Philosophical Speculations

It's hard to discern here, but having watched plenty of rainbolt's videos and his excellent OSINT skills, some argued that he's a "remote viewer". However, I slightly have to disagree with that notion, since I more believe it to be a very excellent combination of general knowledge (e.g. brand names ...

The distinction I made in the other thread is between the game loop metaphor on the one hand, as a clear educational tool (traceable to how a scientific model is a tool for the educational value it may have, no matter how limited), and relationships, work, art, etcetera - what you have called the ...

All of this remains a very vague idea at the moment. And to be honest, I avoid spending much time on it, because it very easily lapses into an attempt to find the perfect model of reality :). But in any case, I think that the game should have this gradient between local and non-local interactions ...

It's interesting to consider that, whenever we try to get proficient at something, we are instinctively pursuing higher cognition. To invoke the chess example again, a high level of play is only possible when we work on making our inner gestures very patient, disciplined, and concentrated within ...

So, getting back to the main topic, I vaguely imagine a game where, unlike Minecraft where the world is generated once and then we only break or place blocks by local interactions, the generation parameters can be varied at any time, which regenerates the blocks, resulting in a smoothly morphing ...

A good fitting example for this essay part's theme that immediately raised to my mind here are so-called speedruns that often come with certain challenges, such as refusing to press a certain button during the entire run of the game. These speedruns are also a thing in chess. One YT commentator ...

Hello, Ashvin. That sounds like an interesting simulation. It wouldn't have to be necessarily Christian community-style institutions, but it would still be interesting to see how it plays out. Through Imagination I can, a little at least (Soul/Feeling), glimpse into how such a community would be ...

I would like to share a video that follows an online Minecraft event where about 1000 players participate. I finished the whole video mostly for its entertainment value :) It was surely a compelling story arc that developed from this experiment. I kept on expecting some crude sexual encounters to ...

Speaking of this, I'm reminded of a good video that illustrates some of these principles: Thanks for sharing these, Cleric. I have finished part one and feel that I am able to follow along with the explanations pretty well. One thing that immediately struck me was how the ' multilayer perceptron ...

Thanks, Ashvin. As a whole, any kind of experimentation is better than no experimentation :) And of course, it is always up to the person to seek vigilance. For example, if we're not careful, we may easily focus too much on the pauses and simply fly over the in-betweens. So maybe one way to ...