracted both global attention and skepticism". > Better find a way, quick, to push up human IQ into > the 500 range, WITHOUT causing insanity. What is IQ? What is intelligence? We are fumbling around in the dark. Is a human + a computer a 200 IQ person? Stanislaw Lem writes in one of his books about knowledge factories. It was a long time I read it, but it kind of gave me the impression he is thinking about AI-farms churning out theories and science.