Monthly Archives: April 2010
ALT! Who Goes There? – Part 4 – by Extropia DaSilva
THINGS WE THINK WITH. Try this exercise. Stop reading for a minute and take a look at the objects around you. Think about how they influence your life and your thinking. In the previous essay, we concentrated mostly on how other people play a part in shaping one’s developing personality. But humans are not just social animals, they are also prolific toolmakers. The cultural artefacts we have created enter into…
A for Apologies?
Ok, I admit it, this year’s April Fools’ “joke” was probably in bad taste and definitely went out of control… and I guess that multiple apologies are in order. However, the end result was curiously quite positive, so bear with me for a moment… My problem is that I’m not famous for my sense of humour, so it’s often not easy to find a theme to blog about on April 1….
ALT! Who Goes There? Part Three by Extropia DaSilva
In the previous essay, we saw how philosophy embarked on a failed quest to find the core self. Something else that has occupied philosophers’ minds through the ages is the nature of reality. What is it, in and of itself? Are we in a position to know? In concepts and thought experiments like ‘the veil of Maya’, ‘Plato’s Cave’, ‘Descartes’ evil deceiver’ and ‘Nozik’s Experience Machine’, we are invited to…
Speculative Splitting
Well, drama aside, I just wanted to refresh a suggestion for the Road Ahead for Linden Lab®. It is deeply buried inside the long list of comments on my recent post. I cannot take credit from the overall concept, because I saw it suggested somewhere else — and sadly forgot to keep a link for it, because I didn’t think it was worth considering at that time. A couple of…
F for Fail
[Ok, so, you should be wary of what you read on April 1... don't take this article too seriously! Nevertheless, I seemed to have been rather insulting to many of you, so I wrote a new article with some apologies — and some surprising news!] The past few days I have been rather frustrated with Linden Lab’s technical support. While I’m sure that I will get the answers I require…
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