Natanox

@Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm literally a thinking lump of fat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If it is an emerging property then the sense of “self” is most likely bound to this “lump of fat”; more precisely its inability to have connections to someone else except through physical barriers. the most interesting aspect of this is probably what siamese twins once described who were connected at their head. They said that they could “hear the other one’s thoughts”.

  if we could share our minds with one another it would most likely completely change our understanding of consciousness. Likewise, if something can survive the death of the body (the “emerging property” part) then most likely not as an individual given that part is more of a property of our brains.

  It’s self-evident why esoterical stuff got hooked on these things. The idea of closure on one of the most central religious questions is really appealing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm literally a thinking lump of fat⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To my knowledge there are interesting quantum-mechanical effects at play as well though. There’s a lot of esoterical nonsense around that of course, however first discoveries pointing into this direction are quite promising.

  I always remember a quote from Alan Watts talking about this topic: “You are the universe experiencing itself”. The idea of consciousness being an emerging property of the universe itself makes most sense to me, and the non-deterministic properties of quantum mechanics open this possibility.

  Definitely more inspiring to think about it this way than just as a lump of fat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Causes of Death in London (1623)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “My teeth are killing me” meant something pretty different back then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions our energy sector⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your estimation goes way off because you still believe lithium ion to be the only viable solution. By now Sodium-Ion batteries are already installed even in EVs and can be produced without any critical resource like lithium.

  And then of course there are all the other storage solution. Like I said, there even are storage solutions like concrete balls. Successfully tested in 2016, here an article from 2013.

  By now it wouldn’t be wise to stifle this enormous emerging market of various technologies by using expensive, problematic technology (not just because the biggest producer of fuel rods is Russia).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions our energy sector⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you underestimate how much storage power is currently being build and how many different technologies are available. In Germany alone there currently are 61 projects planed and in the approval phase boasting a combined 180 Gigawatts of potential power until 2030. Those of them that are meant to be build at old nuclear power plants (the grid connection is already available there) are expected to deliver 25% of the necessary storage capacity. In addition all electric vehicles that are assumed to be on the road until 2030 add another potential 100GW of power.

  Of course these numbers are theoretical as not every EV will be connected to a bidirectional charger and surely some projects will fail or delay, however given the massive development in this sector and new, innovative tech (not just batteries but f.e. a concrete ball placed 800m below sea level, expected to store energy extremely well at 5.8ct / kilowatt) there’s very much reason for optimism here.

  It’s also a funny sidenote that France, a country with a strong nuclear strategy, frequently buys power from Germany because it’s so much cheaper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨smart engineering⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  sigh even jokes communicate stuff; they’re especially powerful in normalizing things.

  I’m aware people hate it when someone criticizes jokes. However when bad stuff gets normalized it’s necessary to point that out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨smart engineering⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Celebrating selfishness and deception is just that, no matter how warped the perception of a theoretical majority of people might be. Perpetuating such nonsense will only cause more harm in the future. It’s not a sign of good behaviour or even mental health to be well adapted to a broken system.

  So yeah, not “smart”. Disgusting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨smart engineering⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So it’s smart to scam people. Interesting take.