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1 posted on 01/01/2016 9:21:47 AM PST by CtBigPat
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It would be a simple matter to write a program that searches the Internet for certain keywords and generates realistic rants — of any kind.


2 posted on 01/01/2016 9:22:35 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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That explain the Freepers demanding more lesser evil liberals be elected every 4 years no matter what. They arent even human. Which doesn’t shock me.


3 posted on 01/01/2016 9:25:38 AM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come)
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Great article. Well worth the click.


11 posted on 01/01/2016 9:34:54 AM PST by FourPeas (Chocolate, sugar and lots of caffeine. Hard to beat that.)
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One of the greatest progressive evils is tricking young people into thinking the loss of identity is liberating. On the contrary, it is devastating, for individual freedom and responsibility are impossible to sustain without individuality. The loss of identity is an essential component of slavery, not liberty.

The left's goal.

14 posted on 01/01/2016 9:37:59 AM PST by FourPeas (Chocolate, sugar and lots of caffeine. Hard to beat that.)
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To: CtBigPat

Interesting article. We might be at the point where computers become self aware and a good percentage of humans lose their individuality and become unthinking stimulus-response machines.


16 posted on 01/01/2016 9:49:36 AM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: CtBigPat

Libs are retarded and can’t pass a simple IQ test for machines.


18 posted on 01/01/2016 9:51:48 AM PST by LibWhacker
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“It is very difficult to tell the difference between a Social Justice Warrior and a bot program”

John, I hate to tell you this, but it’s not just the SJWs.
Society in general has embraced the PC-dhimmitude that fears giving offense. Whether you realize it or not, you and I and most everyone else self-censor so obsessively it’s amazing we can even answer the phone. When is the last time you used the “N” word (see what I mean?) in public discourse? How long did it take to go from “illegal alien” to “illegal immigrant” to “immigrant”? There are millions of other examples.

Physician heal thyself.


22 posted on 01/01/2016 10:04:38 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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I do not think I ever imagined it would become so easy to irritate people. I like the idea that you should be able to take as much comfort in the enemies you make as the friends who surround you. I sent trhe article to my two sons intend to continue the tradition.


26 posted on 01/01/2016 10:14:22 AM PST by Retain Mike
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I’ve encountered a few of these nitwits. It’s never fun.


29 posted on 01/01/2016 10:20:01 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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bump for later


36 posted on 01/01/2016 10:30:18 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Look, the establishment doesn't want me, because I don't need the establishment." --Donald Trump)
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I like to think of PC as groupthink done on purpose. Which brings up the question, why on earth would anyone want to do groupthink on purpose?! Do they imagine this isn’t going to get away from them and take on a life of its own? Which I suppose argues against failing the Turing test, at least from an aggregate standpoint. So I guess the point then really, of PC, is to reduce human thought to something sub-human and not capable of evidencing independence. Does groupthink qualify as an artificial intelligence I wonder? If so, and witch hunts, tulip mania, and the South Sea bubble are what’s in store, better be careful what you wish for!


44 posted on 01/01/2016 10:52:17 AM PST by BlackAdderess (Proud member of the "vulgar unwashed masses")
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This is my analysis of how this conditioning is accomplished in the public school system:

https://backyardfence.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/a-critique-of-critical-thinking/

Enjoy!


47 posted on 01/01/2016 12:45:01 PM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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collectivists have degraded human thought and speech so much that machines are already better conversationalists. >>>>
collectively yes but individually not so.


52 posted on 01/01/2016 3:07:50 PM PST by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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Wonderful article, and thanks for posting. Orwell pointed out this phenomenon in 1984 - "The command of the old despotisms was "Thou shalt not". The command of the totalitarians was "Thou shalt". Our command is "Thou art"." There is no more complete control over an individual than the control of identity, not even physical confinement.

Examples abound. Under communism one dared not be a recidivist, a revisionist, or a counter-revolutionary, at quite literally the cost of one's life. Nor is conservatism exempt: how many times do we read conformist accusations on FR that one is not a "true conservative"?

The issue is complicated somewhat in politics by the fact that reflexive refusal to adopt conformist attitudes is itself a form of conformism. Hence the contrarian: "the United States is always wrong" differs not one whit from "the United States is always right" and dances equally to the voice of authority, merely in the opposite direction. And is equally furious in denying it.

53 posted on 01/01/2016 3:46:59 PM PST by Billthedrill
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