Maybe. But there’s a lot of “They’re coming for your napkins to maximize profit!”

Ya, this whole thread is unhinged. Very strange.

Moving my family back home after caring for an elderly parent for 3 years.

You just made an argument for reading books and applying the knowledge to build something because that first paragraph is ripe for copy pasta.

Ya, fair request. Not that the end result would be any worse than bombing, etc. But that would be the first report of sniper fire on civilians, afaik.

The talking skeleton show was “Tales From the Crypt.”

The skellyboi was the crypt keeper.

Civilians.

This type of cynical, self-righteous, pompous attitude is not helpful. No one is advocating for homogenized bot spam. They’re trying to grow a community that has a novel structure.

And if you think anyone potentially interested in coming here is merely an “easily confused moron with a short attention span,” then you’re part of the problem. And it says more about you than them.

That would be really pathetic if it was true instead of bullshit.

Ya, they didn’t even say, “Let her do it,” they said, “let her do her,” as in “you do you.” But it was a clumsy usage of the phrase.

That’s the adults only zone, similar.

Lazy, but do.

Consciousness is relevant, and your point should not be dismissed. But it is difficult to measure, so science is not able to comment on it yet, rightfully so.

Force of nature or not, some abstract philosophical conceps will have to wait to be tested experimentally or better described empirically in order to be applied the same way.

So what? I mean, not to be shitty, but this is important work that allows for this downplayed and pedantic take to even exist.

Experimental verifications should be celebrated, and the fact that they’re not is the problem with the current state of science journalism.

Both perspectives are true and effort is the key in either case.

Not everyone is destined to lose appreciation for the moment, regardless of “newness”.

Nor is everyone so easily adept at willing it to be so.

But engaged awareness, to your point, is a helpful consideration to be sure!

What a great tool to reach for!

Totally. Seems so dumb now, but as a kid those masks were so scary. Also, clowns.