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aithrowawaycomm ◴[] No.42204297[source]
One of the more depressing things of the AI boom is watching engineers and “atheists” get hoodwinked by mystic gibberish like this blog. There is nothing here but astrology: even Myers-Briggs is more scientific.

I think 30% of atheists bothered to think carefully about the Flying Spaghetti Monster and recognized Pastafarianism as a funny commentary on epistemic uncertainty. The remaining 70% said “heh, stoopid Christians believe in a spaghetti monster!” and took it as confirmation of their tribe’s superiority.

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1. jonnycomputer ◴[] No.42204399[source]
I have not read this blog except the linked blog post, but could you be more specific on what you think is mystic gibberish?

Speaking as someone who works in clinical neuroscience, the basic picture being presented is similar in many respects to the informal model I carry around. It may be lacking in certain details, but big picture seems to me that it has a lot going for it as a guide to intuitions.