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A quotation from John Quincy Adams
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) US President (1825-29)
Letter (1809-06-22) to William EustisMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john-quincy/35…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnquincyadams #belief #blindfaith #corruption #credulity #faith #honesty #humannature #incredulity #trust #virtue #integrity
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MESSENGER: Nothing is more useful to mankind than a prudent distrust.
[ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ: σώφρονος δ᾽ ἀπιστίας
οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν χρησιμώτερον βροτοῖς.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 1617ff (412 BC) [tr. Coleridge (1891)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/81/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #disbelief #distrust #doubt #incredulity #judgment #mistrust #skepticism #trust #wisdom
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"Harris took on a studied look of bemusement or incredulity. Trump, for his part, mostly scowled."
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Dear Friends of Impossible possibilities (and moronic oxen), 🦞
As we may know, not everyone #thinks or #feels the same. Some don't even do that. #Luckily, we can find consensus amongst those willing to #topologically #stretch their #understanding ... For example:
- Being wrong is a way to find what is right
- Reason may not work in some situations
- Certainty is for the easily fooled :ablobcatpopcorn:
In other words, we can widen our methodology, #thoughtful examination and #sense of #incredulity. We can suspend our disbelief whilst engaged in fiction AND return to the real world with a leaning of #learning. A waffle sandwich is the best nutrition for the biting perfecting. All too often, we hear what is important until the next phase of important arises. Time is a good cure for these lapses into the #current #involvement ... :gi: -
A quotation from Dante Alighieri:
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If, dear Reader, what I tell you throws
you into disbelief, it’s no surprise —
I scarcely credit it myself, God knows,
and I was there.[Se tu se’ or, lettore, a creder lento
ciò ch’io dirò, non sarà maraviglia,
ché io che ’l vidi, a pena il mi consento.]
»»»»»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/61463/#quote #quotes #quotation #disbelief #incredulity #testimony #witness
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Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment about the potential risks involved in developing artificial intelligence. Its conclusion is that an all-powerful artificial intelligence from the future might retroactively punish those who did not help bring about its existence, including those who merely knew about the possible development of such a being. It is named after Roko Mijic, the member of the rationalist community #LessWrong who first publicly described it, though he did not originate the underlying ideas.
The basilisk resembles a futurist version of Pascal's wager, in that it suggests people should weigh possible punishment versus reward and as a result accept particular singularitarian ideas or financially support their development.
Despite widespread #incredulity, this argument is taken quite seriously by some people, primarily some denizens of LessWrong.
#RationalWIki #thoughtexperiment #artificialintelligence #rokosbasilisk #pascalswager #singularity
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk