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bmitc 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Is the Sun Conscious? (2021) [pdf]

>> I think our brains are machines for predicting what happens next.

> Technologist thinks that humans are machines (breaking news)

While I also dismiss or at least be careful of the inherent biases of technocratic viewpoints, humans and life in general are very much made of many types of machines.

Take a look at these videos:

https://youtu.be/wJyUtbn0O5Y

https://youtu.be/7Hk9jct2ozY

I.e., life is insane and bewildering.

keybored 8 months ago [–]

Well actually :nerd_face: technocracy is a completely different thing (the belief that the educated specialists should rule society)

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