Don't worry, I might not be on a platform, but I'm still where it counts :) I would love to answer in German, sadly I don't remember much more than Danke schön! Well...

That was very refreshing, thanks ! :) Also, cheers.

There is the problem with higher education that I noticed - not a single soul stayed there in order to teach. People who stay either want to do further studies, enjoy learning etc. Teaching is treated

It refers to the text as a whole, I guess I can use this example from your post: "What makes a Klingon so special is that he hears an idea and then quickly runs off to tell it to everyone else! [...]The

"Don't be so sure that hearing or understanding an idea gives you any right to it, especially to treat it as yours. Possibility that you would come up with anything remotely good on your own is almost

I think you know that for me nothing is safe from debate :D Which is pretty annoying at times. I'm gonna address only one thing you said, so we don't spend whole evening behind the keyboard: "But

Extrapolations about "what AI will be like" or "how AI will gain self-awareness/consciousness" always seem to me like blind shots similar to those made by writers in the 50's about

Same here, I just finished my dinner :) Keep warm Erika! PS - Maybe tell your son to clean up :P

What I'm saying is that the "center" is not necessary in the "middle" - for example you have "cultural center", not "cultural middle". The thing is, center is something

To me this border is really hard to grasp - how much time spent on thinking allows going "deep enough", but at the same time not to move into illusion (dreamland is always tempting :] ). I'm

It's a joke, but you could pour out all their garbage and segregate it in your way :D I wonder what they would think about it... Also, you could look at both, society and person of authority, as if it

I wonder, if you would perceive something that you are doing as "not correct", would you do it? for how long can you deny yourself? how long it would take for you to make it "correct"?

I imagine exo-scelletons wouldn't be as empathic because if you bump into something it wouldn't hurt much. That is great and funny example! Thanks for the laughs. I'm always saying that even the smallest

More than just mere "make sense" :) It is funny that when you find some old writing of yours the first question that comes to mind is "Did I really wrote that?". I always have that

While I definitely agree that putting your insights into practice is very important, I'm always thinking that even pure thoughts can twist behavior unconsciously and because of that I don't think it gets

Oh my, this is too much, so I'm going to hold my horses and only ask one question :) Does "immortality" include being in a state of no change? If it does then you would be the same "being"

Great article of yours! It reminds me about the game theory :) Once more I find it hard to debate further as I agree with you too much... I always have this feeling we are only skimming the surface, no

I definitely agree with what you are saying. That struggle for perfection always startles me a bit, maybe atoms are just trying to be self-sufficient "enough"? Maybe we also should aim at that

Thanks, but being positive is not something I would aim at. It is useful for sure :)

About this one: How to Make the Present a Better Place to be In? By having and executing a plan. I'm always thinking that it may backfire by putting yourself into a prison. Although living means constantly