• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    I just love how the conspiracies reinforce each-other in the most convenient ways.

    “Anyone who doesn’t get vaxed is going to be put in a FIMA concentration camp!”

    “What? That’s crazy, where’s the evidence of that?!”

    “You can’t find it because they’re censoring everything on the Internet.”

    So now, not finding evidence of conspiracy 1 is evidence for conspiracy 2!

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      7 hours ago

      And this a very common mindset, because most societies (some more than others) take *children’s innate curiosity and pound it flat for the sake of efficiency by way of standardisation. It really is a shame, since we waste a lot of potential as a species this way.

      e: a word

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    20 hours ago

    Science is indistinguishable from magic, if you don’t care to learn how science works.

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      20 hours ago

      I absolutely feel like in a thousand years, we’ll talk to a machine and not even know how it works.

      Hell, I look at the computer in front of me and only feel like I know a fraction of what’s going on.

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        19 hours ago

        That’s what neural networks are now. We do not know how it works under the hood. We just feed it training data.

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          We do, though.

          Just to make sure my understanding was accurate, I asked Gemini to critique my explanation:

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          Unless it’s lying to me about itself, I was able to explain the basics of it in two relatively simple sentences. Of course that doesn’t cover everything, but Gemini thinks that’s a pretty good overview. After expanding on each point in its reply, it said this:

          I think a lot of the confusion over these models stems from hype and marketing that makes them out to be more than what they are.

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    14 hours ago

    Throwing a line from Hitman in the mix to make it more confusing:

    “If it looks like a conspiracy, it probably isn’t.”

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    14 hours ago

    Good use of Keanu meme, as he recently fell for and is promoting a conspiracy theory (ancient civilizations).

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        20 hours ago

        Not a native speaker but “guy” is gender neutral for a while now, at least on the variety used online. At least from what I know

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          20 hours ago

          Litmus test is the “Would you have sex with a group of guys?”

          If you’re picturing a orgy with hairy people holding shlongs, then it’s not gender neutral.

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            “Guy” is used differently in different contexts, just like “girl”.

            If someone says “the girls had a sleepover” you know they’re probably talking about female children. If someone’s talking about a girls’ night out, you know they’re almost certainly talking about women.

            "Would you have sex with a group of guys?” is using guy as a stand-in for man. But, if someone said “Guys, can we all just quiet down for a second so Stan can speak?” it’s a synonym for “folks” or “people” or something gender-neutral.

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            19 hours ago

            Litmus test is the “Would you have sex with a group of guys?”

            Dipping the tip into a group of guys and checking the color.

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      It’s important to understand the prevalence of coincidence and incompetence. Humans are exceptional at pattern-finding – too good, really. In order to think critically, we need to recognise our own tendency to find patterns where none exist.

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      11 hours ago

      Underrated comment

      Everyone’s conspiring folks. What’s hard to measure, is who’s conspiring