Everyday Junglist
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About me. You know how everyone says to be a successful writer you should focus in one or two areas. I continue to prove them correct.
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Can a Machine Learn?
Author's preface: This article was originally published on another web publishing platform way back in 2017. I believe it still holds true today. Bottom line was then, and still is today, machines cannot learn. The fact that almost everyone believes they can is a testament to the ease at which people, even of great intelligence, are so easily blinded to the obvious by the technology hyposphere. Few can resist the power of the hyposphere but resist it we must if we are to maintain clarity of thought.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in 01
Beliefs Got Nothing To Do With It
I’m not one of those people that gets super pissed every time some ignoramus spouts off about how global warming is a hoax, or the earth is only 6000 years old, or any other such silly thing. In my view, there always has been, and always will be, a subset of people who simply lack the capacity or the desire or the intelligence or whatever it is, to comprehend and/or accept basic facts about the universe and the world we live in. I simply acknowledge that and move on, I most definitely am not out pounding the pavement, evangelizing for the scientific worldview, no matter how many science journals or science based media outlets tell me I should be.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Humans
Would You Love Your Parents No Matter What?
Author's preface: This is a republication of a piece I wrote way back in 2017 for an alternate web publishing platform that is eerily similar to Vocal yet much larger and more successful. It is also one from which I have had my account suspended on two separate occasions, including the most recent "suspension" over two years ago now which appears in all likelihood to have become a permanent ban. I am providing a link here to the recently republished on Vocal version of that article.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Families
Human Population and Conservation
If one thinks about what broad themes unite conservationists of all stripes a few main ideas emerge. Preserve biodiversity, maintain and expand wild habitat, decrease pollution and waste. Ultimately most of these boil down to a fairly simple formula. The more we can reduce man’s footprint on the planet the better it will be for every other living thing. The easiest and most straightforward method to achieve this end would be to significantly reduce the human population of the planet. I think most people understand this at some base level and I believe it explains a lot of the negative attitudes many people instinctually express when asked their feelings on the matter. Essentially the conservationist is asking us to admit that we are the problem, we are a net negative for the health of the planet, all living things would be better off if we ceased to exist. I know that few environmentalist/conservationists would put it exactly this way though many probably believe it. In point of fact until very recently I did too.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Earth
Radical Contrarianism Explained
I very much resist labels, especially when it comes to something as complicated as one's "overarching philosophy." That said, when I have been pressed on the question in the past I have used the term radical contrarian to explain one aspect of my philosophical approach to life. I really have no idea if such a philosophical school currently exists or has existed in the past. It definitely shares many aspects of any number of skeptical philosophies, and may in fact be known by another name among philosophers much more competent and knowledgeable than myself. However, for purposes of this piece I intend to ignore all that and try and describe radical contrarianism in my own words and also explain why I find it such a compelling, but also such a painful and alienating approach to life.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Humans
Vocal Has a Poetry Community
I don't even pretend to be a poet nor do I have any aspirations in that direction with my writings. My knowledge of poetry runs about as deep as my knowledge of crochet. However even I recognize the absurdity of trying to apply a minimum word count to works of poetry. Can you imagine if such a thing were the normal standard of practice in poetry throughout history? If not, fear not, I shall imagine it for you. See below.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Poets
Cats Vs. Dogs
Any of my readers who work in any business related career will be familiar with the SWOT analysis. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It is a way of assessing, in easily digestible form, an existing or potential market for a new or existing product which looks at that product in relationship to existing or potential competitors in that market. It is one of those things marketing loves to do because it makes it seem as if they have a role beyond just deciding what typeface to use on the company website, writing up social media posts five people will ever read, and collecting site traffic data to be analyzed by data scientists in an attempt to increase that number to six people. I kid of course, marketing is one of my favorite business functions, and critically important to business success, and mostly wont even bother with a post unless at least ten people at least will see it.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Petlife
