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tocharian spongebart eatpants @theophite.bsky.social

this is not why they called it a singularity

sep 3, 2025, 11:51 pm • 9 0

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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

I find these ontological languages games to be the worst part of philosophy. Enjoy being in the fly bottle lol

sep 3, 2025, 11:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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The Fresh Prince of Donair @erisianrite.com

Yes that is what it is, not you just not knowing something

sep 4, 2025, 12:30 am • 0 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

It’s funny because your bio could literally almost be my bio I wish you could play nice with the other kids. You don’t seem so cool anymore There are two wolves inside you: Dunning and Kruger

sep 4, 2025, 12:40 am • 0 0 • view
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The Fresh Prince of Donair @erisianrite.com

k

sep 4, 2025, 12:44 am • 2 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

Ughhh, the worst part of philosophy is the endless word games with inauthentic folks who are hellbent on misunderstanding you so they can feel smart 🙄 Can I free the flies from their language games jar?

sep 4, 2025, 12:46 am • 0 1 • view
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social

i decided that getting into this trivial an argument with two people i sometimes talk to was annoying enough to be transitively blockable

sep 4, 2025, 12:48 am • 1 0 • view
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The Fresh Prince of Donair @erisianrite.com

You’re wiser than I

sep 4, 2025, 12:51 am • 0 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

lol I guess I got blocked for this Sadly liked the person that blocked me

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sep 4, 2025, 12:54 am • 0 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

Isn’t it supposed to evoke a point of no return for society? Not going back is an annihilation But whatever lol

sep 3, 2025, 11:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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tocharian spongebart eatpants @theophite.bsky.social

it has nothing to do with black holes.

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sep 4, 2025, 12:05 am • 6 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

I’m a mathematician Von Neumann was a popularizer of technology as a singularity & was evoking a derivative and where a functions derivative is not defined. An infinite value like “as n -> 0: 1/n” This maths is what backs black singularity metaphor What’s your point? Or is it a singularity 🤣

sep 4, 2025, 12:35 am • 1 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

*wannabe mathematician

sep 4, 2025, 12:40 am • 0 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

*black hole singularity metaphor I imagine Von N was evoking math as a metaphor. The real popularizers were Ray Kurzwile - and he was directly evoking black holes Yes - mathematical singularities came before black hole ones. Obviously?

sep 4, 2025, 12:37 am • 0 0 • view
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Ricky B @ambivalentricky.bsky.social

isn't that the quality that defines black holes - that you can't get any information out of them?

sep 4, 2025, 4:49 am • 0 0 • view
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Geriatric Millenial @ancient-millennial.bsky.social

It is like an economic singularity where the basic laws of how to distribute resources through natural systems become meaningless because there is only artificial scarcity.

sep 4, 2025, 12:23 am • 2 0 • view
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social

Wow - so like a singularity?

sep 4, 2025, 12:24 am • 0 0 • view
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social

it is sort of reinventing nick land from first principles, though

sep 3, 2025, 11:52 pm • 4 0 • view