Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Baited and switched? Most definitely.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The dialog: We must go down to the hall immediately.
The closed caption: We must go down to the hole immediately.
The intelligence: Artificial.
The stupid: Real.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . but many persons don’t seem to (want to) notice or care.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bob Doppelt explores why. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
(snip)
Many Americans, however, remain psychologically dissociated from what is happening. This is a psychological protective mechanism people use to separate themselves from and mentally cope with extreme distress. It results from “fight or flight” reactions that are built into the nervous system to protect us from threats.
The process can be beneficial in the short term if it helps people get through troubles and then quickly reconnect with reality. When dissociation persists, however, and people continually disconnect from the real world, it can have very serious consequences.
This is widely occurring now regarding the C-E-B (climate-ecosystem-biodiversity–ed.) crisis.
The Cryto Con 0
Grung_e_Gene sees a parallel with the Galt and the Lamers. Here’s a bit from his article, which was inspired by the reaction to the short-lived (about 15 minutes) “Hawk Tuah” meme coin.
But, it’s staggeringly amazing to me the Crypto Community has immediately called for investigations and “legal action” by Government and Regulatory Bodies on their purposefully Unregulated, Untied to Government Scam Coins. The whole purpose of every crypto was to uncouple it from Government to have a truly free monetary system unburdened by inflationary fiat currency and the over-bearing hand of government.
Although, this is no different than Libertarians demanding a Government Military exist to keep their Slaves in Line but, not put the odious boot of Law & Order on their neck as the scheme and swindle and attempt to create the Randian Utopian.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
An oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” shoots first, gets questioned later.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Infiltration Nation 0
Jim Hightower follows the moneybags.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
And, speaking of Republican family values . . . .
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Jonah Blank, writing at the Washington Monthly, reports hearing a rhyme echoing from far across the sea. He writes of the recent abortive coup attempt in Korea. Here’s a bit:
Follow the link for the rest of the cadence.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Brotherly politeness . . . .
The shooting unfolded just before 4 p.m. Monday in the cab of a truck that was in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.
(snip)
The boys’ mom had just parked at a shopping center and was outside of the car, unloading items to bring inside, at the time of the shooting, Huerta told Los Angeles ABC station KABC.
We are a broken society.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
The other day, I flippantly wondered whether the Florida legislator who proposed outlawing manipulating the weather would go after the fossil fuel industry.
Yesterday, I learned that a town in North Carolina is suing Duke Energy for precisely that reason.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject, as I type this, I can look out my window and see trees that still have leaves on them.
In bleeping December.
The Crypto Con 0
Plus ca change, plus la meme chose.