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Urialanis

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arc1991 said:


Will you ever look at this sign the same again? =D
I see this sign like 30 times a day at work and it always gives me a wry smile that confuses everyone else.

OT: If you actually created AI capable of independent thought and learning would its emotions/reactions/personality be as boring as the rest of humanity?
 
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Jasper Jeffs said:
Why does pain hurt?

I either get a strange look or "because it does". I still dunno why it hurts, or what pain even is. I feel pain, but I have no idea why it hurts me, or what "hurt" is. Ah fuck, I'm just diving by zero here.
It hurts because its causing damage to your body. And your body needs to warn you that one of your systems is being violated. Said violation is negative so you get a negative feeling sent to your brain by the nervers reporting the violation. Which results in a negative feeling. So "hurt" is your body warning you not to do something (like walk through thorns)
 

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Wintermute_ said:
Your trapped in a room with Justin Beiber, Miley Cirus, both are having a karaoke contest, and you have only one bullet in your revolver. What to do?
I believe it's pronounced... "menage a trois?"
 

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The Jakeinator said:
Sacman said:
The Jakeinator said:
Sacman said:
arc1991 said:


Will you ever look at this sign the same again? =D
I don't get it...
Imagine the bottom one is flying.
so he's flying, I still don't get it...
Alright, he's flying. Imagine you are seeing this "Superman" from the side, where his arm and legs are lined up so you can only see 1 arm. His Penis is sticking out, and he is wearing a cape. Now let that image sink it.

For some people, they would think of that image when they saw something like this instead if the default.

Am I making a point across? It's hard to explain things in sentences for me.
oh yeah I see it now...
 

Maze1125

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CJackson95 said:
Infinite + Infinite = ???
The answer is an infinity equal to the cardinality of the largest infinity in the sum.

Or, more simply, infinity + infinity = infinity.

Private Custard said:
I have one.

If a fly is flying down the railway line and happens to meet the windscreen of a train travelling in the opposite direction, does the fly stop before going back in the same direction as the train, even for a nanosecond?

Logic states that if something is going to suddenly change direction 180 degrees (with no deviation left or right), it'll have to stop, even for the smallest time. But if the train is moving in that direction, how could the fly stop before going the other way?
Each particle in the fly will have a moment at which it is stationary relative to the ground. But those moments will be at different times.
Equally, there will be a moment when the total momentum of the fly would be zero relative to the ground.

The problem can be unintuitive because one thing people forget is that the glass of the train window will bend slightly, very very slightly, as the fly hits.
 

Urialanis

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The Jakeinator said:
Urialanis said:
arc1991 said:


Will you ever look at this sign the same again? =D
I see this sign like 30 times a day at work and it always gives me a wry smile that confuses everyone else.

OT: If you actually created AI capable of independent thought and learning would its emotions/reactions/personality be as boring as the rest of humanity?
Possibly. Depends on what happens in it's life.
Guess so just wonder how similar you could make something without a brain to a person essentially.
 

Dexiro

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CJackson95 said:
Infinite + Infinite = ???
Infinite + infinite = infinite

It's already the max value so it doesn't increase.

Or maybe double infinite! x3
 

Underground Man

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Mariakitten said:
Will time ever end?
According to modern cosmological theory, the universe will end by fizzling out, thus rendering time meaningless. Our perception of time is very biased anyway, all dependent on the earth's rotation and whatnot.