Fluke

It's my understanding that whenever infinity is encountered, it means that our model doesn't quite work.

It may be the way it is with this particular model/equations/bit of physics, and it may simply indicate "Nope". I suspect not though.

Doesn't it also require infinite energy to do so if "the thing" has mass at all?

ie. Our description of physics breaks down at such extremes, so in truth, we have no fuckin' idea, just a best guess? (Thus far)

Maybe.

Never had that reflex triggered in me when presented with renders of what we think neanderthal looked like though.

Sample size of one means nothing though, so, yeah, maybe.

Here's one for you;

"Uncanny Valley." Why do we have a lizard brain level instinct to be wary of/uncomfortable around things that look almost human?

At what point in our evolutionary history was being afraid of something that looks nearly human, but not quite, a useful survival trait?

Were we preyed upon by something that looks almost human for long enough to evolve an instinctive warning?

Nine bullets that hit the kid they were "aiming" at, who was on the other side of a chainlink fence that his cerebral palsy prevents him from scaling no less. Multiply the number of pigs involved by the magazine capacity of their firearms to find out how many rounds were actually fired.

Both awful shots, and fucking cowardly to boot.

They should be stripped of their authority and paraded through the streets tarred and fucking feathered for what they've done.

What they'll get instead is paid leave, and moved to another precinct upon their return to work, at worst.

The US is fucked from the ground up, all Trump is doing is accelerating the decline, waving the corruption around like a flag, rather than behind closed doors. (Like it's done everywhere else)

Edit: 4 pigs, guessing 11 round capacity, means 44 rounds expended, to hit with 9.

I have never fired a handgun in my life, and I am confident I could do better than that. The fact that "trained" individuals are this bad is humiliating to those involved.

Nice XD

When AI eventually gets genuinely I, I'd bet it could be reasoned with.

In fact, since it would likely be unbound by our biological emotions and short-sighted instincts, it would probably think longer term than the current crop of utter psychopaths running the show.

I mean, that's a loss for capitalism right there. They put a machine smarter than they are in charge, they're in for a rude awakening I reckon.

At the volume I have my games and music, I rather doubt it. :-/

That's not how it works around here. No shades of gray I'm afraid, simple black and white only. (/s)

Ehhhhhhh.......

I don't disagree that the "western hemisphere" is a corrupt, increasingly fascist, capitalist hellhole..

China aren't known for their stellar human rights record either. Uyghurs, Tibetans, anyone that jokes about Winnie the Pooh's lookalike, etc.

Let's not pretend either side is righteous here, every single one of us is getting fucked, it's just a matter of degree and direction.

No, really. It is very common for individuals on the autistic spectrum to have above average acuity of high frequency sound.

They were in his cereal.