Umbrias

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[–] Umbrias 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

weve had things beating the turing test since practically the 70s. it's not a useful test unless your goal is to demonstrate the futility of testing this way, as turing largely intended.

[–] Umbrias 1 points 8 hours ago

except that "get em hooked for free" part isnt working, nor is the "then make money" part.

[–] Umbrias 4 points 1 day ago

that's how it works. Human trials can be 5, 10+ years.

[–] Umbrias 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dance and joy are actually quite common, and probably very very important, in demonstrations against regimes, this is a silly thing to focus on. what next, make fun of Rojava for their prolific dancing at protests? there are better things to criticize about democrats than this, because this is unironically good.

[–] Umbrias 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sure, im not saying blindly trust people in all situations. but distrust should be exceptional, not normal.

[–] Umbrias 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

and your heart could fail at any moment randomly. doesnt make it rational to design your whole life around it. Yes people can betray your trust, but again and again and again it's been shown that people dont betray eachother far far more often than they do. Also, if you're big on Logic™️, lying only works if the vast majority of communication is truthful.

[–] Umbrias 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

the sort of logic that's fundamentally irrational.

[–] Umbrias 2 points 2 days ago

People need art, do not fall for the trap that economically unprofitable things are unneeded things.

[–] Umbrias 2 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Culture without art is barely culture at all. im not sure how anyone actually seriously gets the idea they rarely interact with art or that it's unimportant.

[–] Umbrias 2 points 3 days ago (13 children)

People need art, do not fall for the trap that economically unprofitable things are unneeded things.

[–] Umbrias 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah. there are real researchers appropriately investigating these topics, but they tend to in my experience mask it in as much jargon as they can so it cannot be misunderstood.

[–] Umbrias 2 points 4 days ago

There are a lot of uncontrolled factors in that and generally it's found that the variance is far too high.

Culture, diet, activity, hobbies, social group, age, life history… all are things that have substantially more effect on behavior than gonads do.

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