I asked my laptop if it thought there might be a day that machines would ever be our intellectual equals.
”October 12th, 1982”
I may have mid-remembered the exact date, but I’m not going to ask again.
I had a haggis butty last night. It was a bit bland, but ok, I suppose. It would be better with more mature cheddar. And a spicier haggis. And more beer. Probably in reverse order of importance.
Maybe global warming will be one of them. And maybe deep sea fishermen in places that are now mountains might rue the profligacy of their ancestors. I’d rather play safe, but then I have children.
We are lucky to have guys like you on this forum who can sort the wheat from the chaff, otherwise we’d have to rely upon the scientists and academics that we employ.
Some people believe that there is a physical world with immutable laws that can de discovered through experimentation, observation and contemplation.
I am not going to try and contradict Newton or Einstein on that one.
Some people believe that there are rules that dictate how people behave in various circumstances.