What if we understood hyperbolic geometry and axiomatic thinking and didn't all immediately believe physicists when they conceptualize the universe as [    ] what if it's (   ).

Oh and btw my name is Marco Antonio Hernandez Muniz. I went to UMass Amherst and studied everything, but especially Computer Science. Physicists can suck my dick by emailing me at marcohmuniz at gmail dot com.

Please email me with questions that are well formed. They contain good writing and links to actual research papers.

All love the fruit of their labor, but the wise savor their labor.

Please let me know, loudly and obviously, if I've helped you in ANY WAY. I need it during these troubling times.

Thank you!

This site and world is full of beautiful people, and I don't doubt that ANY MORE.

I was wrong much more than this | many times.
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Spoken from my heart and mind, these may not resonate with you as false, and that means you’re wrong

The universe is out to get me
All people are out to get me
Constantly watching your life in third person is normal and healthy
Chess is a better game than go
Emotions are the opposite of truth, and will mostly mislead you.
My abusive fathers didn’t love me at all
My abusive fathers didn’t hurt me
My mother loved me strictly less than her God
My mother didn’t hurt me

My mother isn't extreme... (read more)

I agree. One of the beautiful things about discourse, is that it takes two parties to tango. No dance begins without a direct invitation.

It appears people believe,

1. I wrote to persuade, not explain (in hindsight I would agree)
2. I wrote in a condescending tone (in hindsight I would agree)
3. My critique did not offer anything concrete or any models
4. My critique was "not even wrong"
5. My critique was obviously false
6. My critique was obviously true 
7. My critique added nothing to the conversation

I'd love for anyone to explain which they thought and why.

Thanks!

And besides the point, I may have unintentionally (worried of criticism) underplayed my knowledge of chaos theory, complex systems, and linguistics r... (read more)

While giving a positive affect might work for simple chatbots, I don't think a positive affect would prevent a more intelligent AI from wrecking havoc using vulnerable people.

We need an AI with positive values, goals, and affect, but maybe that is what you meant by personality.

This is an absolutely heartbreaking portend of things to come. I've long believed that AI's need only use social engineering to achieve world domination, and that this is a likely outcome.

Social engineering has been one of my interests for a long time, and the fact socially engineered cyber-crime is so common and effective is terrifying.

Hey Nate, thanks for the 3/4 ass review of John's research. 

I'm not very familiar with the current state of complex system, chaos theory, linguistic etc. research so take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

However, I am familiar with the metaphysical and epistemological underpinnings of scientific knowledge, think Kant, Hume, Locke etc., and of language, think Wittgenstein, Russel, Diamond, etc. And solely based on that, I agree with your critique of John's approach. 

Kant's and Wittgenstein's metaphysical and epistemological ideas create significan... (read more)

The unfolding argument: Why IIT and other causal structure theories cannot explain consciousness

I love computation.

Watch this.

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Hahaha, so actually I love the game of Chess much more than I love the game of Go. I think I just wish I had been born in a country/culture where Go would have been more accessible.

Oh man, where to start...

I agree with the general sentiment of your post; it's something I've thought a lot about.

What causes mental illness?

Honestly, I struggle to think of a more multivariate problem. There's just so many variables, and in my own personal struggles it has been overwhelming trying to figure out which variables contributed the most to my mental illness.

But, for you, I'll try. <3

Here's an unranked list of the most important variables I could think of that contributed to my suffering:

my biology, genetics

my thought patterns

my physica... (read more)

I fully agree with your point that "Distract Yourself" seems like bad advice. 

I misremembered Claire's steps pretty significantly.

Here they are:

1. face the symptoms – do not run away.
2. accept what is taking place – do not fight
3. float with your feelings – do not tense
4. Let time pass – do not be impatient.

I think I misremembered because in her exploration of step 3 "float with your feelings". She mentions in engaging in an activity that isn't thinking about what you're experiencing. Not in hopes that you will distract yourself, but so that you can begin living a normal life i.e. learn to do, while experiencing suffering.

I'll edit the post.

Thanks!