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Maybe it was a bad tactic, but I'm attempting to illicit a response from acap that can settle the question of he/she/it being a real person or not.rstevenson wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:03 pm Why did I just hear Ma & Pa Kettle while I was reading that, Bruce? I suppose a bot could find and review those old movies, but they'd likely make it insane. Come to think of it, they may have made some humans insane too.
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BDanielMayfield wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:16 amMaybe it was a bad tactic, but I'm attempting to illicit a response from acaprstevenson wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:03 pm
Why did I just hear Ma & Pa Kettle while I was reading that, Bruce? I suppose a bot could find and review those old movies, but they'd likely make it insane. Come to think of it, they may have made some humans insane too.
that can settle the question of he/she/it being a real person or not.
No. Intelligent people have been engaging acap in deep discussion, and yet one of the moderators has raised the possibility that acap is not a person, and to the point of possibly 'pulling the plug.' So either acap is a human or its an it. My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person. It would be good for her or him to lay such doubts to rest.neufer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:45 amBDanielMayfield wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:16 amMaybe it was a bad tactic, but I'm attempting to illicit a response from acaprstevenson wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:03 pm
Why did I just hear Ma & Pa Kettle while I was reading that, Bruce? I suppose a bot could find and review those old movies, but they'd likely make it insane. Come to think of it, they may have made some humans insane too.
that can settle the question of he/she/it being a real person or not.
- You suspect acap of being a plurality?
The fact that acap seems to respond to my own posts with total bewilderment would support that idea.BDanielMayfield wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:34 am
My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person.
I often respond to your posts with total bewilderment, Art. Yet I'm sure I'm a real person.neufer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:39 amThe fact that acap seems to respond to my own posts with total bewilderment would support that idea.BDanielMayfield wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:34 am
My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person.
That was precisely my point, Rob(ot?).rstevenson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:54 pmI often respond to your posts with total bewilderment, Art. Yet I'm sure I'm a real person.neufer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:39 amThe fact that acap seems to respond to my own posts with total bewilderment would support that idea.BDanielMayfield wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:34 am
My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person.
Oops! I was be-bewildered I see.neufer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:59 pmThat was precisely my point, Rob(ot?).rstevenson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:54 pmI often respond to your posts with total bewilderment, Art. Yet I'm sure I'm a real person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_College_of_Applied_Psychology wrote:
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Hi, Anil,
Very nice to know you're real, and to make your acquaintance, in a digital sort of way.
It's not the non-standard concepts that bother me, it's the non-standard way of replying. It's also that there are definitely many bots visiting the forum, and that they are getting more and more sophisticated. There is an overlap in the way a bot behaves and the way a human with English second (or third, or fourth, etc) language behaves. If I can't tell, then I have to ask in a way that a bot would probably not understand and not be able to accidentally answer correctly (not a simple yes/no question) but a human should be able to.neufer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:53 pmHi, Anil,
The powers that be are always a little nervous about newbies who begin by spouting off non standard concepts. Most of us struggle to get our minds around the flood of new concepts coming from professional astronomers. What got you interested in astronomy?
J Krishnamurthy spoke of complete attention - a state in which there is no gap between the observer and the observed. The quality of attention is so complete that there is no gap between the observed & the observed. The observed is equal to the observe! This wipes out differences, conflict etc and brings in love, compassion etc.neufer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:05 pm"You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, singularity-kabobs, singularity creole, singularity gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple singularities, lemon singularities, coconut singularities, pepper singularities, singularity soup, singularity stew, singularity salad, singularities and potatoes, singularity burger, singularity sandwich..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity wrote:
Natural sciencesMathematics
- Singularity (system theory), refers in dynamical and social systems to a context in which a small change can cause a large effect
Gravitational singularity, a region in spacetime in which tidal gravitational forces become infinitePenrose–Hawking singularity theorems, theorems in general relativity theory about when gravitation produces singularities such as black holes
- Initial singularity, a hypothesized singularity of infinite density before quantum fluctuations caused the Big Bang and subsequent inflation that created the Universe
Prandtl–Glauert singularity, the point at which a sudden drop in air pressure occurs
Singularity (climate), a weather phenomenon associated with a specific calendar date
Van Hove singularity in the density of states of a materialComplex analysis
- Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not "well-behaved", for example infinite or not differentiable
Geometry
- Essential singularity, a singularity near which a function exhibits extreme behavior
Isolated singularity, a mathematical singularity that has no other singularities close to it
Movable singularity, a concept in singularity theory
Removable singularity, a point at which a function is not defined but at which it can be so defined that it is continuous at the singularity
- Singular point of a curve, where the curve is not given by a smooth embedding of a parameter
Singular point of an algebraic variety, a point where an algebraic variety is not locally flat
Rational singularity
