Monday, January 09, 2017

From Philosophy to Futurology

Philosophy, originating in bad-faith denials of its rhetoricity, has always been an alientaed pseudo-science. But philosophy pressured by the norms and forms of promotion and marketing becomes something even more alienated and pseudo-scientific: futurology.
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1 comment:

  1. jimf6:01 PM

    Foom and doom: why global warming isn't the most pressing threat
    (after, uh, global war?):

    http://reddragdiva.tumblr.com/post/155638987503/the-state-of-the-rationality-2017-why-artificial
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    the state of the rationality, 2017: why artificial intelligence
    will kill us all before global warming

    so! what’s eliezer yudkowsky been up to?
    ====

    Hey, there's only one degree of separation now between
    EY <--> Peter Thiel <--> Our President Donald Trump

    That would be entertaining, seeing The Donald getting all
    hopped up about the dangers of AI.

    Worth hauling out the popcorn popper. ;->


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