tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post8147950650546130767..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: The Vital Importance of Deducing from First PrinciplesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-47993731132702071372015-09-26T18:51:20.915-04:002015-09-26T18:51:20.915-04:00That would bring the issue of 'workaholism'...That would bring the issue of 'workaholism' to a whole new level. :)Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-62519301620416987302015-09-26T13:06:23.794-04:002015-09-26T13:06:23.794-04:00"There was a similar science fiction concept ..."There was a similar science fiction concept called 'tasp' in the novels of Larry Niven, if my memory serves."<br /><br />Niven, along others, whose names I cannot remember.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-59639241735081536182015-09-26T12:58:59.043-04:002015-09-26T12:58:59.043-04:00If that doesn't count as 'dangerous nonsen...If that doesn't count as 'dangerous nonsense', then I don't know what does. :)Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-72675358820275634442015-09-26T12:56:06.915-04:002015-09-26T12:56:06.915-04:00Do you know of this, Bob?
https://en.wikipedia.org...Do you know of this, Bob?<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_brain_stimulation#Major_depression<br />This time, not pleasure centers themselves, and not in response to specific stimuli. However, what besides ethical considerations could dissuade from creating 'high-tech slaves' in a similar manner?Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-84375270433141147932015-09-26T12:54:40.446-04:002015-09-26T12:54:40.446-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-41552998322679830802015-09-26T12:32:40.912-04:002015-09-26T12:32:40.912-04:00This makes me think, is there a possibility to des...This makes me think, is there a possibility to design ion channel molecules that change their conformation after applying 'magnetic stimulation'? No need for electrodes or optic fibers, which might produce unwanted immune reactions from the living tissue they touch. <br /><br />There was a similar science fiction concept called 'tasp' in the novels of Larry Niven, if my memory serves.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-31584496366803679922015-09-26T12:23:15.967-04:002015-09-26T12:23:15.967-04:00Or this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogenetic...Or this:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogenetics#Applications<br />It requires genetic manipulation first to make neurons express channelrhodopsins, but has the most potential for abuse.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-78708120218361607602015-09-26T12:16:19.426-04:002015-09-26T12:16:19.426-04:00Or if not electrodes, then this, once it gets more...Or if not electrodes, then this, once it gets more miniaturized and area-specific:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulationMindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-13191101857542161922015-09-26T12:11:06.205-04:002015-09-26T12:11:06.205-04:00For practical purposes, Fourier's nonsense cou...For practical purposes, Fourier's nonsense could be realized with today's or near future's technology. Electrodes in the brain in dopaminergic areas that fire up during work. See? Disgusting, but not impossible in the technical sense.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-68357653977906236732015-09-26T10:55:40.758-04:002015-09-26T10:55:40.758-04:00I am well aware of Charles Fourier and Henri Saint...I am well aware of Charles Fourier and Henri Saint-Simon. Marx had the worst effect of all of them. For all practical purposes Fourier was insane. Marx was just a hater and a liar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-50952590797528947522015-09-26T10:19:33.963-04:002015-09-26T10:19:33.963-04:00Bob, you write as if Marx was the first propagator...Bob, you write as if Marx was the first propagator of "dangerous nonsense". There were others, on whose ideas Marx based his own (Engels called them "utopian socialists" to emphasize the difference with 'scientific' Marxism). Here is one example:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fourier#Ideas<br />Less nonsensical than Marx? :)Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-20517971775796977692015-09-26T10:05:12.954-04:002015-09-26T10:05:12.954-04:00"Who were Marx's contemporary critics?&qu..."Who were Marx's contemporary critics?"<br /><br />W.H. Mallock, for one, whose book is listed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-7352968111272400772015-09-26T03:14:26.267-04:002015-09-26T03:14:26.267-04:00What has Marx and his critics common with the topi...What has Marx and his critics common with the topic of this post?Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-31474243331915586112015-09-26T00:59:00.907-04:002015-09-26T00:59:00.907-04:00Who were Marx's contemporary critics?Who were Marx's contemporary critics?Elijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03518251419402689438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-89950265538047570062015-09-25T14:08:42.020-04:002015-09-25T14:08:42.020-04:00Huh? Don't you have it the other way around, a...Huh? Don't you have it the other way around, at least WRT Vox Day?<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Day<br />If this timeline is right, he is writing novels at least since 2000.<br />The archive of his Alpha Game blog dates back to March 2011, as evidenced here:<br />http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://alphagameplan.blogspot.com/Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.com