The thread of learning something new every day
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Signalman Jack, a baboon worked for the railway for 9 years...imagine if they tried that shit today PETA would be all over it.
Signalman Jack: The Baboon Who Worked for the Railroad—and Never Made a Mistake
He was paid 20 cents a day and half a bottle of beer weekly.
Best thing, he is actually pissing on the deck on the photo - brilliant
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while it isnt something strictly new, it was something I had heard about, but not really taken much notice of, and happened to listen to a podcast about Simulation Theory.
And on looking on google...wow, lots of stuff saying we are, or the probability is high that we are.
I dont buy it, or do I...nah not really, be some boring dude to create my world haha
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@taniwharugby not a fan of Infinite Monkey Cage then??
they're always rabbiting on about it.
It's OK until some guy gets done for an illegal tilt
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@dogmeat nah never heard of that one...this was just a one off in a series of 'weird world' type podcasts (one was about the Bermuda Triangle, another about Big foot...) I have only listened to a couple as the host annoys me.
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@taniwharugby I've (skim) read some musings on it by Nick Bostrom. The best counterargument to me was a combination of why bother and even if so, what difference does it make? Listening to Sam Harris go on about free will makes one wonder just how much control, if any, you have anyway.
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@antipodean why would you simulate a pandemic to have your sim or avatar sit at home for weeks/months
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@antipodean why would you simulate a pandemic to have your sim or avatar sit at home for weeks/months
Sick of playing?
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@antipodean maybe they could pop in for a quick check and fast forward/skip the pandemic challenge
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@taniwharugby coz it's AI run and there are an infinite number of sims running concurrently - just; because...
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
while it isnt something strictly new, it was something I had heard about, but not really taken much notice of, and happened to listen to a podcast about Simulation Theory.
And on looking on google...wow, lots of stuff saying we are, or the probability is high that we are.
I dont buy it, or do I...nah not really, be some boring dude to create my world haha
I hope they are not watching what I get up to in the bathroom.
I do think in the not too distant future with advances in VR and Elons neuralink many humans will spend a lot of their time in a second reality, one in which they can be whoever they want and visit and do things that they want.
In theory there will likely be a day that you can control a character in a VR world with your mind. I'm sure gaming, sport and porn will drive this, imagine a WW2 simulation where you feel like you are in the world and can move shoot etc with your mind. Probably be pretty addictive and fun.
It's also entirely feasible that VR will improve to a point we can watch an AB's game from home and feel like we are actually in the crowd.
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Interesting to read how much work is involved to standardise a kilogram.
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@bovidae some of that made sense haha!
and
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In the mid 19th century Ignaz Semmelweis suggested that washing hands by Dr's prior to delivering babies would reduce mortality rates...he was ridiculed, apparently suffered a breakdown and was committed to an asylum by colleagues.
He was beaten by guards in the asylum and died following a large wound that turned gangerous
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
In the mid 19th century Ignaz Semmelweis suggested that washing hands by Dr's prior to delivering babies would reduce mortality rates...he was ridiculed, apparently suffered a breakdown and was committed to an asylum by colleagues.
He was beaten by guards in the asylum and died following a large wound that turned gangerous
In a similar vein....(may have posted this before?)
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Google seems to confirm this is true...I did not know that
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@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
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@hooroo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
If there was enough food to feed gargantuan crocodiles I guess http://awesci.com/crocodiles-do-not-die/
which makes me wonder if those giant prehistoric sharks -megalodons- had the same problem, they keep growing, run out of enough food...there is also an immortal jellyfish
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-immortal-jellyfish -
@nostrildamus said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@hooroo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
If there was enough food to feed gargantuan crocodiles I guess http://awesci.com/crocodiles-do-not-die/
which makes me wonder if those giant prehistoric sharks -megalodons- had the same problem, they keep growing, run out of enough food...there is also an immortal jellyfish
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-immortal-jellyfish
Valid!! I like this. Imagine crocs hunting elephants twice a day! What a sight to behold. You think with evolution they would get quicker too. Hippos beware!!
Ignaz Semmelweis - Wikipedia
