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Going along with what Adaire said: You have to know the truth to know a lie. You can't just find it based on cues. The only generally reliable cue is that someone lying usually takes a fraction of a second longer to respond than someone not lying because they have to invent some kind of truth...

Hey! That's about the time I saw 'em. Not in the playoffs, that I recall, but same era. Sounds fun! I'd probably be more of hockey fan if they stopped acting like boxers. (*cough* Ok, so NYY vs Det wasn't exactly civil either. *cough*) Islanders have had some decent seasons. They seem to be...

LoL. You sound like a New Yorker. X) I lived on the east coast for awhile, so I got to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade but didn't see the St Pat's one. Missed out. How was it? btw, I think Yankee fans are the best baseball fans in the world. Do you like the Yankees? (not to say the Mets are...

Maybe you're handsome and not telling us? Anyways, welcome to the boards! I take it you've seen the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade up close on a number of occasions? If so, would you say it's better, normal, or worse and why?

I'm inclined to agree. Here's how it seems to me: The "reading minds" idea stems from people wanting to empathize or look into the life of another person. They dream up ideas (about someone else's thoughts or future) because they spend more time thinking about what they think other people are...

Perhaps, though all of the INTJs I know are pretty fun people to be around. Coldness is more of a character trait than a personality one. Anyone can be cold. There are simply different flavors of cold personalities. lol my descriptors

@Reluctantly & @Grayman Assuming I understand you both correctly (possibly not), I'd say you're both correct about particles. The reality is, we only have reality to describe reality. We don't have some reference point outside of reality by which to discuss the foundations of what we're talking...

ads don't equate to greed. We all need money for something. It's a nice exchange unit rather than carrying around tons of actual products with us. Not to mention the value of money doesn't go down as fast as the value of most of the stuff we buy with it. I think the ad-spamming has occurred in...

When the AI reaches adult wisdom? Not to say it's not a nice dream. Heck, I got into programming to develop AI once upon a time. I don't think it'll relieve us of being slaves to society so much as it'll segregate society even more between the haves and have-nots. Sounds like the topic deserves...

Yes, I know that. I think it's rather depressing where humanity is taking itself. I suppose then, if we're going to draw the line, we may as well pick a decent one, right? ... I can't think of a good one, though. Every legal line has some problem with it. I suppose we could judge AI based on...

So you're saying that, because we live with problems, we should add more? That doesn't make any sense. It's like this: because we already breath carbon dioxide (a small % of air), we should continue to allow levels to increase. Doing so would ultimately amount to unbreathable air, which in an...

lol, sure. It took me a little bit to realize they weren't added automatically, but I think.... I get the idea now.

Well... I'm saying the legal issues are more hassle than it's worth. (Skip to the second paragraph for a direct answer to your question.) Consider, for example, animal rights activism now. We didn't have these people 200 year ago. In the future, we are likely to have people who believe robots...

Thank you for the welcome. In answer to your question: I actually enjoy hard work, not for it's own sake of course, but the sense of accomplishment I get from it. Procrastination may still be an issue, but not as much anymore. Not to say other INTPs don't work hard, but work, especially...

Hi! I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm an INTP, a philosopher (as you would expect) and a programmer. Just here to chat from time to time with like-minded individuals and do some mental exercising if you know what I mean. Also, I like jokes. Who doesn't? But INTP humor is rather quirky to...

Let me first clarify, I'm not saying the industry of AI should not be regulated. However, I would believe companies would, whether its the right thing or not, bear the full brunt of the blame for their products, at least at first. That's a prediction. The question, of course, is where do you...

Nihilism, and its subsequent conversion to this existentialism, tends to be an INTP problem (not to say other types don't have it). It results from attempting to thoroughly understand reality with the mind, dissecting it based on the assumption that there is no God, and thus coming to the...

That's ambiguous. What constitutes "being 18" for an AI? Psychological testing is one thing, but AI doesn't have the same motivating factors or composition that humans do. It's comparing apples to oranges. How would such a test be developed? Some arbitrary standard? Humans at least...

@k9a4b Altruism isn't fundamentally selfish! Selfishness is only considering one's own wishes and manipulating others to include them. If, on the other hand, you incorporate the wishes of others into your own wish and try to gain mutual happiness, as would be the case in a human's attempt at...

So that we can actually move. I think people tend to forget you actually need intelligence - albeit on a primitive level - to move around. I believe there are many other purposes, of course. I can't consider one of them to be the "ultimate" purpose since all of them would have equal relevance in...

AI is an annoying buzzword. People have lots of abstract terms for referring to things: "love", "rights", "intelligence". While these words are nice for categorizing things, they hide the actual act such that people forget or are oblivious to what's actually going...