Rezearc
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drawer & wizened philosopher from belgium, hij/hem
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To those asking what specific mechanism causes the off-screen difference in Koopa the Quick's travel time: The intervening 30 seconds simply do not happen. I hope this clarifies things!
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
To those asking what specific mechanism causes the off-screen difference in Koopa the Quick's travel time: The intervening 30 seconds simply do not happen. I hope this clarifies things!
The way I see it 'consciousness' is already explained as resulting from the physical mechanisms that are responsible for observation and thought. I can understand philosophising on it more deeply, but I don't see any need to look beyond physical explanations and create space for magical explanations
December 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The way I see it 'consciousness' is already explained as resulting from the physical mechanisms that are responsible for observation and thought. I can understand philosophising on it more deeply, but I don't see any need to look beyond physical explanations and create space for magical explanations
Your "examples" are begging the question since they're all things which "exist" in human minds but aren't observable phenomena in their own right, unlike the human mind.
Is your position that the mind is a completely physical machine, just that scientists won't be able to capture its full nuance?
Is your position that the mind is a completely physical machine, just that scientists won't be able to capture its full nuance?
December 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Your "examples" are begging the question since they're all things which "exist" in human minds but aren't observable phenomena in their own right, unlike the human mind.
Is your position that the mind is a completely physical machine, just that scientists won't be able to capture its full nuance?
Is your position that the mind is a completely physical machine, just that scientists won't be able to capture its full nuance?
I don't know of any such things, and I don't think you understand where I'm coming from enough to try to convince me otherwise or for me to convince you otherwise
December 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I don't know of any such things, and I don't think you understand where I'm coming from enough to try to convince me otherwise or for me to convince you otherwise
The alternative is believing in magic, and I am not aware of any aspect of consciousness that would require magic to explain
December 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The alternative is believing in magic, and I am not aware of any aspect of consciousness that would require magic to explain
Yes because justice, a bad analogy here, is not a physical phenomenon that affects matter. The mind is, and we can look into where it originates physically and find that there's an organ that accounts for all of the functions of the mind and analyse its exact workings.
December 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Yes because justice, a bad analogy here, is not a physical phenomenon that affects matter. The mind is, and we can look into where it originates physically and find that there's an organ that accounts for all of the functions of the mind and analyse its exact workings.
I think your "analogies" are subjective concepts that only exist in the mind anyway, I think that breaks the rules for analogies. Anyway, in contrast to them the mind is clearly a process with measurable physical effects as it's moving both our fingers into typing these messages.
December 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I think your "analogies" are subjective concepts that only exist in the mind anyway, I think that breaks the rules for analogies. Anyway, in contrast to them the mind is clearly a process with measurable physical effects as it's moving both our fingers into typing these messages.
I think you're unclear about the type of mind-body dualism that we're talking about, we mean any interpretation that comes down to the mind being something magical that can't be quantified, measured or reproduced
December 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I think you're unclear about the type of mind-body dualism that we're talking about, we mean any interpretation that comes down to the mind being something magical that can't be quantified, measured or reproduced
I'm sure they'd admit current models have gaps but a dualism-sized gap seems ridiculous to believe as a physicist
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm sure they'd admit current models have gaps but a dualism-sized gap seems ridiculous to believe as a physicist
Damn it mensa, that orphanage you blew up was our only lead to find the counterfeiting ring! You get good results but you're a losse cannon...one more cock-up like that and you're off the case!!
December 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Damn it mensa, that orphanage you blew up was our only lead to find the counterfeiting ring! You get good results but you're a losse cannon...one more cock-up like that and you're off the case!!
well Legion was they/them and counts a few thousand demons
December 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
well Legion was they/them and counts a few thousand demons
oh it's from Sean Paul Opens a MFing Carnival which is not the track included in Because Maybe, my bad
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
oh it's from Sean Paul Opens a MFing Carnival which is not the track included in Because Maybe, my bad
I'd love to reply "behold, an animal!" to the first one but I don't like the thought of it genuinely offending her
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I'd love to reply "behold, an animal!" to the first one but I don't like the thought of it genuinely offending her
I like when Statler and Waldorf show up
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I like when Statler and Waldorf show up
for me it's compelling that the book would need to exhibit so many completely absurd or incomprehensible features (not just in physical size) that "can help someone appear to speak Chinese" is actually the least unbelievable feature of it, it makes the 'sleight of hand' in the argument clear
December 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
for me it's compelling that the book would need to exhibit so many completely absurd or incomprehensible features (not just in physical size) that "can help someone appear to speak Chinese" is actually the least unbelievable feature of it, it makes the 'sleight of hand' in the argument clear
For Turing machines that's fine because the reality comes down to a lot of programs needing a finite or bounded amount of memory anyway, the Chinese room is the opposite where there's no way the phrase-to-phrase mapping book doesn't take up a couple of universes worth of space
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For Turing machines that's fine because the reality comes down to a lot of programs needing a finite or bounded amount of memory anyway, the Chinese room is the opposite where there's no way the phrase-to-phrase mapping book doesn't take up a couple of universes worth of space
Plenty of men that wouldn't mind such a discovery (bigfoot hunters)
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Plenty of men that wouldn't mind such a discovery (bigfoot hunters)
like imagine two linearly moving lights but one only draws to the screen 0.2 frames into a draw call and the other draws 0.7 frames into a draw call, the second one would appear to be ahead of the first one even if physically they're moving perfectly side by side
December 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
like imagine two linearly moving lights but one only draws to the screen 0.2 frames into a draw call and the other draws 0.7 frames into a draw call, the second one would appear to be ahead of the first one even if physically they're moving perfectly side by side
it's basically kind of that your phone captures at a certain frame rate (shutter speed) but reality doesn't operate at a frame rate, so within a single frame the slight differences of when the lights actually light up and get "drawn" onto your eye are noticeable due to your camera moving continously
December 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
it's basically kind of that your phone captures at a certain frame rate (shutter speed) but reality doesn't operate at a frame rate, so within a single frame the slight differences of when the lights actually light up and get "drawn" onto your eye are noticeable due to your camera moving continously