Sasha

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[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When I say the basics, I mean understanding logic and reasoning and what constitutes scientific evidence. Much of it is word association at best, the example that comes to mind is the claim that the pillars of creation prove that creationism is true.

In one example in my copy of the Qur'an, they point to a journalist using the word smoke to discuss the state of the early universe as proof that the Qur'an predicted modern cosmology because heaven was smoke before Allah commanded it to exist. It's an unproven claim, they've just drawn a vague connection and decided that counts as evidence.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trans nonby software dev who dated a furry artist, my disdain for AI knows no limits.

I use Nobara, btw. (Is Arch good I've never looked into it)

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago

You know how you get COVID from being in the same room as someone who sneezes on you or something? It's that.

Non locality is when you get COVID from someone the next state over.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can't say I'm aware of any examples of our modern scientific understanding being present in a religious text. I did a painfully in depth bible study class in highschool and we sometimes discussed that a lot of old testament (and thus the Torah) is very very old and likely comes from people doing their best to understand their world and merging it with myth over the ages. That's probably the closest you'll get, depending on what you consider "science."

One other possibility is that stories like the flood could essentially be "recordings" of historical events. Someone correct me, it's been yonks since I read into it, but as I recall there are a number of different flood stories that come from the same region (ancient Mesopotamia? if we're talking Judaism), so it's entirely possible that it's based on a real one, perhaps even multiple.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I got a free copy of the Qur'an last year and it's packed with stuff like this, it's kinda annoying because I just wanted to understand the actual text. It's all the same stuff I've seen Christian creationists talk about, obviously false if you understand the basics but it'll probably deceive lots of people who don't.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 month ago (17 children)

One of the most accurate and successful theories in physics contains the single worst prediction and isn't mathematically rigorous at all.

Doing calculations with it feels like doing vibes based maths, and you spend a lot of time doing things like: "oops divided by zero guess I'll cancel it out by multiplying by zero" and it works.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago

Going through the comment history tells a pretty clear story, what a twat

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I work in IT and we have to go through a whole process to get a licence to use it, so I've just not done that. Other people on my team have, it's a ticking time bomb and I'm just sitting here watching them all ignore the obvious signs.

Just last week someone was complaining about the AI randomly adding files to our code, and when I mentioned yeah these AI keep deleting customer data and stuff, they just brushed it off. We're in an industry that's super regulated so this is gonna end with legal action I'm sure. I've also watched people use AI to automate basic tasks, and when I've reviewed what they've done it's all completely wrong, to that point that if the wrong person sees it, we get a full audit and the entire team is placed under constant supervision with a lot of our access heavily restricted for months.

Meanwhile I'm just sitting here doing more and doing it better without AI. It's not worth pushing back because I already cop enough flak for stuff other people do or don't do. I hope the company gets destroyed in a massive lawsuit, it won't, but god it would be awesome.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I've been running from my problems by immersing myself in tech, I'm not sure if that makes me like it more or less but I've gotten very very good at what I do.

Last night I set up an event ticketing service so friends can come to an event I'm hosting without me having to schedule them or manage capacity. Then I cried myself to sleep. -2

But I also get to set up stuff for my collectives to use, like nextcloud and wordpress and it's awesome to be able to turn a grassroots bunch of ratbags into a semi-professional looking bunch of ratbags. +10

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

I used to fry a pan of frozen veggies with salt and thyme, but these days I'm often lucky enough to be able to get a lot of rescued food for free.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Very fucking glad to hear this, I'm sure we'll all be celebrating in Newy this year at the people's blockade. I don't know much about the legal system, can this be overturned at a federal level or anything?

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