Comments on: NRx @ LW

By: nyan_sandwich

nyan_sandwich — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:24:38 +0000

I almost wonder if a contingent of NRx trolls should invade LW and do the intellectual equivalent of gore and swastikas.

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:32:21 +0000

Good point. #AAAs for wireheading.

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:31:37 +0000

If consciousness is a real thing, it will have innate properties, like physics has entropy. Attempting to simulate physics in consciousness while ignoring entropy is as dumb as attempting to simulate consciousness in physics while ignoring…whatever it is consciousness has. The fact we don’t particularly know is my point, really.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:34:39 +0000

It would be great if the most dangerous enemies we were to end up with were wire-headers. On those grounds alone, they should be tactically supported in their take-over of the Cathedral cogni-core.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:32:37 +0000

@ Alrenous — I agree with most of that (although your confidence in what can be achieved with the concept of consciousness remains in my ‘under consideration’ drawer for now).

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:30:21 +0000

They’re model migrants in my book. As long as no one is half-witted enough to give them a vote, they’ll push up real estate values.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:29:03 +0000

Thanks. Caught that and headed the latest Chaos Patch with it.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 01:49:56 +0000

Opitz (and most of his LW commentators) failed to recognize the (primary) integrative/disintigrative antithesis. For NRx, the “will of Gnon” comes in at the policy level, for those interested in non-degenerative/salvatory policies for their particular community/region. NRx doesn’t consider the “will of Gnon” to be an objective value, but rather an objective force. And, so long as they are over there and not running things here, NRx policy analysts don’t particularly care if people take head of it.

By: Nick B. Steves

Nick B. Steves — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 00:50:10 +0000

Liked it better the other way.

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 00:46:15 +0000

"NRx is particular," Err, in particular.