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Wizard, Author, Lyricist and Voiceover. Will word for food. Book: 'The Engineering of Coincidence' https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B0834BLHNS Album: 'Confound and Disturb' robertramsay.bandcamp.com

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Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · Oct 18

My book is a real scientific explanation of real magic, thirty years in the making. Paperback and e-book available from Amazon :-)
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The Engineering of Coincidence: a scientific explanation of magic

Shared via Kindle. Description: “Magic is the engineering of coincidence”Fireballs. Wands. Turning people into frogs. Everyone knows that wizards like Harry Potter are fictional. But ...

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Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

"Jackson Lamb: The Early Years"

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

"No, I just lie there like my sister."

David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 18h

Three lads saving their GP the bother of asking them if they're sexually active, there.

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 20h

Is this real or am I in a coma?

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

"Perhaps if we clap loud enough, she'll go away."

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

"I can't come to work today, boss, I'm sick."
"We really need you here. How sick are you?"
"I'm shagging me sister."

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

Wait until they find out that a £20 note has no intrinsic value either...

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

Black Books:
Manny: "What are you eating?"
Bernhard: "A delicious biscuit."
Manny: "It's a coaster."

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Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

1) This is clearly the best they have
2) There are going to be more out there, only worse

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 15h

Maybe you instinctively know that these are not the only four examples. We need to stop them outbreeding us like Jacob Rees Mogg

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 16h

Sorry, I'm still laughing at Bob Dylan putting the phone down on them.

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 16h

They aren't usually nasty, they're usually stupid. People conflate 'I don't like this person' with 'I think this person is a traitor'

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 18h

Clearly, my subconscious has steered me away from it all these years :-)

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 19h

I have not heard Byrne's cover, but I consider Terry Jacks' 'Seasons in the Sun' to be the worst record in existence.
I hope Brel never heard it. And I just found out that Rod McKuen did the English lyrics :-(

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 19h

"If you define a thing to be real, then the consequences of that thing ARE real" - the Thomas Theorem

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 19h

Whilst ignoring that it's the shit that we did to the world that's driving them insane.

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 19h

The word 'young' is doing a lot of work here...

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 19h

By the Lord Harry, that made me laugh!

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 1d

"Now it's your turn!"

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 1d

It's a race to the bottom between the bullshitting AI's and the clueless humans.

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 1d

I'm waiting for him to tell us about the invisible pixies

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 1d

We can recycle all the old Lib Dem conference jokes from the '70's 😁

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve just learned that John Searle, whose Chinese Room thought experiment is often used to challenge ideas of “understanding” in LLMs, died at age 93 on Sunday. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

John Searle obituary

American philosopher whose Chinese Room thought experiment rebuts the idea that computers can think as humans do

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Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 1d

"Ted, we can't help what you think."

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 1d

I have military history friends, so allowing me to laugh at this 😁

Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 1d

Ah yes, The Beast 😁

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