AI is now basically a fucking FACTOR OF PRODUCTION, It’s a crucial factor in our venture to fashion reality – physical and abstract – according to our design Therefore AI shall be the engine — wait for it you’ve never heard it — new industrial revolution therefore… NOT USING AI is basically NOT PARTICIPATING …
Category: Philosophy
The Soft-Fantasy Mindset
The soft-fantasy mindset is not a full-on fantasy You don’t believe any random nonsense that’s pleasant to imagine, Incoherence, conflict with the consensus, conflict with the authorities’ position — are all enough to dissuade you from proudly asserting your belief in some magical phenomenon you’re more sceptical than that: maybe divination doesn’t exactly …
Reality Is Intelligent
What is intelligence? It’s the ability to solve problems, right? We observe, we learn, we reason — and then we find the solution But what if someone found the solution WITHOUT going through this process? Is that person intelligent? Is that intelligent? It’s obviously not unintelligent — someone solving a problem Even if …
Man Is Worth No More Than Your Favourite Fucking Pet…
Man is worth no more than your favourite fucking pet And when your pet passes away you are sad And life goes on So shall you pass In what may be sad to some And ultimately as inconsequential as the passing of your favourite pet * Did you love your pet? If …
Truth Eventually Prevails Because It’s Useful
Truth eventually prevails because it’s USEFUL Self-interest is good because it at least requires calibration to a certain ideal Get it? The only problem we could ever have is if we DON’T EVEN CARE. Because then we can’t even AIM. There’s nothing to aim because we don’t care. And if there’s no aim — …
Criticise Ideas for Truth, Judge People out of Practicality
There’s this idea: to criticise ideas (not people) But it becomes difficult when it’s the PERSON that is the problem, not particular idea, that they’re conveying at the time How is the person a problem? Well a person is a set of characteristics A particular set of characteristics is more prone to give …
how to GET WHAT YOU WANT (2026 version)
You getting what you want is NOT completely mysterious, but it is confusing First It has to be POSSIBLE, and preferably plausible There are CRAZY goals that are likely impossible -having everything, sacrificing nothing -being remembered, immortal physically or historically -having THAT PARTICULAR thing, that particular way -etc Then there are AMBITIOUS …
OUTRAGE Is How You Affirm Yourself (by Contrast)
For something to exist as a distinct entity, there must be some attribute which distinguishes it from something else If there’s none, or we can’t perceive it — then it blurs with that other thing — and is not recognised as distinct Conversely the greater the contrast the more something stands out And …
Meaningless Comparisons
For a comparison to make sense — it has to be meaningful Otherwise it’s meaningless, obviously When it’s meaningless — it’s rather useless, or at very least misleading What is better? Cats or washing machines? Green or furry? Rich vs sunny? Having tail or having little debt? Like is this meaningful? Obviously it’s …
I Can Condemn You and Still Love You
It’s not just that we can be DIFFERENT — and I shall still love you I could still love you — even if I condemn most things about you For instance I obviously condemn MOST things about CATS: -I hate killing mice and eating (or not eating) them -I hate licking my anus -SLACKING …