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What is stopping us from creating artificial intelligence known as AI? What is it about human intellect and cognition that separates us from a computer?
There lies an inherent problem which is philosophical in nature. This is the subjective matter of knowledge of self and experience. This is a problem because aside from an individuals deep immediate sense of self and experience we have no way of quantifying this externally.
This is a very serious article for me; I take logic and critical thinking as a thing of great import. Unlike some other articles where I write it from a perspective of teacher to student, this topic runs in the realm of students talking over a topic with no teacher in the room. Let’s all be honest, no one knows if a god exists or not, NO ONE. People might believe and feel they have good reason to yet they cannot produce empirical evidence. Non believers or atheists might have no belief in a god yet they must leave room open for the chance of a god existing (barring very specific definitions of god of course).
A priori is a philosophy term used to describe a type of knowledge. A priori means “from the earlier”, but this is kind of obvious because it sounds like the word “prior”. A priori knowledge is something you can figure out on your own with no research. A priori knowledge needs no investigation to justify or use it as a position in an argument.
I think most people want to feel like they have control over their life. Feeling out of control without limits is terrifying. Skydiving might be enjoyable in that there is a limit, the parachute. This gives you a level of control in a situation where you otherwise have no control; like falling at 120 mph till you transfer all your accumulated energy into the earth (splat). Keep this example of control and limits in mind as we analyze the concept of free will.
Discussion on recent violence in egypt against coptic christians
What is moral? When faced with a scenario or set of choices how do we know what is moral? It’s about to get deep, real deep. I’m gonna pick apart the brain and analyze why a thing is moral or immoral. There might even be some mental masturbation, by that I mean grotesque analyzation of thought patterns and over detailed wording of ideas like “broad vs specific behavior of humans”. I think one of the best ways to hit this topic right is to scope through some examples and bring up moral dilemas. In doing so we can peruse the dynamics of the human beings decision making apparatus. So let’s figure out what is moral......
Video I did on Egypt and Israel and the latest tensions
I believe by getting individuals to take the time to understand and know one another we can increase peaceful and trusting relations between our two people, if you are Egyptian or Israelite, please join up and try and become friends with at least one other person from the other culture, get to know each others hopes, dreams, jobs, family. We just need a large movement to help us place faces on one another and humanize each other.
There are tons of logical fallacies out there, so many that it can seem overwhelming to learn them. Among the mountains of fallacies facing us are several that seem to come up often. These fallacies also help make a good foundation to help us understand more obscure or harder to understand logical fallacies. So here are my top 5 logical fallacies.
The negative proof fallacy is where one assumes something is true if it cannot be proven false. It can also happen when one assumes that something is false if it cannot be proven true.
An infinite amount of silly statements might be declared and be completely unprovable, hence we cannot assume validity in the face of unprovability. This is what is known as burden of proof.
A naturalistic fallacy is when a conclusion to an argument is assumed because of its naturalness or unnaturalness. In this fallacy something considered natural is also considered good, and something considered unnatural is bad. It is a an argument that tries to tug at the strings of romantic notions of natural goodness.
This fallacy is often associated with moral arguments where the claim is supported with positive verbiage. Some of this positive wording might include things like “superior”, “honorable”, “noble”, “pleasant”, or “desired”.
This fallacy is often confused or criticized with the is-ought fallacy. One should be well versed and comfortable with the is-ought fallacy if they wish to have a really good grasp on the naturalistic fallacy. It is also the inverse of the moralistic fallacy, where what is good or right is believed to be inherent or natural.
Video on Latest Israel and Egypt Tensions
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I love learning and hope that if you don’t that I can convince you to love it too. I never stopped learning after college, in fact my learning increased. My raw, unquenched, and enduring thirst for learning and knowledge seems to be limited only by physical weaknesses. I get excited about learning because I feel a drive to learn will increase the chances of finding truth and morality. Learning grants one power because learning gives you more options in life.
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Confirmation bias is the tendency to favor evidence and information which already supports previously held ideas or beliefs.
