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Darwin among the Machines (en.wikipedia.org)
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"Darwin among the Machines" is a letter to the editor published in The Press newspaper on 13 June 1863 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The title, which was chosen by the author, references the work of Charles Darwin. Written by Samuel Butler but signed Cellarius, the letter raised the possibility that machines were a kind of "mechanical life" undergoing constant evolution, and that eventually machines might supplant humans as the dominant species.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world
[–] Plum@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

He lacks the warmth and depth

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bad Graph says: 0.75% of 8 year olds were diagnosed in 2000 versus 3.2% in 2020.

Correlation =/= causation.

How have the diagnostic criteria changed in 20 years? Autism was a stigma when I was in high school in 2000, now it's a spectrum. Are there routine screenings at pediatricians now?

Number go up, but what else go up simultaneously?

I hate it here.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

....................... did they adjust the data points to go from lowest to highest

......so the chart go up?

.....

*I wrote down the data on a napkin and it makes more sense. These fuckers made a Bad Graph.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Macho Man Randy Savage got raptured that day.

*no wait I'm revising that. There were a couple Armageddon days that year. My friends and I apparently celebrated the summer solstice one..... by getting hammered and giggling about Xenu.

We heard about the Macho Man dying on the radio the next morning and realized the rapture was very, very limited. Good times. (non-wiki link.)

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I am an unusually shaped plum, it so happens.

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Jerrycan (en.wikipedia.org)
[–] Plum@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Felt like this one was relevant again.... given the current state of things.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am an observer and I am in no way stunned.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

*Disney hemorrhaged shareholder value and was told by their owners to reverse course.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Huh. Ew.

Jelly Ear is much nicer, all around.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fungi aren't flowers in the same way that human beings aren't flowers.

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