Re: The Joy of *small* business

On 12/23/24 1:09 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-12-23, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
 

    As I said to Mr. Natural, I think we've kinda reached The Point -
    where human IQ just really can't COPE with the complexities of
    the Real Universe. The initial 'quantum-statistical' take on
    the negative time thing kinda smells - and there's likely only
    a handful of people in the world that can even wrap their
    brains around THAT. Next phase, very soon, NOBODY can wrap
    their brains around it.
>
    Yes, we can maybe make the "AI"s proceed - but we WON'T
    really understand what they come up with or why. At that
    point it all becomes 'magic' again. Chant the spells
    and wave the wand ......
>
    May as well simply say Ahura Mazda just breathed it all
    into existence and set all the paths/rules ....

      Everybody is wondering what and where
     They all came from
     Everybody is worrying about where they're going to go
     When the whole thing's done
     But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me
     I think I'll just let the mystery be
       -- Iris DeMent

   Don't really worry about 'where I came from' - that's
   fairly simple. Don't think anybody is 'going' anywhere.
   BUT, somewhere in the middle, I'd REALLY like a LOT
   more "understanding" of how The Machine works.
   BUT, barely 250 years into decent sci/tech, we're
   already at the practical limits of what human
   intelligence can calc/cope. VERY distressing.
   The picture even 100 years from now - wow ... it'd
   make a good sci-fi terror flik. MAYbe the 'Blade
   Runner' films kinda paint the picture ... the
   'real' and 'unreal' and 'tech-magic' all blur.
   Nobody has a CLUE about the whats/whys anymore.
   And we're back to 999-AD again ....