Why Do We Fear Artificial Intelligence?

I don't get these kinds of jokes.  Oh, well:

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So I suppose the moon is also a satellite, and hollow, just like all the New Agers say? That's pretty depressing. I had the New Agers lumped with the religious, as the people you could make fun of. Next you'll be telling me that the Illuminati controls the world with shape-shifting reptilians from a royal bloodline! I'm going to be reduced to only making fun of basketball players again...very depressing, manavendra

The moon is a satellite.  But, I still don't get the jokes.

I'm sorry bigpoison, I misspoke. The "theory" is it's an artificial, hollow satellite purposely put into the gravitational field of the earth, where aliens watch us. Their motherships are deep inside the fake craters. It's one of the many "theories" from the New Agers that one comes across when investigating the UFO phenomenon. You have to read a lot of poop if you're interested in UFOs.

You're not being serious, right?  Nobody really believes that crap?  It's some joke between you and manavendra, right?  Right? You got lucky and got to be the straight-(wo)man?  Right?

People don't really believe that nonsense.  The moon's an observation post?  Yeeeeeeeeesh.

"The man in the moon is a musician"

'PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS.'

Did you ever wonder why the Moon landings stopped and why we have not tried to build a Moon Base? It does seem like a better and easier idea than a floating space station with no access to any raw materials or supplies? According to the NASA Astronaut Neil Armstrong the aliens have a base on the Moon and told us in no uncertain terms to get off and stay off the Moon!

Sound far fetched? Milton Cooper, a Naval Intelligence Officer tells us that not only does the Alien Moon Base exist but the U.S. Naval Intelligence Community refers to the Alien Moon Base as "Luna," that there is a huge mining operation going on there, and that is where the aliens keep their huge mother ships while the trips to Earth are made in smaller "flying saucers".

If you ever see a UFO, bigpoison, and you want to do a little research, I may save you some time! Not only do people believe that, they also believe:

****The U.S. government has cities underground, where they work side by side with aliens that have lived there for centuries.

****The reason why we don't go to they moon any longer, is because when the astronauts got there, they were told (by the aliens that live there) not to come back.

****The reason why there are so many ships and military around Yemen, is because there is a "stargate" over there, from whence the aliens arrive and depart. That's a super secret!

****You've heard of black-ops? Well there is a really, really black-ops in the U.S. government which already has vehicles that can travel the speed of light. What? You don't believe that? Then why do we have bases on the moon, and mars that government officials, and members of the super secret government go to and come back from? They are negotiating with the Galactic Federation to be able to get the o.k. to travel out of the solar system!

That's just a few, bigpoison. And the people who believe these things are very serious about it! Seriously!

I'm so sorry about these earthlings, manavendra. All they can see is 64 squares. They don't see the big picture!

I am more interested in square 51.

Nah!!!

g3

A well-kept secret is that little green men have been visiting Ireland for centuries, where they are known as Leprechauns.

 As an Amateur Astronomer (regretably switched to EE before the tech crash), I've studied numerous accounts of Astronomical History and Astrology (as it pertains to the development of the sciences and not just as pseudo-science).  Have you ever wondered how our lives would be different without the moon?  We would not have the tidal action in our oceans like it is today, we would not have eclipses (eclipses were key to ancient humans understanding the motions of the heavens), and we would experience a radically different culture than the one based on our current system of "months" (monthly estrus cycles of mammals; development of the calendar; religious and agricultural timekeeping; etc.)  Given those coincidences, along with the unusual fact that the apparent size of the Moon, as seen from the Earth, is so close to the apparent diameter of the Solar disk, it makes for a disturbing claim that the origin of the Moon cannot be ascribed to chance.  However, as with many other non-intuitive observations in science, we could point out that were it otherwise, we wouldn't be here (as a race) to witness it.  Either way, it is intriguing - and I sincerely hope that we do return to the Moon within my lifetime.

So you've been there before?

People who say things like this are in very short supply of reason.

First of all, unusual in what sense?  Even if it was a 1000 in one occurrence, it's silly to try to use a unlikely circumstance to justify an exponentially less likely circumstance... but people are idiots 24/7... they work hard at it too.

Like the lady who said she knew she'd won the lottery shortly after buying the ticket because on the way back to her house she had hit 7 green lights in a row.

People look for order in the oddest areas, and try to tie even the most inconsequential things into what they see as a close and personal world.  Such arrogance and illogical thinking... I don't even know where to begin when I come across crap like this.  It makes me sick.

But then again, if everyone thought like me, we'd have missed out on tons of great inventions, discoveries, etc.  So I guess it takes all kinds.

Mon dieu! That's an over 100 to 1 shot. Surely proof of supernatural intervention?

I believe more in "that crap" than in other more traditional beliefs. Some people believe there is a God, but I think THAT'S crap. Others believe Maradona IS God, I ain't kidding. Some people even believe planet Earth is a living being. Others believe there exists such a thing as democracy, that is, the government by the people. Others don't, of course.

If anyone wants to know about "that crap" just take a look at the next videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkswXVmG4xM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud49Gh9yYLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpHAxxRKksQ

You'd pretty much have to say most of the world are "lunatics" as they still believe in gods, and miracles, etc. So these people that believe some of the "theories" I pointed out, are just not rigorous in the least. Like the Neil Armstrong thing is hearsay, as Armstrong really hadn't said much at all, publicly, and someone said that he said this. Just a bunch of hearsay for all these "theories". I do like what Jaques Vallee said, when told of the "fact" that there are entire cities underground, being used by the U.S. military, aliens, etc., he simply asked, "Where do they put the garbage?"