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Analects
Here you'll find all the btrmt. content from across the projects.
See everything I have on:
on-the-nature-of-things
On the Nature of Things
stuff On metaphysics
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Without time-travel, evolutionary narratives can only identify theories that
<em>don’t</em> make sense (like death drives). It can’t tell you what theories <em>do</em>
make sense, because you can make many to explain the same thing. All they do
is let you see what people wish the world was like.
article
There’s no hidden version of you. If anything, we are a collection of bits
and pieces that we weave together from the stories we learn from others. You
don’t need to find an authentic <em>self</em>, you need to find a story you can
weave that makes you happy.
article
AI has human-like output, but a very different environment and different
<em>values</em> for than environment, and until all three align, they will never
<em>actually</em> be human-like.
article
Neurons link into ‘pathways’ that map perceptions to actions. But, neural
pathways don’t just link one thing to one other thing—each pathway is
involved at many things at once. So to change one, you have to also contend
with all the rest.
article
Glossolalia has a unique pattern of neural activity, distinct from
psychopathologies and even other trance-like states. So, the feeling
underneath is special, but the actual speaking itself seems learned. It
makes you wonder where that feeling comes from.