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[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@jjl8813 @jdcmedlock It's one of those things that's *obviously* true which is then exclusively used stupidly

Why do Republicans always insist that no matter how low tax rates go, we must still be on the right side of the curve??

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@interro_9 We lie badly to kids when we imply that a career is like a marriage. That the goal is to only have one. That hasn't been realistic for decades. I know few boomers that have had only one career

We should have taught them this instead (from the incomparable @ZachWeiner):

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@Noahpinion Seems like a very strong sign that "software generation" is a tiny part of the business.

It's so easy to make twitter it's sometimes an interview question

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@izzyz Calling consciousness an illusion is like that old saw about the true author of the Iliad not being Homer, but a different author of the same name.

Okay, then why does the illusion work in such a way that produces qualia

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@the_yanco I think a good place to start is understand why some governments are broadly good for humanity and some aren't.

The United States is far smarter and more powerful than I am, why does it treat its citizens better than ancient egypt did?

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@omarluqq @theantipk @xereeto This isn't a new debate. "Everything is conscious" is probably more compatible with physicalism than brain juice makes consciousness. It has the advantage of being simpler.

I'm not even talking about "I don't know with absolute certainty".

We don't have any idea at all

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@omarluqq @theantipk @xereeto Arent you the one making the positive claim?

If there was a thing called "znoot" and you were pretty sure that cows had "znoot" what should you say when asked if rocks had "znoot"?

Anything other than "I don't know" is obviously indefensible.

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@phl43 Right? By this logic a dog has never bitten a human.

A bee has never stung a human.

Why didn't you just persuade the bee not to sting you?

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@thomasmetcalf @ClickingSeason What could possibly qualify as evidence if the question is unfalsifiable in the first place.

That's core to the definition of "evidence" that there exists some fact that can be determined which would show that consciousness is not present

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@Bobbie_Westside @mattyglesias I would be fascinated.

Anyone going out with me is a lefty weirdo, so one that ALSO thinks Art of the Deal is their favorite book is about to say some deeply interesting stuff

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@arindube I'm not convinced LLMs are conscious or have welfare.

If I wasn't a human I don't know how you'd convince me humans are conscious or have welfare.

If you could describe a falsifiable test, in advance, that would change your mind, I'd be inclined to take your musings seriously

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@fivin3975 @AliceFromQueens COVID?

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@scottlincicome Really, really hate reporting a component of a net number as a fraction of the total.

Like measuring the takeoff of a 0.5g rocket and then claiming "the 1.5g of thrust accounts for 300% of acceleration!"

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@philipmathews51 @biggsag It excludes a few things that actually underrate millennial wealth. The value accrued in a DB plan is pretty low at millennial/GenZ age, and retirement plans are far more common today

DB plans peaked at 38% of private sector jobs nearly 50 years ago, when boomers were 25ish

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@biggsag @philipmathews51 Yes. You are correct, I was responding to @philipmathews51

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@philipmathews51 @biggsag This turns out to be untrue. Both the median and average millennial has more wealth than the median and average boomer did at their age.

Gen Z has even more wealth than both!

(Yes the numbers are inflation adjusted)

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@hecubian_devil If a bunch of people want this it's okay. They're allowed to want stuff that you don't like. It's allowed to be common. I bet you anything my records will still exist. I bet you anything you will be able to buy records.

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@hecubian_devil The only problem with this is that none of it is true. DVDs still exist. I own a record player. It is never been easier for me to get a record. It has never been easier for anyone to get a record

Spotify existing has not forced me into it

Are more bookstores opening or closing?

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@literally_chad Trump didn't prove that the rules didn't matter. He proved extra publicity is helps more than breaking the rules hurts

In other words, "Attention is all you need"

[adam woods @Higgs2266]

@boulahouech @signulll The problem is that "bullshit job" is actually defined as "a job David Graeber" doesn't understand.

We should wonder why corpos would hate money so much as to generate that many bullshit jobs.

More likely Graeber doesn't know literally everything about everything