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  1. Person of Interest
    A virtual neural network doesn't necessarily need to resemble the structure of a brain to work intelligently. Even with today's hardware limitations and the largest AIs having the neuron count of a mouse, they are still able to solve problems in ways humans seldom would. The rapid rate at which an AI adapts to new information is thousands, if not millions, of times faster than that of human evolution. They may not be a threat with today's computer hardware, but I don't believe it will take much more technological innovation to make them such.
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    I'm just edgy like that.
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    Do you like my profile picture now?
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    I've heard before that the most plausible explanation is usually the one with the least assumptions.
  5. Person of Interest
    If I pour a shot of Moonshine into a large tank instead of drinking it, I'll have enough alcohol to drive from where I live in SC to meet Stefan, have a few drinks with him, and drive all the way back (when I'm not drunk, of course).
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    The government is only notoriously bad at keeping the secrets which are revealed. Otherwise, they remain secrets. There is also no reason to accept the dominant narrative, especially if you watched all the videos. No one should be socially obligated to accept a particular narrative at face value.
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    The answer to your question depends on your definition of "time". Time can only be described as a perception, and since we only experience the passage of time in one direction and at a locally constant rate, we aren't able to know if one's consciousness exists within or outside of the flow of time.
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    I don't believe AI is necessarily a tool. It can become whatever the creators are able to make it. According to what I understand, today's artificial intelligence doesn't just use the simple "if-then" programming instructions one would expect. Instead, it aims to emulate how a brain works by simulating a neural network. This has the potential to lead to the creation of AIs which are no longer objectively distinguishable from conscious beings.
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    I agree that my first statement was a biased opinion. I hadn't examined any statistical evidence to confirm it. However, I do believe my second and third statements are more plausible. https://patents.google.com/patent/US2363294 According to the patent linked above, the air conditioning system was patented in 1944. A campfire, however, is one of the earliest known inventions in history. Since a campfire or some other method of keeping oneself warm would be far more useful in a cold environment, it makes intuitive sense to state that it requires less technological innovation to warm up in a cold environment than to cool down in a hot environment. Although farming in freezing climates is not viable, there are still numerous wild animals which can provide ample sustenance. Water is also a far more abundant resource in colder environments, albeit frozen over. Lastly, deferral of gratification is a skill which tends to result from increased intellectual capacity. Stefan talks about it himself.
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    In my opinion, if so many Africans collectively believe that we are "colonizing" their civilization with such hostility, all the Europeans and Americans should just move out of Africa, grab their popcorn, and watch at a safe distance as African society crashes and burns to the ground.
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    Here's another video. The main person of focus might not be from Uganda, but most likely Sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Google is the world's largest breeding ground for sociopaths who see morals as obstacles to overcome, rather than paths to follow. Their utter indifference to the ethical repercussions and potential consequences of their actions is beyond all comprehension. Stefan, if you see this, I need to tell you that I strongly disagree with you about artificial intelligence. It is far more capable than you seem to think. Please watch the videos listed below and make a video on it at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
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    I believe people in general are more able to adapt to colder environments than warmer ones since we are all mammals. I believe it requires less energy or technological innovation to warm up in a cold climate than to cool down in a warm climate. There are also typically more resources in even the coldest environments (fish in frozen bodies of water, wood from trees, animals to hunt, etc.).
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    a. Maybe I wasn't specific enough with the choice of media or explanations. With a basic understanding of natural selection and other mechanisms of evolution, it does make intuitive sense that because the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa is so harsh and, at some times, barely inhabitable, it favors only the very strongest of the people who are born there. Since intelligence is not nearly the most useful trait when it comes to survival in the intense climate, among other things, the intelligent people will die off without reproducing, and the most physically powerful people will live. b. Even if English was not the politician's native language, the crude and immature way he talked about the subject matter seems unfitting even for a ten year old. I may have been overly subjective in my judgement, but I don't think it's too difficult to see my point. Not to mention the fact that the man was judging all homosexuals based on a singular case which he probably completely made up. I'm not attempting to convey that all Ugandans have a lower intelligence than people from most other places. It's only a generalization that I believe applies for a significant fraction of them.
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    Stefan has talked a lot about the link between ethnicity and IQ, and I think this makes compelling evidence.
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