Yes, I've figured a logical use of LJ might be to let people comment easily on my stuff, while keeping my actual permanent stuff under my domainname and control.
I thought your notes regarding the discussion here (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/10/a_little_pessimism_about_extra.php) were deep, incisive and relevant. I wanted to let you know that I appreciate them and I think you're probably correct — and if you want to carry on the dialogue, I'd feel honored if you would fire out your messages at will as responses to the post (http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/24/a-little-cosmic-perspective/) I did.
Thanks for the comment. I feel honored that you essayed a reply. Intelligence might or might not be rare in the universe, but in the blogosphere it seems to be at a premium.
I see that you have our Buffy the Board Game expanded scenarios link listed as "possible dead archives" - sorry about that. We switched web providers a while back and that was something we forgot to port over. Anyway, if you ever get the itch to update the Buffy info page again, the Buffy extended scenarios are back online again at: http://www.wayside.tv/buffy.html
Ciao, Matthew Schutt Wayside Entertainment www.wayside.tv www.youtube.com/waysidetv
For that, you must die. However, it was worth it to see John C Wright complain a bit, even though I thought you were pretty unfair to him. He is nuts, but he's a better writer than you give him credit for...
As far as spin state goes, yeah, I recognize that the science is iffy--as in absolutely no way this works without gravity being wildly different than what we think it is. On the other hand, I thought the whole miners in space crack ludicrously unfair. Mining has never been an endeavour that was susceptible to wholesale replacement of labor with capital.
Anyways, I think the chief value of Spin State, at least, is that it is a cover of Ghost In the Shell, and one that is vastly superior to the SAC version, which is the best iteration of GitS.
Anyways, I had just reread the book and was motivated to give this late response...Feel free to delete, since I couldn't actually find your email addy. I will check out more of your website, it looks interesting.
I am a determinist and i am a socialist/libertarian. I consumed hundreds of hours of Noam Chomsky in audio format. I did not catch whether you are a capitalist-libertarian or not, but it doesn't matter because I just want to give my opinion and hear your thoughts.
I think human intelligence is wasted in capitalist society.
The real problem will be the preservation of the species. We almost had nuclear winter (either that or terminal nuclear war) just a few decades ago, and nobody even found out about it until this decade. ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasiliy_Arkhipov
I am not strictly a moralist, but I think if we're building a society, the real moral choice we should all make, is whether or not we as a species should see it as a moral imperative to build/create a society without unnecessary evils like starvation, for example. (We can build from there). If you haven't begun researching and evaluating that choice to the best of your ability, you can't claim to be a moral person.
So long as humans have existed, society has been designed to serve the interests of the few. As a very rough approximation, the top 5% might own and control 90% of the wealth and resources. They therefore have 100% control over all the "determinants" in the culture, so they can predict what people will do before they even choose to do it. They therefore have ultimate say in every single thing that happens, and they know it. But they do nothing to stop terrible things from happening.
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Hodgell's Latest
(Anonymous) 2006-10-04 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)Just thought you and the folks who frequent your site might be interested.
- Chomiji
Re: Hodgell's Latest
Your post on Pharyngula
(Anonymous) 2006-10-25 07:04 am (UTC)(link)Thanks for the comment. I feel honored that you essayed a reply. Intelligence might or might not be rare in the universe, but in the blogosphere it seems to be at a premium.
Re: Your post on Pharyngula
Re: Your post on Pharyngula
Buffy the Board Game link
(Anonymous) 2007-09-14 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)Ciao,
Matthew Schutt
Wayside Entertainment
www.wayside.tv
www.youtube.com/waysidetv
Re: Buffy the Board Game link
You talked smack about Spin State on PZ's site two years ago...
(Anonymous) 2008-12-03 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)However, it was worth it to see John C Wright complain a bit, even though I thought you were pretty unfair to him. He is nuts, but he's a better writer than you give him credit for...
As far as spin state goes, yeah, I recognize that the science is iffy--as in absolutely no way this works without gravity being wildly different than what we think it is. On the other hand, I thought the whole miners in space crack ludicrously unfair. Mining has never been an endeavour that was susceptible to wholesale replacement of labor with capital.
Anyways, I think the chief value of Spin State, at least, is that it is a cover of Ghost In the Shell, and one that is vastly superior to the SAC version, which is the best iteration of GitS.
Anyways, I had just reread the book and was motivated to give this late response...Feel free to delete, since I couldn't actually find your email addy. I will check out more of your website, it looks interesting.
Re: You talked smack about Spin State on PZ's site two years ago...
hi there
(Anonymous) 2010-02-02 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)I am a determinist and i am a socialist/libertarian. I consumed hundreds of hours of Noam Chomsky in audio format. I did not catch whether you are a capitalist-libertarian or not, but it doesn't matter because I just want to give my opinion and hear your thoughts.
I think human intelligence is wasted in capitalist society.
The real problem will be the preservation of the species. We almost had nuclear winter (either that or terminal nuclear war) just a few decades ago, and nobody even found out about it until this decade. ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasiliy_Arkhipov
I am not strictly a moralist, but I think if we're building a society, the real moral choice we should all make, is whether or not we as a species should see it as a moral imperative to build/create a society without unnecessary evils like starvation, for example. (We can build from there). If you haven't begun researching and evaluating that choice to the best of your ability, you can't claim to be a moral person.
http://starvation.net/terrorism-vs-starvation-chart.htm
So long as humans have existed, society has been designed to serve the interests of the few. As a very rough approximation, the top 5% might own and control 90% of the wealth and resources. They therefore have 100% control over all the "determinants" in the culture, so they can predict what people will do before they even choose to do it. They therefore have ultimate say in every single thing that happens, and they know it. But they do nothing to stop terrible things from happening.
I'd really like to come and meet you eventually.