Category: Freedom
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AI. Games. Intelligence. Humans.
Artificial Intelligence is constantly beating humans in more and more board games. Some years ago, the same team that created that Go-playing bot celebrated something more formidable: an artificial intelligence system that is capable of teaching itself—and winning at—three different games. The AI is one network, but works for multiple games; that generalizability makes it […]
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Made free… Only to be enslaved… Worms… Gods…
Atoms are composed of electrons moving around a central nucleus they are bound to. The electrons can also be torn away, overcoming the confining force of their nucleus, using the powerful electric field of a laser. Half a century ago, the theorist Walter Henneberger wondered if it was possible to free an electron from its […]
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Gods… Society… Punishment… Freedom…
Today’s most popular religions have one thing in common: gods or supernatural laws (such as karma) that dictate moral behavior and punish transgressions. Act morally and these supernatural forces will reward you; break the rules and you’ll be punished. But moralizing gods seem to be quite rare in human history. Researchers know from ethnographies that […]
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“Freedom” & Marxism: The threat to our civilization. Christianity: The cure.
Neo marxist ideology has for a long time conquered the West. Even though we believe we won the Cold War, ideologically we lost. The materialistic ideology of the atheistic USSR, based in part on the revolutionary liberal rhetoric of the age of revolutions which started with the French Revolution, has appealed to many people. More and […]
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From democracy to totalitarianism. Gradually… Watch out USA! Don’t be Austria! [OR: Why we do not need child care centers]
“I am a witness to history. “I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. If you remember the plot of the Sound of Music, the Von Trapp family escaped over the Alps rather than submit to the Nazis. Kitty wasn’t so lucky. Her family chose to stay […]
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