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To: Vaquero

“Elon Musk thinks it’s almost certain that we’re living in some version of The Matrix.”

Silliness. That’s like Einstein thinking space has curves in it.

Sometimes really smart guys have some exceedingly stupid ideas.


42 posted on 01/01/2026 11:51:26 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: DesertRhino

Explain human consciousness and tell us how it arises.


45 posted on 01/01/2026 12:05:50 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DesertRhino

And most times they are wrong. Read Kuhns book, The structure of Scientific Revolution. Very enlightening to read about all the explanations of natural phenomena by smart guys that turned out to be inadequate.


48 posted on 01/01/2026 12:32:02 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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