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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
Zebras, levers, Christmas carols...we'd better strengthen the dose.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Putting the aside risk of providing insight to bad actors...
https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/11/did-......t-notice NB the original link would have included this too --> "/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALOLARilNaSyuH4bO2HU_f7oZh_mrCHgUJD1j1uP2OIQ3Ujr_W2WlOodPeQ6m7objCW4lf521EMgWJdap1PB-36Ctms_BLotegoqTBnZtVohriAKLXGjUr1DTJPbeVEjgOlRdtNscq-0Hazef3VHbA1dkhthUEnsAh57Dg-PL_JT" https://openai.com/blog/better-language-models/ * anticognate follows: https://brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/18......n-novels https://booksby.ai/
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
This was fun while it was lucid.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
I argue that even if we are in a flood of information and fighting to stay above water in our choices - that the water itself is not bad.
The first thing on the Taylor & Francis site is the picture. https://www.tandfonline.com/ See the zebra. Check out the article https://www.tandfonline.com/story-behind-August-2019 Not the best source of research, data, or informed opinion. Nice of them to sneak in the word deviance. That string after the engadget.com article link came from the internet. The article is about programs to filter out spam emails. The article says they are winning. The fact of that string suggests the battleground moved to data we don't see directly. That's not monkeys randomly typing or a just a program randomly producing content.
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2019, S2000magician wrote: Not sure what's disingenuous (or callous) about it. Do you think more people die as a direct result of the internet than from guns?? Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2019, magicfish wrote: Does the internet cause problems or not? This has everything to do with causation. You are on this internet thing. And that's fine, but again it is purely subjective. You think the internet is worse for humankind than guns. You've given some unsubstantiated numbers about deaths or injuries. Quote:
Yes, I get your point. I just don't buy your argument that the internet is the worst thing ever. Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2019, Dannydoyle wrote: Yep!! Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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Mr Salk Special user Tied to 568 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2019, R.S. wrote: What does "direct-result" mean? What about trigger-fingers? Bullets? Motivations? Why is death The Gun's fault?
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TomBoleware Inner circle Hattiesburg, Ms 3163 Posts |
What if the internet influences you to get a gun and shoot somebody? Do we blame the gun or the internet?
I can certainly see where the internet may have played a big part in a shooting. Tom
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
Unfortunately, it plays a huge part in mass shootings.
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gallagher Inner circle 1168 Posts |
Hmmm? 🤔
So here we are,...on the internet, discussing "How 'bad' the Internet is",.. backing up our argument,.. with research,.. found thru the internet... Sounds a bit 'fishy', to me. Gallagher p.s.: At the last body-count, we're still at...... 0. p.s.s.: Anybody want to bet that Greg, the initiator of the Thread, ISN'T back 'on-line'? ☺️ |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
If it wasn’t for the internet I would never have bought three picnic sets.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
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On Oct 19, 2019, gallagher wrote: And tonight I'll have a drink and talk about my liver, then have a pizza and talk about cholesterol and blood pressure. I could send a letter critiquing the postal service or make a call to complain about the phone service. Using the internet to discuss the internet is no different. Let's put that one to bed shall we? |
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2019, Mr Salk wrote: The internet is basically conceptual. Like the economy. Sure it's implemented by hardware and wires and machines and electricity and keyboards, etc. But as a concept it is incapable of directly killing/harming somebody. At best, it can be a motivator and an influencer. But I don't see how it could be the primary cause of death/injury. On the other hand, bullets, by virtue of destroying one's internal organs upon entering the body, are a primary/direct cause of injury/death. Quote:
Why is death The Gun's fault? Now you seem to be introducing "blame", which is not the same as "cause of death". Do you agree that people can and do die as a result of gunshot wounds? Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2019, magicfish wrote: And how huge a part do the guns used in those mass shootings play??? If there were no guns, there could never be a mass shooting. On the other hand, if there were no internet, there could still be mass shootings. Ron PS - For the record, I'm NOT advocating for no guns. Just presenting some hypotheticals. And I don't want this to be a gun ownership debate. We're discussing the relative impacts of different technologies on society and their causal links.
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
How many die as a result of automobile accidents?
How about electricity? Without it no Internet right?
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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Mr Salk Special user Tied to 568 Posts |
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On Oct 19, 2019, R.S. wrote: Nobody blames rope for hangings.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
I do.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
We were wondering who nobody was.
The problem with the internet is that nobody moves. Only the mind moves in the net: on a magic carpet ride to far-away places. Therefore then, the internet is putting us all to death by body exercise deprivation.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
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On Oct 19, 2019, Mr Salk wrote: Danny does. Anyway, does the rope play a primary role in the "cause of death"? Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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