Here are some links I thought useful:
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Sam [ Spade] 22:20, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Congratulations for your great work you're making on the technological singularity article. Maybe one day it will be a featured article, who knows :)
why u delete contribution from RIAR? u do not agree with RIAR point of wiev? we could prove it: machine has not a ego that is why machine can not want to have a power on human. this is our suggestion. the suggestion deletes the whole tech-singularity hypothesis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryururu ( talk • contribs) 02:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I hope you'll keep the changes I putback on the Technological singularity article. I understand you want sources for everything, but sometimes statements are so common knowledge (for example, 2+2=4) that they shouldn't need sources. In my case, I put down words that are common knowledge to any economist. I've provided a source now, to show that the view is held by important economists. MShonle 20:09, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
Someone reverted the intro. Just to let you know it was not me - Beowulf314159 15:20, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Foreign languages but not linguistics? ~ Dpr 20:22, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
Hi there. The "major writer" part was a good compromise, thanks for adding that. The reason for my preferring "has not yet published any articles in a peer reviewed journal" to "presently has not submitted any journal articles, saying that he is still trying to solve the problems he has become known for identifying (such as the problem of building a Friendly AI)" is that first I'm not convinced the latter is true. After all, one of his articles is to be published in a Springer Volume, so presumably that has been submitted somewhere at some point. Also, there's just no need to write about his motivations for not submitting papers, motivations which are dubious anyhow (after all, he is encouraging people to read his articles, it's just that he publishes them on the web instead of in journals). Regarding the "has become known for identifying" -- I don't think it's appropriate (or common) to write that way about any researcher unless it's someone very famous. Yudkowsky is not "known" at all, save for to a very small specialized crowd (i.e. people like you and me), and the focus of his work is described at many other points in the article. But none of this is any major complaint, and I won't revert the article if you like it this way. I just wanted to point out the kind of things that I don't like about Yudkowsky's own edits, and at the same time take the opportunity to ask you why you prefer his wording to mine. I sincerely saw nothing NPOV in the sentence you removed. Miai 02:25, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that you have listed yourself as an atheist Wikipedian. You will probably be interested to know that Brian0918 has nominated Omnipotence paradox as the front page article for December 25th. You can vote on this matter here. The other suggestion being supported by others for that date is Christmas, although Raul654 has historically been against featuring articles on the same day as their anniversary/holiday. AngryParsley (talk) (contribs) 08:13, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your simple rejig of my reorganisation - two columns makes it look much prettier! Ppe42 13:48, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi there -- thx for all your good work; i keep seeing you around the transhumanist/singularity realms. Since i'm just learning about these things, and since it's easy to find the "pro" side of SIAI, i was wondering if you'd mind sharing references for "There are Singularitarians who openly denounce SIAI." Or any other thoughts would be great, but i don't want to put you out. Thx, and see ya 'round, "alyosha" (talk) 23:26, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Wow, i'm sorry i've let so much time pass without getting back to you. Thank you for the very helpful resp to my request above. I kept thinking i was going to write back soon...and then you know how it goes. And now, only if you feel like it, i have another question and a half. The half is that i'm still gradually trying to get a sense of the range of opinion re Singularity, incl not only beyond SIAI but also beyond SL4. But i'm finding a good amt of that -- tho if you had any faves to pass along i'd love to see them. But where you could really help me is by recommending places presumably on SL4 where the premises of the SIAI/SL4 discussion are debated (besides the Hibbard stuff). Eg, the ease/hardware requirements of seed AI (such that SIAI could get it before the government/military/corporate/university complex), the speed of progress (quick leap vs a gradual approach thru mouse-level, dog-level, etc), and so on. In a little bit of looking, i haven't found this in SL4; and what i find in Yudkowsky's writings (eg AI-box) isn't what i mean by real critique/debate. Make sense? If this is a bother, then don't bother; but in any case thx again. "alyosha" (talk) 04:02, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm being rude to him because I've seen this guy's handiwork elsewhere, and I wish to cut him off at the pass, so to speak. -- maru (talk) contribs 23:28, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Please cite/link the policies that support what you and others are doing on my talk page. I will do my own research when i have the time. Thx, "alyosha" (talk) 06:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
What i've found so far, eg WP:RPA supports, at most, the rewording of the attacking portion, not the whole content. ? Thx for any help, "alyosha" (talk) 07:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
I re-added a link that was removed. You've correctly surmised that online IQ tests are, for the most part, bunk. However, I included a link to a website that expertly addresses this issue. I'm including it in Introduction to Intelligence Testing for my graduate students this year, for what it's worth, and encourage you to ask me questions if you want further information. Thanks. BrainDoc 20:39, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your edit - I can't spell for nuts, never could never will -- Michael Johnson 00:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Shaefer. user:Sparkhead has removed the POV tag during a vote on whetehr this is PoV!!. If I restore (again) he'll try to get me blocked under 3RR. Could you please? Many thanks. 23:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for weighing in on Wikipedia talk:Words to avoid#Use of "purported" in conjunction with "psychic medium". I'm hoping the input of other editors will help us reach a consensus on the issue and move on! — Elembis 00:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi - I understand the policy you referenced when removing the numbers, but simply going at the Ido page isn't going to solve the problem. There are a few reasons why this isn't such a simple matter as referring to policy:
For that reason I decided to take a quote from Don Harlow, one of the foremost Esperantists in the world (and certainly no fan of Ido) which states that the number of Ido speakers is somewhere in the thousands, and then add a caveat that the number is a very broad estimate, and explain below the reasons why. If you like we could make the number a bit more general, because in reality 'in the thousands' is as exact as we can get. The less exact the number, the less accurate a source we need. The only thing that concerns me about removing the number is the loss of information on the size and activity of the community - being one of the so-called 'big three', Ido has far more content and activity than languages such as Occidental and Novial, and removing the number would make this less obvious.
Or, if you're really opposed to using a number, perhaps a rank might be possible. Esperanto is certainly the largest, Ido and Interlingua are on the tier below with a similar size and user base, and all the rest are barely alive. There is also a ranking system a German Esperantist developed for IALs based on their content and their activity, from something like 'personal project' to 'mostly functional language' to 'full language' (a language with a self-sustaining community I think) and Ido and Interlingua were a few steps away from full language, meaning that they functioned mostly as languages but were still in danger of dying if something catastrophic were to happen like mass dissension or if a few important figures were to die. Mithridates 18:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Schaefer, thank you for your comments on the Alizée Search article.
I think we have never crossed paths before, but I am impressed by your user page. I have recently reached an MSc. degree in Engineering myself. Especially your broad interests are cool, like evolutionary psychology. I am interested in that topic since recently too.
I don't know whether you know the french singer Alizée, which is the topic of Alizée Search. Her biggest hit is however " Moi...Lolita". The song and her image where inspired by the novel Lolita of Vladimir Nabokov. I see it is one of your favorite novels. I have always been planning to read it. I guess you would probably recommend to do so. I have heard it is a road novel with a typical view on the USA about the relation between an older man and a younger girl. Is that right?
By the way, I have responded to your comments concerning the Alizée Search article on its discussion page. Thanks. Ekna, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Rather than revert, I thought I'd send you this note to see what you think. While it is true that there is not citation for the statement, is a citation necessary to indicate that an author has not addressed an issue? It's similar to the problem of trying to prove a negative. The fact that someone has not addressed an issue often is not discussed in the literature, at least not nearly as much as when an author does discuss something. It might be more likely with an author who is more widely known and whose ideas have been around a long time, such as Freud: You can probably find many references to things that Freud did not discuss. But with more recent, less notable researchers, the chances are much less. And it might be important to point out that someone has not written about a particular topic that is relevant to his area of research. Perhaps there is a way to reword the statement (and still include the link to heritability) without violating WP:V. I'd appreciate knowing your thoughts. Thanks. Ward3001 18:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
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I saw you undid the vandalism at the above page. It appears though that you are dealing with a determined spammer. I tried to undo the damage, but could not for some reason.
Just to let you know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ottawahitech ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Please see my comment in Talk:Transhumanism in fiction-- Sparkygravity ( talk) 17:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Would it be possible for you to intervene on our behalf regarding the tags on our article on Lingua Franca Nova? An administrator named Amir E. Aharoni seems determined to make our lives difficult with rather extreme (imho) notions about tagging. Of course, perhaps you agree with him, but I hope you will be more generous. Cgboeree ( talk) 20:34, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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Biased editing of Technological Utopianism by Loremaster.
Due to your past contribution to Singularitarianism, you may want to help editing the Technological utopianism article because currently only one editor is contributing to the article. The Singularitarianism Article could also benefit from your help.
I feel Loremaster is editing Singularitarianism and Technological utopianism in a biased manner in accordance with his Save The Earth propaganda. Loremasters's ideology seems to verge towards Neo-Luddism. Here are the damming facts Loremaster has stated in discussion:
"...critical of techno-utopianism in all its forms."
"...stop indulging in techno-utopian fantasies... ...so that we can all focus on energies on saving the planet."
"Although I am convinced that the world is in fact heading toward an ecological catastrophe, I think it can be averted and my optimism makes me want to fight to do do just that."
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-- Loremaster ( talk) 13:14, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
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