Plain Philosophy Center

...dedicated to determining what has ultimate relevance.

• Do you ever think about the angels of Heaven—as they’re described in the Bible?

• Do you ever envy the love the angels have for each other?

• Do you think angelic love is fun?

• Is angelic love your preferred currency?

If you answered yes to all these questions, I would love to know more about you. I’m offering free angelic love to all those who are like-minded. If it happens to be your ‘cup of tea’ also, please e-mail me.

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You can now visualize your utopian ideal for free, thanks to a new on-line image generator called Image Creator from Designer.

By simply entering your adjectives, nouns, verbs and art style, you can create colorful and detailed depictions of your paradise.

Artistic talent is not required.

Try these helpful prompts to get you started.

Have fun!

Everyone is boringly aware of how a conventional computer works—right down to transistor doping, two’s complement and machine-code compilers. But how does a quantum computer work? I‘ve watched about a dozen videos now, and they’ve all failed miserably in explaining the process.

I still haven‘t received any answers to my very basic questions.

• Does a quantum computer use electricity? Silicon? Copper? Boron? Phosphorus? What elements does it use?

• Does the fabrication process involve masking, doping, metallization and etching?

• Is quantum computer software compiled into base 2 or base 10, or something else?

• How is quantum computer software uploaded and the final results shown?

• Can a basic “Hello World” test be demonstrated on a quantum computer?

Articles:

• Oxford quantum physicist claims the bubble will pop.

• Director of the Condensed Matter Theory Center writes Quantum computing has a hype problem.

Feel free to comment.

This addition is designed to help simplify the Free Crown Point problem.

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Scientists claim they know the origins of life and the Universe, so ask them, “What is the fundamental premise of Physics and how was its infallibility demonstrated”?

See cartoon.

“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you; the sure mercies of David.”

My hunger pains have been soothed by these beautiful verses.

“​Thus says the LORD, ‘Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; ​but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,’ declares the LORD.”

“​And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7

Scientism arrogates to itself a quasi-omniscience, which philosophers need to address. So, I’ve written a short piece employing a unique analogy, which I hope you enjoy. Take the Reverse Color Blindness Test.

A UC Berkeley computer science professor helped to create a video that illustrates the devastating capabilities of tiny, autonomous killer drones.

The video was released earlier this month by the Future of Life Institute.

A Harvard University (Belfer Center) report warned that weapons using artificial intelligence will be as transformative as nuclear weapons.

Read Mercury News article.

Watch video.

I’ve written a five part series about this colossal problem, along with a philosophical solution on how best to cope with the coming Age of Utter Defenselessness or AUD.

I created a series of short video slideshows complete with classical music pieces and magnificent paintings, which depict the Holy. Enjoy!

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Hold on there, Cowboy!

After all, common sense suggests that empty space might be infinitely divisible, which means that no physical property in the Universe, may have a last decimal place. We simply don’t know how much we don’t know.

Therefore, rationalists should reject the overreaching of Scientism and recognize that nature is not bound to respect any provisional “laws,” which a few have arrogantly chosen to concoct.

“Zero Days”, from filmmaker Alex Gibney, is an insightful investigation into the growing threat posed by the proliferation of global cyberwarfare conducted by self-replicating computer malware.

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Upon watching this film, it should become clear to everyone that our natural margins of personal safety are steadily eroding, due to our ever-advancing, evermore pervasive technologies falling into the wrong hands. Consequently, Trust and Love will become our most precious commodities, because when push comes to shove, the only people, reasonable people can trust indefinitely with their life and freedom, are those they believe love them.

With this in mind, consider this philosophical solution and feel free to e-mail me your thoughts.

Yes, its been ten years since I first introduced the Free Crown Point Challenge, with the publication of my book titled, What has Ultimate Relevance? - First Edition.

To date, I haven’t received a better solution than the Anonymity Biosphere option. In fact, I haven’t received any cohesive proposals for consideration. At what point should we conclude the jury has already spoken on this important issue?

If you are up to the challenge, please e-mail your ideas.

An XPrize unveiled recently promised millions of dollars to a team that could best show that artificial intelligence (AI) is humanity’s friend, not its enemy. XPrize founder Peter Diamandis said, “Personally, I am sick and tired of the dystopian conversation around artificial intelligence,” referring to high-profile public debate whether smart machines would annihilate humanity or help it to thrive.

Well, isn’t it obvious that AI is susceptible of both. Just like a hammer, chainsaw or laser, AI computer code commands are indifferent tools that can do great good or great harm, depending solely on the ethics of the user or programmer.

At present, there is no evidence to suggest that we can predict all forms of negative creativity, making it virtually impossible for authorities to thwart every conceivable future attack, that could be devised by every inventive and opportunistic AI closet tyrant.

Even worse, if our technological innovation continues, it’s only a matter of time before we will be swamped by self-replicating AI robots, ever-diminishing our margin of safety and restorative capabilities.

The best solution is to implement a method to filter out the would-be malicious members of our society, which would secure a lasting utopia, relatively free from any of these legitimate concerns.

This addition is designed to help simplify Christian theology for the average lay-person, by utilizing the benefits of visual media.

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New cartoon is available on the irrationality of a runaway artificial intelligence explosion and the over-inflated expectations of some scientists.

New cartoon is available on the flaky premises of scientism.

Former Director of the US National Security Agency and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, delivers a candid, philosophical assessment of radicalization in America.

Watch video interview. Here is an excerpt:

Reporter: “...when it comes to the issue of Lone Wolf’s, you’ve dealt with this, can we stop it?”

General Michael Hayden: “All of it, NO, and I don’t mean to be so dark, but I have to be truthful...”

Well, perhaps now it’s time to defer this matter over to the philosophers who have the best solutions. Ubiquitous technological innovation will eventually render all quick-fix approaches obsolete.

Check out this well written PBS FRONTLINE report on the challenges facing Pope Francis, as he tries to reform the Vatican’s bureaucracy. Watch video.

The Black Hornet Nano is a micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) measuring only 10 × 2.5 cm and equipped with three cameras, GPS and autopilot. The aircraft are being used by soldiers from the UK’s Brigade Reconnaissance Force at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan to bolster local situational awareness.

The benefits sound impressive, but what do we do once this technology falls into the wrong hands?

Watch video.

Pope Francis: ‘About 2%’ of Catholic clergy are paedophiles. Read this BBC News Report. Related link.

Revelation 21:6-8: “He said to me: ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.’”

FIFA World Cup 2014:

Russia’s goalkeeper, Igor Akinfeev, distracted by a green laser shone in his face before elimination goal is scored.

Watch video and other related video.

In response to a recent email comment, I would like to reaffirm my position, if it is still unclear to some.

In short, I personally believe the Earth is one of God’s Anonymity Biospheres (AB’s), which is filtering out selectees for Heaven, in a very routine fashion. However, I cannot empirically prove it. Such is the nature of the AB methodology. (If one could prove it, from the inside, it would lose its purpose.)

Since I might be mistaken on this religious belief, I feel the need to provide practical solutions to address the Free Crown Point problem. So in a sense, I’m playing both sides of the fence, to some degree. I see this gray strategy as a prudent philosophical approach, free of any contradictions, due to all the considerable uncertainties that may have been deliberately imposed upon us—for good reasons.

The one glaring common denominator is that angelic love is the only currency that can ensure freedom and prosperity in the near future—God or no God. Perhaps, reaching this conclusion was inevitable in the course of determining what has ultimate relevance.

Watch this important 60 Minutes segment on Data Brokers, and the shadowy, unprecedented reach they’ve achieved from exploiting the Internet—to track, collect and sell your personal data. YouTube link.

Related links:    Disconnect    DuckDuckGo     Mask Me    White Hat Aviator

Do scientific papers ever seem like gobbledegook to you? Well, sometimes they actually are. Some 120 papers published in established scientific journals over the past few years have been found to be frauds, created by an automated word generator, which randomly placed “50 cent” words together into plausible sentence structures. Consequently, they’ve been withdrawn from the journals that originally published them.

Too funny!

Here is a sample article: Developing the Location-Identity Split Using Scalable Modalities by Ike Antkare.

See if you can spot the real fakes. Take this free test.

Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for ban on Fully Autonomous Killer Robots. Watch video. Also see, Rise of the Drones video from PBS NOVA.

Are there any practical limits now to the size, quantity and scope of do-it-yourself weapons? Is this intricate DMLS technology another forerunner to the mass production of gun-toting, self-replicating robots? Watch video.

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia. Watch video.

But, what do we do once these types of laser systems become available over-the-counter? Duck and Cover? At less than a dollar per shot, it’s only a matter of time.

For a sensible, long-term strategy, read the Futurist Series. Watch video.

Unfortunately, such a ban is hopelessly unenforceable against every ambitious, covert and nefarious group, so it’s an ineffective long-term strategy.

I think it’s time to wise up and consider a deeper philosophical solution, which I detail in my Futurist Series. Watch video.

The Pentagon’s research and development agency (DARPA) is seeking advanced robotics technology.

Watch video (...and Yes, iJAB is susceptible of an Austrian accent.)

Read WSJ article.
Watch video and read transcript.

He is correct, because we cannot attain an effective preemptive strike capability on all forms of malicious creativity and the hacker’s know it. This is because the mind might be bottomless. As such, we must resort to a different approach in order to eradicate this escalating problem. Here is my solution.

I feel compelled to comment on a recent 60 Minutes story titled, Athos: A visit to the Holy Mountain. Is it authentic Christianity when the word Love is mentioned only once in the entire 28 minute segment? That’s right—Once.

“The first thing a monk does is embrace and love death,” Father Serapion told Bob Simon.

But Jesus said in John 13:35; “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Since they deem this all-important verse as a non-issue, why would the angels entrust their freedom to these men in a Free Crown environment? Don’t be misled; the main purpose for Christianity within an Anonymity Biosphere is to filter on the basis of Love—Period. You can read a more detailed explanation in my Futurist Series.

Recently, I watched an interesting CBC documentary titled Masters of Space, which is an episode from the award-winning series The Nature of Things with David Suzuki.

By and large, I found the program informative and commendable. It highlights the dominance of the United States in space and the various implications associated with advanced weaponry systems, such as sophisticated missile interceptors and ultra-high-powered lasers.

Unfortunately, the show adopted a distractive political undertow, while stopping short of addressing the more pressing philosophical issues that it offhandedly raised.

We should all know by now that technology is completely and utterly indifferent. It couldn’t care less if it’s being used for benevolent or malevolent purposes. For example, any computer finds no less satisfaction executing malware than languishing in the hot sun. This “dual intent susceptibility” (DIS), provides a catalyst to facilitate a potential escalation in abusiveness in the future.

For instance, one day we hope to colonize Mars and other planets in our solar system. This move will undoubtedly require the assistance of numerous smart robots, mass drivers, lasers, masers and other massive and technical resources. However, all these gadgets are vulnerable to being heinously misused—whether by Neocons, left-wing wannabe dictators, closet megalomaniacs, stealth terrorists, garden-variety narcissistic hackers, etc. Eventually, enslavement-ready technologies (ERT) will bring conspicuous promises that are too great for some to casually forgo, such as endless concubines, private continents, wholesale history redactions, boundless Kafkaesque eccentricities, global domination, obedience and deification, etc.

So, what can we realistically do about this predicament? I offer a comprehensive philosophical solution in my Futurist Series. If you have better ideas on this important matter, please e-mail them to me for publication.