To those who don't remember, Asimov's Three Laws are:
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a
human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where
such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does
not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
-- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/26/1733233/eben-moglen-time-to-apply-asimovs-first-law-of-robotics-to-smartphones
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
"I want to tell everybody a true story"
«I know it all from Diogenes to the Foucault
from Lavochkin^1 to Passepartout^2
Я клянусь, обоссав два пальца - что ты!
что музыка пошла от звуков му!»
[And I swear while pissing with two fingers, like so,
that music has come from the sound of "Moo!"]
- Gogol Bordello, "Start wearing purple"
Funny, I was thinking the same thing this morning.
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Lavochkin
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Passepartout
from Lavochkin^1 to Passepartout^2
Я клянусь, обоссав два пальца - что ты!
что музыка пошла от звуков му!»
[And I swear while pissing with two fingers, like so,
that music has come from the sound of "Moo!"]
- Gogol Bordello, "Start wearing purple"
Funny, I was thinking the same thing this morning.
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Lavochkin
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Passepartout
Friday, June 22, 2012
redefinition
Philosophy does not solve problems. The duty of philosophy is not to
solve problems, but to redefine problems: to show how what we
experience as a problem is a false problem. -- Zizek, in Zizek!
(minute 30), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0jxclqEJD8
solve problems, but to redefine problems: to show how what we
experience as a problem is a false problem. -- Zizek, in Zizek!
(minute 30), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0jxclqEJD8
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
reason
Wilson Quarterly
(http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8242469)
c/o Ted Newcomb
"Most people make a lot of mistakes when reasoning solo, but in group
settings they tend to be quite skilled at making arguments and
evaluating those of others. One study found that participants got only
about 10 percent of the answers in a tough logic test correct on their
own. When they worked in a group, the scores soared to 80 percent. In
the absence of a challenge from others, people tend to reach for the
most readily available (and often wrong) conclusion. But in groups,
better arguments will win out over time. That the human mind works
best when prodded by others should come as no surprise. Over the
centuries, groups and pairs of people working together have produced
some of the greatest scientific achievements and philosophical
dialogues....Social animals that humans are, it takes partners,
colleagues, and friends to make the most of the mind."
(http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8242469)
c/o Ted Newcomb
"Most people make a lot of mistakes when reasoning solo, but in group
settings they tend to be quite skilled at making arguments and
evaluating those of others. One study found that participants got only
about 10 percent of the answers in a tough logic test correct on their
own. When they worked in a group, the scores soared to 80 percent. In
the absence of a challenge from others, people tend to reach for the
most readily available (and often wrong) conclusion. But in groups,
better arguments will win out over time. That the human mind works
best when prodded by others should come as no surprise. Over the
centuries, groups and pairs of people working together have produced
some of the greatest scientific achievements and philosophical
dialogues....Social animals that humans are, it takes partners,
colleagues, and friends to make the most of the mind."
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