// Define the values of A and B
const A = false; // A must be false for both implications to be true
const B = true; // B can be any value, but it doesn't matter because A is false

// Logical implication function
function implies(p, q) {
    return !p || q;
}

// Check the implications
const A_implies_B = implies(A, B); // A implies B
const A_implies_notB = implies(A, !B); // A implies not B

// Output the results
console.log(`A: ${A}`);
console.log(`B: ${B}`);
console.log(`A implies B: ${A_implies_B}`);
console.log(`A implies not B: ${A_implies_notB}`);

// Check if both implications are true
const result = A_implies_B && A_implies_notB;
console.log(`(A implies B) and (A implies not B): ${result}`);

• The implies function takes two arguments, p and q, and returns true if p implies q (which is equivalent to !p || q).
• We define the values of A and B such that A is false.
• We check the implications A implies B and A implies not B.
• Finally, we print the results and check if both implications are true.

For the moment, the main deficiency in AI (where philosophy is concerned) is its inability to formulate and argue a strong, original case. Presented with a philosophical question, its responses too often resemble a summay of discussion points. — alan1000

...when they reach human level intelligence, and we put them in cute robots, we're going to think they're more than machines. That's just how humans are wired. — RogueAI

Your observation that Nietzsche's work has similarities to stoicism is understandable, but it is worth noting that stoicism is not compatible with his view; for Nietzsche considered the Ubermensch to be driven completely by passions, and not reason. Honestly, though, I drew the same kind of links to stoicism that you did, because Nietzsche often references principles of self-reliance that can be found (at least a little bit) in stoicism. — Bob Ross

My understanding of 'Thus Spoke Zarathurstra' is that it involves a process of 'waking up' , beyond the everyday conventions of 'robotic' functioning. This includes conformity to religious perspectives. I see this work of Nietzsche as signifying the depths of any genuine quest within philosophy, which involves all questioning of conventions, religious, or probably, all ideologies. The book explores this, especially in the form of metaphorical understanding. — Jack Cummins

Yes, one of the reasons probably... Nietzsche's main question, how we get beyond Christian values after the dead of the Christian God is still an open question. But other reason also play a role no doubt, he was a very good writer, he has a knack of drawing you in... he's a tempter ;-). — ChatteringMonkey

...which people hadn't realized yet. — ChatteringMonkey

• "Where Wizards Stay Up Late" - by Katie Hafner
• "Virtually Sacred" - by Robert M Geraci
• "The Code Book" - by Simon Singh
• "Neuromancer* - by William Gibson
• "American Cosmic" - by D. W. Pasulka
• "TechGnosis" - by Erik Davis
• "Inner Sound" - by Jonathan Weinel

The definition I'd offer is that to know is to process information correctly.
Process here means/is defined as a computation, which is the reconfiguration of an input to an output.
Information here means/is defined as any structure (an object, a string of symbols) that can be binary/digitally distinguished. — Hallucinogen

What characterizes the mindset associated with honesty? Considering that individuals may occasionally engage in falsehoods, how do we conceptualize the mindset of honesty? Is 'honest' a noun or a verb? Can one still be deemed an honest person if they occasionally engage in deception? — YiRu Li

• Significant, present moment mindfulness (or awareness) of personal and environmental sensations and phenomena
• Triumph through suffering/trial
• Willingness to be wrong, and learning from mistakes, errors and/or malice; whether personal or interpersonal
• Prioritization of harmony as the end goal, as the "prize"

Technology seems to be especially suited for such an unquestioning, mechanicistic, and optimistic approach to religion/spirituality. — baker

It is already happening in the Pagan communities. — Bret Bernhoft

The second quote attempts to explain the first. — 180 Proof

If anything, I see a convergence between what you call "techno-optimistic religion" and existing religions/spiritualities. — baker

"I have no idea" because what you describe, Bret, does not make any sense to me. — 180 Proof

Post-singularity ubiquitous smart nanotech seems more likely to transform planetary civilization into a Global Experience Machine^ (à la "The Matrix" or wireheading^^) than to enable hedonic beings to somehow "transcend" (or to religiously seek "transcendence from") being hedonic. — 180 Proof

The tone of some cosmism seems to be similar to your modern techno-optimism, though of course the technological focus has changed. — Jamal

Just don't confuse it with anything spiritual. — Wayfarer

Phase locking is not energy. It is something which occurs in physical processes. — wonderer1

...do you have any links to support these claims? — flannel jesus

The US forefathers risked everything for democracy and obviously, life is about more than matter. — Athena

Which energies do you believe are known by science but materialists all reject? — flannel jesus

Are those forms of energy something physicists know about and study? — flannel jesus

Such as? :chin: — 180 Proof