StringJunky

These aberrations are necessary mechanisms for evolution to occur. We wouldn't be where we are today if these aberrations didn't occur. We are born from and exist in a kaleidoscope of change.

My ex-sister-in-law moaned that her car wasn't working properly. I said "I know nothing about cars". She replied "I know, I need a man". For her, 'manliness' is function of what one can do. The insult aside, 'maleness' and its opposite are clearly social constructs. She's on her third marriage, so that tells one quite a bit. She's clearly too thick to realize what what she wants is not what she needs.

Strange, the US is a de-escalating, peace loving nation. <whistles>

I find it bemusing that insanely rich people think they understand the problems of the vast majority and think they can help, all the while, creating the conditions of poverty by draining the country's wealth away in some obscure overseas shell company.

One thing I will agree with the OP is that, presently and for the foreseeable future, so called 'AI devices' are just dumb LLM's and the hype is just that. I would rather just call them LLMs because that's what they are at this time. Analogously, I think we are just at the 'primordial soup' stage.

If the joke doesn't 'work', clarify immediately. It's good manners. Jokes are often used to disguise a weakening argument.

The people engaged mostly with the OP are not contrarian for the sake of being so.

OK. I was being kind.

I;m not the only one. From an Aspie: This could have portended the future: Does that inspire confidence that he has safety at the forefront of his mind?

But have you got the obligatory Hunter wellington boots and Barbour jacket in the boot?

Spot on. I don't get the same sense of dissonance with others, that I can think of, as I do with him. I'll have to try to find out how many people have been harmed on the various platforms as a result of their interactions on them. As iNow puts it, if he can't hear the cries of customers, he shouldn't be doing the job, just as I can't be expected to be an air traffic controller or hifi sound engineer; being deaf. I don't think he has the personal insight to recognize that. One of the GOP senators actually said to his face he has blood on his hands... which he evidently does have.

A few things I've read about him over the years and his presentation suggests to me he probably has less than normal insight into other peoples thinking; empathy deficit. This guy's running a social media company, so it matters.

Mark Zuckerberg is one. Look at the damage his efforts appear to be causing socially on a global scale. He controls Facebook.

Hedgehog car- the prick's are inside.

Dwarfism is a disadvantage under open-air conditions. In forests and subterranean environs it's an advantage; some Amazonian groups tend to be short.

First thing to ask is 'Is the behaviour pathological to the subject or to those around them. If not, then in the long term, it probably can be accepted as 'normal' behaviour , or at least looked into for potential recategorisation. A lot of the pathology is a result of how such people are received. The social pathology towards these people is caused by lack of acceptance, rather than anything intrinsically wrong with them. If it's not harmful it is another evolutionary arrow to put in our quiver that can ensure our continuity as a species, and indeed all species.

Hermaphrodites don't get a look in then; looking under the whole biological umbrella of organisms.

I like that: tweeting becomes Xcreting.

No one owns them. Usage trends determine the actual definitions. They don't define the words, they reflect contemporary meanings; how people use them in the aggregate. I find the concept of cultural misappropriation a bit nebulous and hypocritical, since all cultures borrow some things off each other... same with these social identity labels.

Oops. You are right. Corrected.

Ok. On lobbying: A chap with just nine shares in Tesla has just knocked Musk off his financial perch by having a judge anull his 50-odd billion pay packet. Appeals are on, of course, but I thought "That's interesting". It was ultimately financed by "no win, no fee" legal help. You have to balance that with the cost to the tax payer at research level. How much of that research is taken on by pharmaceutical companies vs not used? This article relates to research access but it mentions the total spend: Taxpayers spend $140 billion funding science each year — but can't access many of the results

One of the most common defences by Big Pharma for price gouging is that it will affect innovation. Not much of a leg to stand on, it seems to me. People on your level should be more vocal and tell them to stop misleading the public and naive politicians.

You routinely make such statements with no context or explanation. Do you get a kick out of being purposely vague? This is my thread. Please stop. Telepathy is not one of my talents. On topic: I think the true long term intent of the present administration is clear in the Defence Minister's statement in answer to the US's statement admonishing the settler's current exploitative tactics in the West Bank:

This flies over my head