Its been speculated that was probably done intentionally (making removing the detailed copy easy to remove but the adhesive hard to remove) knowing the standard response would be to take it down.

It would fit the more performative art style that they’re known for.

Yeah, it seems like a demise built around suffering and helplessness. If you crave the sweet release of death, this isn’t it.

I think the most reliable way to advance a scientific field is to find a technique used in a different field and apply it to yours. Even more reliable if you use techniques from theoretical math.

I think it’d be better if a door behind them swung shut and a speaker said “You are now employees of the house until your debt is paid”.

It’s so weird thinking about how we’re just copying DNA. That’s pretty much the purpose of life; replicate these strange molecules as much as possible. Consciousness is some unintended byproduct of the ‘copy forever’ algorithm.

This is why lectures should be obsolete at this point. Lectures should be a video done really well once. Class should be practice time where you can ask experts for help when you get stuck.

Haha yes, I did mean causal.

I think it’s a casual argument. People are saying pitbulls are not inherently more violent, they just tend to be the dog of choice for people who want violent (guard) dogs. They are then taught violent behaviors by their owners.

Technically that is profit maximizing, where as profit is just surplus value created. Nothing wrong with profit, profit maximizing at the expense of all else is a recipe for civilization collapse.

In our tree mushroom example, if both organisms grow faster by sharing nutrients than by hoarding, they have both made a profit.

I understand the current context, but I hate seeing people cheering for gerrymandering.

That’s an expensive snack!

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

Can we accidentally leave the keys near ESA HQ?

Technically they made the EPA, which I guess they decided was a bad idea.

Some states have anti-gerrimandering written into their constitutions, so that would not be easy.

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Is chemical energy more readily available from plastics than from wood? You’d have to imagine it is if evolution is adapting these timescales.

Oh yeah, location sharing will have almost no effect those risks. Totally agree.

Just disagreeing that low probability of occurrence automatically means the risk assessment should be low.

Risk assessment is probability and severity. The probability can be vanishingly low, but if the severity is astoundingly high then acting like a high risk situation could be appropriate.

Take asteroids. The last planet killer to hit us was 94million years ago. A rudimentary estimate could put the probably as 1:94mil. The severity of an asteroid impact of that magnitude is off the charts, so it is reasonable to consider it a risk and act accordingly to spend resources to search for and track asteroid trajectories.

The severity of abduction, murder, and rape is probably pretty high for most people, so considering it a risk even with a very small probability is not unreasonable.

I’m not really sure what you’re asking or getting at. Could you be more explicit?