In fact Einstein was the inventor of he photoelectric effect and nuclear energy was really a robot invented by a burocrat of the Prusian state. Long live to our Holy Leviatan
2014-12-14 20:22 GMT+01:00 meekerdb <[email protected]>: > > Technology doesn't come by magic. Nuclear power and photovoltaics were > both developed by the government. Low emission automobiles were developed > in response to government regulation. Sure technology is the solution to > global warming, but technology takes development and development takes > money. Regulations not only restrict things, they also promote things. > One of the impediments to building thorium based nuclear powerplants is > that there are not regulations for them. If you propose building one the > first thing investors, local communities, local governments will ask is, > "Will it meet all the safety requirments and regulations." There aren't any > (except the generic ones) so you can't get approval to build it. This is a > problem only the federal government can overcome by doing the initial > development and writing safety standards based on the operation of pilot > plants. No capitalist is going to invest in such a developmental project - > it's too risky at the legal level even if the technology were already > developed (which it isn't). > > Brent > > > On 12/14/2014 7:45 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > > The important thought to take away, is, rely on technology to perform a > real world, Newtonian physics, reality. Do not rely on Regulations for a > fix, not by itself. Technology. It either works or it doesn't. laws are > words can always be made into lies, and deception. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Resch <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > To: Everything List <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Dec 13, 2014 1:10 pm > Subject: Re: real A.I. > > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 10:44 AM, John Clark <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >> > And deniers are luddite morons who think we can fix global warming on >>> short notice when it gets a lot worse but we can't screw it up in the >>> meantime. >>> >> >> For heaven's sake, by 2100 we'll have full Nanotechnology and Quantum >> Computers at our disposal, or rather the human race's AI successors will. >> Global warming is small potatoes. >> >> > On this I agree with John. If anyone can be accused of luddism, its the > "technological singularity deniers", who believe technology progresses at a > constant linear rate and are ignorant of projections of the coming > intelligence explosion. The technological singularity will happen well > before 2100, and if it doesn't, it will be because we've already wiped > ourselves out. > > For those unfamiliar with the concept, I recommend this as a good primer: > > http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns > > An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological > change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense “intuitive linear” > view. So we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it > will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate). The > “returns,” such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase > exponentially. There’s even exponential growth in the rate of exponential > growth. Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human > intelligence, leading to The Singularity — technological change so rapid > and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The > implications include the merger of biological and nonbiological > intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and ultra-high levels of > intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light. > > > Jason > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alberto. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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