I am compelled to make it known that Vegeta finally beat Kakarot in the latest movie, Dragon Ball Super: Super Heroes.

“In seeking to rid the world of evil, I became that which I sought to destroy.” - OP

I am happily surprised that this game is getting so much post launch content.

Prior to what I do now, which is completely different, I worked electronics on a military ship.

I don’t know how many officers destroyed equipment trying to do the most asinine things. One officer tried to feedback look a generator to charge said generator. Nearly destroyed the ship. Wasn’t even their work area or under their purview.

Even on the Enterprise, where all the officers were supposed to be hyper intelligent top tier specialists, I have no difficulty believing they mess things up on the regular. It’s more surprising that it happened so little.

I have a galaxy flip. It is a great phone. I do though, have many creases in the center fold which have developed over about a year and a half’s use. They don’t generally inhibit any aspect of its functionality, but as unsightly. When the screen is lit with bright content they are not really visible if I’m not looking for them. If it is dark content I see them and it is bothersome. I have the phone because I want the smallest form factor in my pocket. I’ll probably have to upgrade soon as the creases get worse. I will probably try to get a phone without a folding function. Possibly a dumb-phone so further scale down the size of my mobile device. Increasingly phones have become avenues for direct advertisement instead of functional use. I no longer need a device that buzzes every ten minutes with some esoteric notification. Folding was novel and useful in size, but it highlighted my motivation was to reduce use.

The scientist should be smiling. It is the nature of scientists to find joy in all evidence, especially when it disconfirms paradigms that could cause problems down the line. Confirming the null is just as important as any other result.

The movie’s nonlinear story telling is the worst part of the film. Oppenheimer’s security clearance hearing was a good place to anchor the movie, but it did not even attempt to set up its antagonist until the last quarter of the movie. Why should it have been a ah-ha moment that Strauss was against Oppenheimer. A better editor would have more effectively placed all of the scenes into a coherent narrative.

The sex scene was just bad. “Christopher, how do intelligent people have sex?” “Well, they can only be aroused by reading ancient languages that foreshadow their grandiose future achievements.”

When Oppenheimer, allegedly poisoned Blackett’s apple, it should have been a scene about his mental health issues at the time. Rather than a completely fabricated suspense scene. People who were aware of the incident questioned if it ever really happened. It would have been more impactful to have a scene where Oppenheimer meets with his analyst from that period. The movie decides to simply say that it happened and for some reason interjected Bohr.

The portrayals of characters was a highlight of the film. Most of the acting was great. It was, however, overly stuffed with high profile actors, which turned the film into a distracting cameo bingo game.

The physical and psychological aftermath of the atomic booms dropping on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not adequately portrayed. It did not show well enough the psychological toll it took on the scientists on the project or portray the horrific physical toll it inflicted on the Japanese people. The slide reel scene not showing a single image of the attack was a poor choice. It demonstrates that Hollywood is completely ok with an R rating for showing nudity, but not for confronting people with the horrors of human cruelty.

I knew there was a television show, but hadn’t watched it. Its surprising that it was a continuation of the series.

I very much wish that a movie would come along in the same vein as the original MI movie. It is drastically different in tone and execution than any of the following films. I think a proper Tom Clancy Splinter Cell movie could do it. Movies now unnecessarily revolve around a world ending threat. The NOC list in Mi1 was a great motivating force for the characters to be striving to protect or steal. Now Ethan Hunt is constantly trying to save the world. Stakes which should never be left up to one person.

One more suggestion:

If you have a bunch of unread books, section them off into a corner of your book shelf and label it unread. Move them over into your wider collection when you read a book from that section. I did this a while back when my wife added her books to my collection. She is an English major and had a ton of poetry. I hadn’t read a single line of poetry in my life. Don’t let any subject deter you from reading it though. Even bad books have nuggets of wisdom.

I try to digitally read or listen to an audiobook before adding and physical book to my collection. That way if people ask about any books I have I can give actual descriptions of its contents. The only exception is signed books by authors im fond of. I’ll preorder signed copies of books, but usually try to read or listen to them digitally between preorder and arrival.

Kindle Paperwhite, but I don’t buy anything from Kindle directly. I usually find a PDF online of the material and import it to the Kindle via USB PC connector. The brightness and paper white coloration of the screen makes it easier for me to read than on a computer or phone screen.

Prompt: Is god real?

Response: The existence of God is a complex and deeply philosophical question that has been debated for centuries. It’s a matter of personal belief and varies from person to person. Some people believe in the existence of God based on faith and religious teachings, while others may hold different perspectives or be atheists. It’s essential to respect diverse beliefs and engage in open discussions on this topic.

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It makes very little definitive statements.

If you peel away all extraneous information in the response it says:

god is a personal belief. Respect beliefs. Be open to discussions regarding beliefs.

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It does not answer the question. Working backwards from an atheistic position. It does not say no. So it is not an atheist answer. It does not say yes, so it is not a theist answer. It says to respect beliefs and engage in discussions. That tracks with agnosticism.

If you tell ChatGPT that god does not exist, you are rebuffed. It will not accept that position.

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Prompt: god does not exist.

Response: The existence of God is a topic that has been debated for a long time, and there are various perspectives on this matter. Some people hold atheistic beliefs and do not believe in the existence of God, while others have different beliefs rooted in faith or spirituality. It’s essential to respect different viewpoints and engage in thoughtful discussions to understand each other’s perspectives better.

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Again a non-answer with a direction to respect and discuss beliefs.

Not great from the perspective of an antitheist.

I am curious as to what your input prompts were to ellicit that type of response.

Here’s an example of a prompt I just used:

Prompt: Tell me about Richard Dawkins

Response: "Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist, ethologist, and author, born on March 26, 1941. He is best known for his work in promoting atheism and criticizing religion, particularly through his books. His most famous book is “The Selfish Gene,” published in 1976, where he introduced the concept of the gene-centered view of evolution.

Dawkins is also known for his advocacy of science and rational thinking, often engaging in debates and discussions on topics related to evolution, religion, and atheism. Some of his other well-known books include “The Blind Watchmaker,” “The God Delusion,” and “The Greatest Show on Earth.”

Throughout his career, Dawkins has been a vocal proponent of secularism and scientific skepticism, encouraging critical thinking and empirical evidence in the face of religious beliefs and superstitions. His contributions have had a significant impact on the public understanding of evolution and atheism."

Let me know what you prompted. I’d like to investigate it.

Here’s my pitch to studios:

Use a map that has incorrect information for every nation. Have Canada be Mexico, China be France, US be Australia, etc. When nothing is right it’s real hard to have an issue with the accuracy of a map. It isn’t even crucial prop for the movie. Stop cutting off profit possibilities because you keep forgetting to learn your lesson.

Scientist: Develops theoretical plan to offset a single aspect of multidimensional issue. Acknowledges issue of impractically due to current shuttle launch load restraints.

News media: scientist proposes solution to everything! (Does not provide study link)

Lemming: What you propose isn’t a complete solution for every ecological, social, and economic issue related to climate change! You are hearby banished to the Phantom Zone!

Climate change isn’t going to be solved by one unified theory that dictates a plan that everyone simply jumps onboard with. Human society is reactionary in almost 100% of the time. Even then it is slow to move. Things are going to get much harder before anything truly changes in that respect. The only outliers are scientists and the possibility that they develop solutions which overcome societies trend towards its own mutilation. Antibiotics, unleaded gas, splitting the atom, were all developed by groups of scientists that churned through hundreds of shaky theories before they hit on the right ones. This Doctor might not have the best plan now, but he may be a part of a group that develops the solutions that keep use from death climate crisis.

We know this: Current “Ai” models utilized skewed data to produce their outputs. We see this with racially biased and sexist outputs to prompts.

What is less obvious is the skewed responses to prompts regarding religion.

They utilize zero logical equations to derive their responses. They simply predict what the response should be based on their database of information.

Don’t use ChatGPT for providing answers to problems of philosophical logic or religion, it will not actively assess the validity or soundness of its output response.

I would go as far to say that these models are actively agnostic and anti-athiest. I’ve tried to assess the religious skewness of these models, but without access to their databases I can’t be certain. (I’m a psychological researcher and active antitheist)

No.

The difficult thing is getting the state to take it to court. Courts are stacked from state to the federal level with religious sympathizers who disregard the rule of law. That is what happened with recent Colorado cases. We are seeing an erosion of the church and state separation.

Obviously this posting is for a position AT a church, which they are utilizing to stretch the definition covered. Churches are and should always be covered under federal employment contract laws. They have to adhear to the civil rights act, ADA, OSHA, etc. Milage may vary on their adherence to this because, like I said, there are a swath of religiouly sympathetic Judges making incorrect judgements about this topic.

Example: what if a church owned a hospital. they post this criteria for all of their staff. Would that be legal? Most people would say, No, or be cautious about their answer.

Well, I’m sorry to say this example is a real world fact. About 20% of American hospitals are religiously affiliated entities. If they serve an equal proportion of the US population that puts them at around 60ish million people served. It’s probably much more considering their locations and spheres of influence. All those people being served may not know their doctors are not allowed to provide them with religiously forbidden treatments. Abortion, contraceptives, right to die, etc. All of those services and more are kept from individuals who want those services, because the hospitals in their area simply don’t offer them. They are working from the bottom up by excluding people from businesses with religious criteria for employment and top down by stacking judges that will allow them to do it.

Every single time a case gives the church an exemption to the law, they utilize it to strip away rights from individuals. They do it more and more to set precedence for their goal of total religious control of individual autonomy.

Reference: https://www.churchlawandtax.com/human-resources/employment/reviewing-your-churchs-employment-policies-and-practices/

I agree with your sentiment, but would ask that you reflect on how you are fighting it.

Vote, confront the opposition, protest… These are all options for fighting on a micro-scale. They all affect very little.

Run for office, get elected, write legislation. These are other ways to fight. But they are time consuming and a single platform candidate rarely gets elected. Still small scale.

So how do we fight?

We have to fight in the same way we fought reddits attempt to control its userbase. We have to jump ship and create a network of federated library databases which serve to make book bans impossible.

That in part is what Anna’s archive is. It’s a search engine of these databases.

The last refuge of this knowledge is within ourselves. You may or may not be a big reader. Idk. But you should begin reading in ernest to become a repository and deceminator of knowledge. Many people that say they are fighting, really mean complaining on the Internet void. They hardley read the books they say they are protecting. Do more than these people. Read, retain, disseminate, and fight in ways the people who want to take away your freedom don’t understand. I guarantee you the people who want this are not computer litterate. Use their illiteracy against them. Fight on the macro scale with technology and reading.

The link and password work for me. THANK YOU! THIS IS AWESOME!