@DRMacIver Uncoupling between scientifically informed cosmology and the pop-junk most people believe. e.g. Only a minority understands the implications of space exploration, let alone nanobiotech or AI.
Long decline over the 20th century of industrial realism in favor of disassociation.
@DRMacIver Consider the trajectory both fantasy and science fiction underwent during the 20th/21st century:
Philology -> Tolkien -> Dungeons & Dragons -> Queer dungeons and dragons/glowfic/etc
Industrial/Science books for children -> Heinlein -> Star Trek -> Queer Space Opera/glowfic/etc
@DRMacIver If not that, the invention of nukes. J. Storr Hall blames them directly for the decline of Western civilization, arguing they removed the incentive to have a dynamic culture with strong military capabilities. Great degeneration is tolerable so long as the nukes stay intact.
@visakanv @sonyasupposedly I can't tell if this is meant to be self aware parody or not.
x.com/postpostpostr/… https://t.co/Rz0FUo3BbS
@PrinceVogel youtube.com/watch?v=I8sUC-…
Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had so he shot at the sun with a gun~
Why Does That Sound Familiar - Gimme That: The Sequences to Bloch https://t.co/9XcAGPtOGb
@pee_zombie @deepfates @PrinceVogel
@deepfates @pee_zombie @PrinceVogel greaterwrong.com/posts/hmai5Lru…
@pee_zombie @deepfates @PrinceVogel I guess technically Science and Sanity really should be The Manhood Of Humanity.
@pee_zombie @deepfates @PrinceVogel Since that's the book where Korzybski discusses a precursor to the singularity thesis.
korzybskifiles.blogspot.com/2014/09/chapte…
@pee_zombie @deepfates @PrinceVogel And is a much easier read than Science and Sanity, but theoretically the important aspects should also be discussed in S&S.
gutenberg.org/files/25457/25…
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