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"SBA Thanks You For All The Fish" (santabarbarianlsx)
10/15/2020 at 10:28 • Filed to: None

This just ran in Scientific American. In a year sullied by the mis-use of science to advance the quest for political gain and clicks, I guess I find this deeply depressing. YMMV.

Whatever the truth here, I’m gonna wager that the Over-Under on it isn’t “50". But it’s 100% Clickbait.

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DISCUSSION (32)

CobraJoe > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 10:36

This follows the Jack Reacher school of probability.

The options are either “Yes” or “No”, so the probability is 50/50.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 10:39

Yeah but it doesn’t really matter, now does it?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/15/2020 at 10:42

Oh, it absolutely does matter because it advances a Trumpian-Inverse- Schroedinger theory of “It’s whatever I say it is...”

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 10:43

Scientific American? More like Philosophic American.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
10/15/2020 at 10:44

Yeah. Exactly. I’m like “WTF happened to Scientific American????”

Future next gen S2000 owner > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 10:45

I’ve heard about a theory that the more we understand and know about the universe operates, the greater the chance that we are living in a simulation.

Sovande > CobraJoe
10/15/2020 at 10:49

Nice to know there is another fine literature buff on the site. Not everyone appreciates the subtle nuance of a finely crafted Lee Child novel.

Kinja'd!!!

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Future next gen S2000 owner
10/15/2020 at 10:55

I dunno. That feels more like Computer Science Majors “projecting” their view of the world....

If you go down the path of “it’s contrived” I gotta think whatever they’re simulating? Is probably not worth the bother. I guess that’s the nihilistic view.

ttyymmnn > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 11:02

Kinja'd!!!

ibRAD > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
10/15/2020 at 11:09

Without philosophy, would there be science?

flatisflat > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 11:13

A philosophy professor of mine shared the idea that to find out if we’re living in a simulation is based on the assumption that whomever / whatever created said simulation would allow us the tools to figure that out. Which is ...a bold assumption.

Reverse-engineering a simulation based on only what you can perceive from within said simulation is inherently futile.

Tripper > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 11:24

This is my favorite theory behind the “meaning of life” or whatever. I don’t believe it, but its my favorite one to chat about.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 11:36

Same thing that happened to TLC “The Learning Channel”, Discovery, History Channel, Popular Mechanics magazine...etc.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 11:44

Sound like the author got high while watching the pot smoking scene in Animal House.

Future next gen S2000 owner > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 11:52

Could be. If it is a simulation, how were the simulators created? Maybe it’s all dream within a simulation?

RallyWrench > Sovande
10/15/2020 at 11:55

Not everyone appreciates the subtle nuance of a finely crafted pen mug, either. But I do.

Sovande > RallyWrench
10/15/2020 at 12:00

This part of the shelves really radiates class. That’s an old brass spitting above the Lee Child tomes, and below is a picture of the planter I have. It’s a Toto urinal as I strive to have only the best.

Kinja'd!!!

Sovande > Sovande
10/15/2020 at 12:15

*spittoon - fucking autocorrect

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/15/2020 at 12:17

I find it sad... another information source.... that you can’t depend on.

Hell, even PBS and NPR have run with some crazy-ass stuff in the last three years.

ClassicDatsunDebate > Sovande
10/15/2020 at 12:19

Or a Tom Cruise fan

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 12:24

Even BBC news, which I would say is the “Gold Standard” of journalism, is more clickbaity and shit these days.

It’s the end of the world man.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/15/2020 at 12:28

Yeah, I’m kinda down to thinking “Life just exists to gaslight us all into oblivion.”

My best source of what’s going on in the world is OPPO.

404 - User No Longer Available > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 12:30

Get outside, take off your clothes and f old yourself 12 times.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > 404 - User No Longer Available
10/15/2020 at 12:37

That’s what I told the MoneyBugs...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > 404 - User No Longer Available
10/15/2020 at 12:39

And, just for the record, that’s BY FAR, my favorite R&M episode. The sheer density of gags, references and sly nods goes far, far beyond a dipping sauce. It’s a work of pure genius, start to finish. Plus, Shoney’s finally gets some respect.

Brickman > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 13:15

I need a new graphics chip. Object detail distance won’t go up. Also I overheat when running too many processes.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Brickman
10/15/2020 at 13:26

Myself? Victim of bloatware...

DipodomysDeserti > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 14:15

Yeah, I’m kinda down to thinking “Life just exists to gaslight us all into oblivion.”

Oblivion being sitting at home and consuming crap.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > DipodomysDeserti
10/15/2020 at 14:43

Lock it all down, baby!

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 15:35

It’s a better strategy than you think . Getting news from channels not meant for distributing news is a pretty good filter for BS that doesn’t matter, since only things people actually think are important will get discussed.

Obviously there’s a problem with that last part, but it’s better than just taking anything some blogger posts at face value.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
10/15/2020 at 15:37

It’s also a great recipe for self-referential BS being accepted as fact-- “since it fits what I already think to be true”.

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/15/2020 at 15:42

Might have been true some time ago, but nowadays “journalists” are just as, if not more, guilty of that then the average person.