Tag: climate change
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The Human Vs Ecosystem alignment problem.
Whilst most humans are not explicitly against “nature” – most individuals activities are not focused on sustaining their proximate environments. Collectively, humanity isn’t focused on sustaining the planet’s life support systems (I.e., ecology). We can term this an alignment problem. This conflict of interests, between human agendas & “nature’, will ruin civilisations if its not…
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This post mentions widespread – crime, corruption & the use of disinfromation
Evidently, there are differences in people’s personalities & levels of intelligence. There are different types of intelligence. A biologist will understand more about human biology. A computer scientist will understand more about computers. If l was to state l was more intelligent than a baby, that wouldn’t cause denial in babies. On average, if l…
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The ‘Shocking’ rheotoric of some ‘Shock Jocks’ (Stand up comedians)
There are multiple forms of humour. For example, the ‘silly’ or ‘fun’ (innocent) humour that’s related to ‘giggling’. On the other end of the personality spectrum, there is ‘dark’ humour that’s used to misdirect an intentional insult as “it’s only a joke”. Humour is subjectively multidimensional (networked) and socially context specific. Therefore, any in general…
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NAP Satire News S01E01
Welcome to the NAP Satire News Podcast. News About People – News about what people say, and don’t say – and what people do & don’t do. And News about what people say – when they don’t really mean what they say and don’t really do what they say they do. https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1sr4tp
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The unpleasent psychology of the darkside. (Age advisory rating 15+ or with adult supervision)
There are some truths (concepts), and some realities (perceptions), that can only be realized when people are ready to accommodate them. For instance, these words are information. If a person associates these words with something they already believe or understand that experience is cognitive consonance (i.e., Agreement; harmony; accord). Although, cognitive consonance doesn’t take much…
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The singularity (Deep mind? or Deep fake?)
Is the above image a sign of things to come? A “toaster” with a bad attitude? Though, arguably, a “toaster” with access to a good dental care plan. Or will Artificial “Intelligence” (“AI”) bring a sense of well-being and prosperity to humanity? Or has “AI” been overrated?. Hyperbole from the big-tech industries (as if they…
The Empirical Perspective 