At some point it is the fact that there's literally a millenia of good scholarly studies that is overwhelming, no? How do you even begin to approach something of that magnitude?
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November 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
At some point it is the fact that there's literally a millenia of good scholarly studies that is overwhelming, no? How do you even begin to approach something of that magnitude?
Ohh 'on another wavelength' as in her way of thinking is unique AND that pink, being a color, has a frequency and thus a wavelength...incredible double entendre
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ohh 'on another wavelength' as in her way of thinking is unique AND that pink, being a color, has a frequency and thus a wavelength...incredible double entendre
You just made me realise that in a way LLMs are a way for us to simulate communicating with an alien who masters English but has none of the basic assumptions we have. As you said, they have no idea what death is. They can describe it, quite eloquently, but they do not have death anxiety.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You just made me realise that in a way LLMs are a way for us to simulate communicating with an alien who masters English but has none of the basic assumptions we have. As you said, they have no idea what death is. They can describe it, quite eloquently, but they do not have death anxiety.
I wonder if this grows from video game piracy. Among video gamers, the "pirate every game" mindset has become at the very least morally justified due to horrible anti-consumer decisions by gaming companies. Maybe from there the zeal grows uncontrollably to 'pirate everything'?
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I wonder if this grows from video game piracy. Among video gamers, the "pirate every game" mindset has become at the very least morally justified due to horrible anti-consumer decisions by gaming companies. Maybe from there the zeal grows uncontrollably to 'pirate everything'?
Question: how widespread are good public libraries in the US? My experience is that when I lived in Indonesia the public libraries doesn't really allow any of that. Thank you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Question: how widespread are good public libraries in the US? My experience is that when I lived in Indonesia the public libraries doesn't really allow any of that. Thank you.
My assumption on spaceships somehow rely on them being a product of peacetime, and their travel (at least started with) in relatively peaceful age, and it seems your plot is either still during some war or a very new peace? In any case, thank you for answering!
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My assumption on spaceships somehow rely on them being a product of peacetime, and their travel (at least started with) in relatively peaceful age, and it seems your plot is either still during some war or a very new peace? In any case, thank you for answering!
This answer makes me realise my only conception of what an 'author' is is still stuck on 'one person making novels, rarely very rich'. Thank you for broadening my horizons.
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This answer makes me realise my only conception of what an 'author' is is still stuck on 'one person making novels, rarely very rich'. Thank you for broadening my horizons.
That's true! I heard of 'trust fund kid' and I just imagined it's for, like, Richie Rich-level millionaire kid, not normal authors. Thanks for the answer.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
That's true! I heard of 'trust fund kid' and I just imagined it's for, like, Richie Rich-level millionaire kid, not normal authors. Thanks for the answer.
Sorry if I sound stupid, but it just never crossed my mind that normal individuals can also have trusts. Turns out my only conception of a trust is only for inheritance stuff like the National Trust!
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Sorry if I sound stupid, but it just never crossed my mind that normal individuals can also have trusts. Turns out my only conception of a trust is only for inheritance stuff like the National Trust!