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Don Stockbauer

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Feb 17, 2019, 7:25:35 AM2/17/19

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here we go again.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 18, 2019, 7:52:33 AM2/18/19

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Are there any true physical infinities? I think so. language and dialogue.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 23, 2019, 8:06:21 AM2/23/19

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Don't you get tired of everything being a game?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 25, 2019, 8:25:37 AM2/25/19

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Is there anything I could say here which hasn't been said before?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 27, 2019, 7:45:03 AM2/27/19

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And you ride yourselves over the fields,
and you make all your animal deals,
and your wise men don't know how it feels,
to be thick,
as a brick.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 27, 2019, 11:12:40 AM2/27/19

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Aren't you disturbed that all your interactions with other humans have the form of games?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 27, 2019, 11:13:50 AM2/27/19

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When you write to a college or university professor, how can you tell if your message has gone to a grad student?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 27, 2019, 12:26:49 PM2/27/19

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What was that that Hofstadter said about someone who always cooperates in the single iteration Prisoner's Dilemma?

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 28, 2019, 8:37:08 AM2/28/19

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Could someone please send me a new copy of Godel, Escher, Bach? My copy has fallen apart from use. His other books are still in pretty good shape.

Don Stockbauer

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Feb 28, 2019, 11:48:21 PM2/28/19

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isn't it true that if everybody communicated with everybody all the time the result would be White Noise so that nobody would transfer any information to anyone , so perhaps that's the reason why so many people don't communicate with each other?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 1, 2019, 8:40:47 AM3/1/19

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I wonder if AI will ever come up with an algorithm to decide when you send someone a message whether they will answer or not?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 2, 2019, 7:55:57 AM3/2/19

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Perhaps World War III is no longer possible , perhaps it would be like a well-adjusted person stabbing themself in the hand with a knife.

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 3, 2019, 8:24:31 AM3/3/19

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In reference to the previous post, remember that Hofstadter loves analogies.

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 4, 2019, 3:47:54 PM3/4/19

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I wonder if AIs will always remain the tools of humans, or will they someday form a society of their own?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 6, 2019, 8:37:12 AM3/6/19

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What if everyone on Earth were at the level of Hofstadter?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 8, 2019, 1:01:54 PM3/8/19

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Then I was inspired,
now I'm sad and tired.

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 9, 2019, 9:56:42 AM3/9/19

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Don't you get the feeling that everything posted here in alt.fan.hofstadter has been extremely simplistic?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 9, 2019, 6:52:42 PM3/9/19

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So Chelsea; does Mandy still talk about our wild cattle?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 11, 2019, 8:34:43 AM3/11/19

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How many statements could be instantiated here?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 12, 2019, 4:08:38 PM3/12/19

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If you had your choice would you choose determinism or free will?

Don Stockbauer

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Mar 16, 2019, 7:41:10 AM3/16/19

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Do you ever feel like people are missing out if they refuse to communicate with you?

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Don Stockbauer

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Mar 19, 2019, 8:46:59 AM3/19/19

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Isn't it weird that if the globalbrain theory is true then earth is undergoing fantastic advancements but the people aren't fully appreciative of it?

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Don Stockbauer

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Mar 31, 2019, 7:39:23 AM3/31/19

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Isn't life simply wonderful?

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 1, 2019, 7:38:52 AM4/1/19

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You have everything to lose, and nothing to gain.

- Anti-Pascal

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 2, 2019, 9:19:19 PM4/2/19

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Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far,
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 7, 2019, 8:15:41 AM4/7/19

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Could it be that the most powerful and extensive AI is formed from all the people and communicating machines on Earth being self-organized into a neural network?

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 7, 2019, 8:24:13 AM4/7/19

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No, a bigger AI is nguyen AIs around the galaxy
self-organize into a galactic AI.

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 8, 2019, 1:34:20 PM4/8/19

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How is it possible that the Earth could become a single united entity?

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 8, 2019, 9:38:15 PM4/8/19

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My sister told me one thing I'll never forget . She said Don, there are a lot of really messed up people on this planet. As you go through life you're going to get involved with every last one of them.

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 9, 2019, 12:00:42 AM4/9/19

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Is science really nothing more than elaborate trial and error?

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 12, 2019, 10:32:10 AM4/12/19

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All it takes is one unfortunate incident to lose a friend forever. Or maybe they really weren't a friend.

"If you love someone let them go,
Blah blah blah blah blah. "

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 13, 2019, 7:58:26 PM4/13/19

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Why is there anything at all?

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 14, 2019, 9:23:34 AM4/14/19

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If classified material were completely boring would you bother to read it?

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 19, 2019, 12:46:07 AM4/19/19

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And fate is setting up the chessboard while death rolls out the dice.

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 19, 2019, 7:49:29 PM4/19/19

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Anyone for tennis? Wouldn't that be nice?

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 20, 2019, 8:45:51 AM4/20/19

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Another day, another dollar.

Don Stockbauer

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Apr 20, 2019, 8:47:39 AM4/20/19

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You don't answer my message, I don't answer your message.