Greetings good citizen, today's lede is purposefully vague because the AI people are struggling with the fact that there is considerably more to 'intelligence' than mathematics. That said, our twisted priorities tend to ignore what the numbers tell us.
This is "a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" writ large.
It also is the cause for the now widespread belief that math savvy = intelligence when nothing could be further from the truth. Seriously, the ability to solve math puzzles IS the 'gold standard' for intelligence and you can witness with your own eyes what this fallacy has produced.
Perhaps it is fortunate that this misguided notion will continue to thwart the morons seeking to replace humans with obedient machines/self-directed automatons...especially on the battlefields of the feckless, where no human should find themselves.
Is anyone else amazed that our identifier doesn't start with a D? Never thought about it, did ya?
Worse, you have to wonder what, precisely, 'human' means in the creator's tongue...
Remember, cattle in a chute.
So it is that math skills are the 'measure of intelligence' among our less than bright species. I suck at math but am quite proficient at the basic operations, which is all the average person needs to function in our current social setting.
I'd posit we'd lose much of our 'humanity' if we were to become cold calculating pure logic machines (a la Mr. Spock.)
That said we can only wonder why our self-professed 'superiors' keep screaming at us that thinking is above our paygrade [usually after being chewed out (and belittled) for NOT catching THEIR mistake!]
Um, the mirror catches my reflection and I squirm a little because I am constantly asking 'how stupid are you'?
Rhetorical question, good citizen...we already know the answer.
Math may be how they constructed 'imitation brains' but math alone doesn't account for our 'analytical abilities'.
That said the 'quest' to create artificial, er, 'minds' is predicated on the belief that life itself can be reduced to zeroes and ones.
This brings us to Einstein's 'universal truth'; that we [humanity] 'know' one millionth of one percent of NOTHING.
Just as scientists learned the 'junk' between the strands of DNA is also critical in making us, us. It's not debris after all. Sadly, we also don't have a clue what it is...we only know what it ain't.
So it is 'beancounters' will be the end of 'us'/civil society as they fixate on computing absolutely meaningless percentages of profit and loss.
ASP doesn't operate on terms beancounters are familiar with although it does operate on currently widely ignored economic fundamentals.
Modern thinking is that markets are global which is total nonsense because everybody knows all markets are LOCAL...so are ALL economies.
We ignore these facts at society's peril. [NOBODY lives in an economic desert!]
We can 'repair' much of what ails civilization by simply outlawing cash [eliminating untraceable payments along with the ability to sell what doesn't belong to you at a discount [because it was 'free' to you, considering you stole it to sell it...and you wouldn't have if you had no way to 'move' the items.]
Beancounters know this but IGNORE it and I don't need to remind you that IGNORANCE KILLS.
We MUST remove the disconnects from reality the swindlers rely on to bilk you out of your pay.
That starts with outlawing cash and making the use of 'cash substitutes' a capitol crime.
ASP is 'holistic' as well as universal. THere are no cops under ASP because it is every citizen's responsibility to insure the law is upheld. That said, most of the 'nitwit laws' will be abandoned. [Laws enacted to 'milk' the populace for largely victimless crimes, like MOST traffic laws.]
Frank Herbert did the public no favors in his fantastic Dune novels because he 'reinforced' the mistaken idea that a 'walking population' was easier to control when in reality a footsoldier is the backbone of any invading force.
Writers put this stuff out there and the next thing you know you have half-wits embracing the dangerous ideas they use as tent poles for a STORY.
This is also how math skills became synonymous with intelligence...stupid only knows what it reads/is told because they are constantly being told not to think!
The 'exception' to this rule happens to frequent this page because here you are encouraged to 'think for yourself'.
It is NEVER my goal to tell you what to think, it IS my intent to provide you with SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!
That concludes today's offering,
Bon chance!
Gegner
This is "a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" writ large.
It also is the cause for the now widespread belief that math savvy = intelligence when nothing could be further from the truth. Seriously, the ability to solve math puzzles IS the 'gold standard' for intelligence and you can witness with your own eyes what this fallacy has produced.
Perhaps it is fortunate that this misguided notion will continue to thwart the morons seeking to replace humans with obedient machines/self-directed automatons...especially on the battlefields of the feckless, where no human should find themselves.
Is anyone else amazed that our identifier doesn't start with a D? Never thought about it, did ya?
Worse, you have to wonder what, precisely, 'human' means in the creator's tongue...
Remember, cattle in a chute.
So it is that math skills are the 'measure of intelligence' among our less than bright species. I suck at math but am quite proficient at the basic operations, which is all the average person needs to function in our current social setting.
I'd posit we'd lose much of our 'humanity' if we were to become cold calculating pure logic machines (a la Mr. Spock.)
That said we can only wonder why our self-professed 'superiors' keep screaming at us that thinking is above our paygrade [usually after being chewed out (and belittled) for NOT catching THEIR mistake!]
Um, the mirror catches my reflection and I squirm a little because I am constantly asking 'how stupid are you'?
Rhetorical question, good citizen...we already know the answer.
Math may be how they constructed 'imitation brains' but math alone doesn't account for our 'analytical abilities'.
That said the 'quest' to create artificial, er, 'minds' is predicated on the belief that life itself can be reduced to zeroes and ones.
This brings us to Einstein's 'universal truth'; that we [humanity] 'know' one millionth of one percent of NOTHING.
Just as scientists learned the 'junk' between the strands of DNA is also critical in making us, us. It's not debris after all. Sadly, we also don't have a clue what it is...we only know what it ain't.
So it is 'beancounters' will be the end of 'us'/civil society as they fixate on computing absolutely meaningless percentages of profit and loss.
ASP doesn't operate on terms beancounters are familiar with although it does operate on currently widely ignored economic fundamentals.
Modern thinking is that markets are global which is total nonsense because everybody knows all markets are LOCAL...so are ALL economies.
We ignore these facts at society's peril. [NOBODY lives in an economic desert!]
We can 'repair' much of what ails civilization by simply outlawing cash [eliminating untraceable payments along with the ability to sell what doesn't belong to you at a discount [because it was 'free' to you, considering you stole it to sell it...and you wouldn't have if you had no way to 'move' the items.]
Beancounters know this but IGNORE it and I don't need to remind you that IGNORANCE KILLS.
We MUST remove the disconnects from reality the swindlers rely on to bilk you out of your pay.
That starts with outlawing cash and making the use of 'cash substitutes' a capitol crime.
ASP is 'holistic' as well as universal. THere are no cops under ASP because it is every citizen's responsibility to insure the law is upheld. That said, most of the 'nitwit laws' will be abandoned. [Laws enacted to 'milk' the populace for largely victimless crimes, like MOST traffic laws.]
Frank Herbert did the public no favors in his fantastic Dune novels because he 'reinforced' the mistaken idea that a 'walking population' was easier to control when in reality a footsoldier is the backbone of any invading force.
Writers put this stuff out there and the next thing you know you have half-wits embracing the dangerous ideas they use as tent poles for a STORY.
This is also how math skills became synonymous with intelligence...stupid only knows what it reads/is told because they are constantly being told not to think!
The 'exception' to this rule happens to frequent this page because here you are encouraged to 'think for yourself'.
It is NEVER my goal to tell you what to think, it IS my intent to provide you with SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!
That concludes today's offering,
Bon chance!
Gegner
ReplyDeleteThis is also how math skills became synonymous with intelligence...stupid only knows what it reads/is told because they are constantly being told not to think!
Worse, you have to wonder what, precisely, 'human' means in the creator's tongue...
ReplyDeleteRemember, cattle in a chute.
That said we can only wonder why our self-professed 'superiors' keep screaming at us that thinking is above our paygrade [usually after being chewed out (and belittled) for NOT catching THEIR mistake!]
ReplyDeleteMath may be how they constructed 'imitation brains' but math alone doesn't account for our 'analytical abilities'.
ReplyDeleteJust as scientists learned the 'junk' between the strands of DNA is also critical in making us, us. It's not debris after all. Sadly, we also don't have a clue what it is...we only know what it ain't.
ReplyDeleteUm, the mirror catches my reflection and I squirm a little because I am constantly asking 'how stupid are you'?
ReplyDeleteRhetorical question, good citizen...we already know the answer.
So it is that math skills are the 'measure of intelligence' among our less than bright species. I suck at math but am quite proficient at the basic operations, which is all the average person needs to function in our current social setting.
ReplyDelete