Comments by "Greg Bailey" (@gregbailey45) on "Lex Fridman" channel.

  1. At around 30 minutes, talking about dreaming, and how dreaming allows or enables us to be in totally unrealistic situations, and yet not be surprised, is very interesting. Sam then goes on to say that this experience is very ephemeral and obviously invented by our brains and that we seem to lose the ability to see how bizarre it is, being in such a situation. Having recently had cataract surgery, both eyes, and now emerging into a conscious world where everything has gone visually from 'standard definition' or worse, to 4K or better, I now realise how my world has ever so gradually been restricting and removing me visually from reality over decades. The experience for me in this 'New World' is almost shocking, surprising, and at times overwhelming, even though I not only expected it but looked forward to it. The sensory deprivation I had been experiencing (until the last few years when I became painfully aware of it) was so profound that I had become quite withdrawn, depressed and sensing the limits imposed by mortality, that the idea of suicide did not seem too ridiculous, despite having no intention at all to apply it. As one ages and the senses all deteriorate at the same time, one is confronted more and more with the awareness of consciousness as the last bastion of awareness, of being human. As you retreat more and more into a 'cocoon' of your body's own making due to the gradual shutdown of the senses, and having to rely more and more on the support of others, you are confronted increasingly with the reality that this fundamental 'awareness', 'concsciousness' or whatever it is, is all you truly possess. The loss of even that eventually seems to become acceptable. Meanwhile, I'm blown away by my new 4K world, and enjoying, like a little kid, every moment of it!
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  2. There's no "may be" about it!
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  3. Fewer.
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  4. He's working on it...
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  5. Elon's humour is what really sets him apart from just about any other genius that has ever lived.
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  6.  @LK-lz6lk  FWIW, I think Lex is just a smart, honest, down to earth guy who enjoys talking intelligently with other intelligent people. I love listening in. Where's the harm?
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  7. Just like you have to wait a bit for Grok.
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  8. Lomborg confidently states increased CO² levels are a good thing, but recent research indicates that there are also significant drawbacks: "Rising CO²'s effect on crops could also harm human health. “We know unequivocally that when you grow food at elevated CO2 levels in fields, it becomes less nutritious,” notes Samuel Myers, principal research scientist in environmental health at Harvard University. “[Food crops] lose significant amounts of iron and zinc—and grains [also] lose protein.” Myers and other researchers have found atmospheric CO2 levels predicted for mid-century—around 550 parts per million—could make food crops lose enough of those key nutrients to cause a protein deficiency in an estimated 150 million people and a zinc deficit in an additional 150 million to 200 million. (Both of those figures are in addition to the number of people who already have such a shortfall.) A total of 1.4 billion women of child-bearing age and young children who live in countries with a high prevalence of anemia would lose more than 3.8 percent of their dietary iron at such CO2 levels, according to Meyers." - from a Scientific American article published Jan 2018.
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  9. I furiously agree!
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  10. *fewer (celebrities)... Yeah... nah.
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  11.  @deezelkane  no, ask YOURself why you find him so hard to accept.
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  12. I can only take a few minutes of Peterson before I feel like smashing my phone.
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  13. Too sad.
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  14. Neil's not THAT bad...
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  15. "Your"... sigh.
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  16. Yes, it's lovely! Nice change.
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  17. Better late than never!
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  18. * your -> you. Changes the meaning 180⁰!
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  19. It's rather intoxicating!
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  20. At 1.07.00 and following, as long as Facebook exists there's no chance that peaceful coexistence can last longer than 30 minutes, in my experience...
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  21. I was already converted!
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  22. That's his life's work, to save us from ourselves. It's in EVERYTHING he does!
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  23. Fucking smart, too!
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  24. I suspect so. I'm just enjoying it whie I can.
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  25. It's astounding.
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  26. It sure helps me appreciate mine!
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  27. Yeah. Words can be difficult.
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  28. It's exactly how we learn.
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  29. Ask Elon. (Pregúntale a Elón.)
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  30. Well, one side was sensible. Lomborg refuses to listen to logic.
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  31. Interesting.
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  32. Now that WOULD be boring!
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  33. "Rocket booms are an aphrodisiac"!
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  34. They're both equally savage!
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  35. BTW, the plural of "video" is "videos". No apostrophe necessary.
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  36. She's a lovely human being. Quite beautiful, actually.
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  37. I dunno, could have waited till 420 for Elon...
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  38. Who's Sam watsisnsme?
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  39. 4:22:00, one way to improve the impact would be to produce it in a 360⁰ virtual reality format, with VR headset for viewing.
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  40. Haha! He is a very thoughtful person, and good thinking takes time and energy. I also found the long pause a bit perplexing,but my IQ is a lot lower than his!
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  41. The "truth" is what you believe. Everyone's 'truth' is uniquely their own. Reality is something else again. ChatGPT has no 'truth'. We'll rue the day it does! Robots are the steam engines of 150 years ago. They will enhance our strength and utility to the same degree. We must manage them carefully. I'm now even more convinced that Tesla need to join forces with BD.
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  42. He is the G.O.A.T!
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  43. Someone should introduce Neil to Elon. I heard echos of Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink all through this talk.
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  44. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA#:~:text=Inter%20alia%20(i.a.)%2C%20Latin%20meaning%20%22among%20other%20things%22
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  45. Amongst other things...
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  46. ​@radvydaspeciokas4556 that's what I was wondering, too.
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  47. Maybe that's where they came from!
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  48. Sources?
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