‘I used to be a friend of Israel. I used to stand on their side… and they have lost me’ — Scott Ritter on the Gaza invasion

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The invasion of Gaza is a KOBK move that shows the provocation of the MIHOP Hamas attack was planned to create this outcome. The US supporting role and European approval of the Israeli response shows vaguely who the Western players are, i.e. whoever is in control of the West, something we do not really know. That whoever is in control of the West is comfortable telling Western peoples any lie they like shows they believe they have total control of their geographical domains. That they are also actively provoking an enormous Muslim backlash shows they are expecting to win against all of them. That this may well lead to WW3 shows they either have a secret weapon or are bold to the point of madness. Since nothing good has come of their rule over the past several decades, the future looks bad for everyone unless they are stopped. ABN

UPDATE: The rational necessity of thinking in KOBK terms is it makes you see the world through the eyes of the most powerful people in the world. From their point of view, they must either ‘kill’ (utterly disempower) their enemies or they will themselves be ‘killed’. Utterly disempowering an enemy often does mean literally killing them but not necessarily. Western leaders clearly are KOBK players. Whether Russia and China are also KOBK players does not matter. All that matters is Russia and China might be KOBK players or might become KOBK players and thus Western leaders must treat them as KOBK players. The same goes for Russia and China vis-a-vis the West. KOBK is a ‘game’ played within hierarchies and pitted against other hierarchies. If you are a top hierarch and do not play, you will lose. If you do not understand KOBK, you cannot understand the world today. KOBK follows a different morality and works at a level that most of us never even glimpse. Wise compassion requires that we understand this very dangerous and inevitable dynamic and why we are now rushing toward WW3. Hamas is acting KOBK, so is Israel. USA is acting KOBK because they see an even bigger picture. Israel and USA are on the same side, for now. Europe is also on that side, for now. When you think from the different players’ points of view, it becomes simpler to see what is happening. This is why I was able to predict a KOBK escalation of the Ukraine War well over a year ago. I did not see that the escalation would take place specifically in Israel, but what is now happening is fully consistent with KOBK reasoning. It has been clear for a long time that the West is going for world domination. The reason world leaders pay so little attention to their peoples is KOBK. ABN

Concepts don’t exist — as objective, phenomenological, cognitive, or neural structures

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The case for removing concepts from cognitive science and AI research

It can be difficult to convince someone that concepts don’t exist. Everyday experience appears to provide overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Concepts are not only intuitively perceived to be active in daily life, they are also a widespread feature of theories across AI and cognitive science, where they are assumed to be necessary for symbolic and logical thought¹. Most who read the title of this post would be tempted to brush off the argument as patently, demonstrably absurd. It’s akin to trying to convince a European 500 years ago that God doesn’t exist, when everything around them appears to be evidence of, and indeed presupposes God’s existence. Any contrary argument is likely to be taken as the result of sophistry or word-wrangling, or because some critical piece has been neglected.

Despite their seeming obviousness, it is worth noting that there is still no complete and unambiguous explanation for what concepts are, or how they work on thoughts —and indeed how to program them into AI. The human ability to learn and create concepts is multifaceted and complex. AI theories and implementations generally only touch on one or two of its features, while neglecting large numbers of counter-cases. This has lead some researchers, notably Lawrence Barsalou, to suspect that the way we think of concepts is flawed. Perhaps the whole notion of concepts — as a native mechanism for grouping experiences — is untenable.

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This article is well-worth reading. Below, I have made a few notes based on my reading of it. To my eye, it demonstrates the existence of consciousness as a thing, the existence of a very real subjective world, the high probability that this subjective world is not entirely confined in your head, that consciousness is a primary of existence and not confined to our brains, and also, importantly for this website, why FIML works so well.

(The sections in quotes are from the article.)

Firstly, concepts: they exist within consciousness and are used to reason, analyze, communicate, organize, and so on. They are probably a features of consciousness itself, depending on how you define them. They need not be stable.

Secondly, FIML:

To begin with, there is no scientific experiment or empirical observation that can be used to prove that any given concept “exists”, and by extension that concepts exist at all.

No. FIML practice provides unlimited empirical observations that concepts exist. FIML is a scientific experiment and can easily be repeated as many times as you like.

To objectively prove that any given interpretation matches reality, you would somehow have to compare your subjective mental concepts against an objective view of the real situation. But the latter isn’t possible.

Yes, it is possible. FIML is precisely that—a means ‘to compare your subjective mental concepts against an objective view of the real situation’.

FIML accomplishes this by allowing two subjective consciousnesses to objectively compare their mutually ‘subjective mental concepts’ against each other. To claim that ‘an objective view of the real situation’ can only be achieved by some other means is absurd. The very best means to objectively compare subjective states is to have two honest informants compare them based on a shared micro unit of communication in the real-world in real-time. This is what FIML does.

The discreteness of concepts is a built-in requirement of language itself, one that does not necessarily reflect what an individual mind is doing.

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Tenants Are Suing Landlords for Allegedly Price-Fixing Rents with Software and the Feds Could Get Involved

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A pair of lawsuits from tenants across the U.S. allege that landlords use rent-setting software to illegally collude and boost their rents. 

One lawsuit was filed in a district court in Tennessee and one in Washington. Both lawsuits were filed a year ago after a ProPublica investigation revealed that real estate software and analytics company RealPage’s rent-setting software, formerly called YieldStar, was artificially raising rents by sharing market data from competitors and setting prices for them, as well as sometimes encouraging landlords to leave units vacant.

Over 20 lawsuits from renters across the country alleging RealPage committed antitrust violations were consolidated in April in Tennesse’s Middle District, chosen for its central location. The United States Department of Justice filed a notice on October 17 asking for permission to participate in oral arguments on December 11. The court approved the government’s request, and the DOJ has until November 15 to submit a formal statement of intent if it wants to participate. 

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‘I need to make some GOOD comments about men’ — Christie Laura Grace

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Hey guys. I need to make some GOOD comments about men.

1. When I first started speaking out, I was anonymous on Twitter. I had just started my case with the federal government (2021). I was thrown under the bus–especially the first year by people who said they had my back–but it was not by men.

Men, great men, were my primary supporters during that time, and still are today. The bulk of them were, and have been, complete gentlemen to me–in every sense of the word. Famous or not, several men have been such a rock for me. I have mentioned them by name previously. They come from all walks of life–medical, academia, insurance industries, military, former hostage negotiator and lieutenant–these guys stood up for me, stood in front of me, protected me, gave me great advice, and helped keep me safe during some rough times when I was receiving serious harassment and threats, which a few came to my person in real life–especially last year.

In 2021, I was afraid to use my real name in public and speak out, and some of these guys had Zoom calls, phone calls, and met me to let me know they had my back, and they were not going anywhere. They are still here today. You know who you are. Thank you!

2. Men are receiving a lot of heat these days just for being men. They are not appreciated. I wish this was not the case. Many men, good men, are being treated poorly, and unfairly. I wish this was not happening. I know you could blame feminism or whatever it is, but I know this is happening at scale–even in politically conservative and religious areas, and I am oh so sorry for this. I know this is going to change at some point.

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Senator Chuck Grassley Outlines Details of FBI HQ Running National Coverup Operation to Protect Biden Family from Investigation

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…The Grassley letter originates from information provided by whistleblowers inside the FBI who were subjected to having their investigations nulled by Washington DC.  Apparently, some of those who had time, effort and investigative resources dedicated to the honest investigation of the Biden family scheme, did not like seeing their investigations shut down simply because Christopher Wray and other politically active leaders in the DC command center of the FBI did not want the Biden family exposed.

This pattern of activity, the institutional preservation issue, is exactly what was noted in the previous Trump-Russia targeting effort.  Former AG Bill Barr and all of the officers and investigative officials therein, were also in alignment with this institutional preservation approach.  The FBI throwing a bag over the Biden corruption schemes, is yet another example of a decision to preserve a corrupt system rather than allowing the American public to see it, thereby running the risk of collapse.

I would strongly urge everyone to take the time to read the 7-page outline provided by Senator Grassley’s office, along with the investigative staff and resources of Senator Ron Johnson.  While they are unnamed, I am certain that I have personally met some of the people who put this outline together.

Beyond the details, granular information, citations and evidence, what becomes crystal clear is that every root and branch of the FBI is now politically corrupt.  It is an institution now more akin to the Russian FSB than it is to a USA national investigative agency.   It simply cannot be reformed.

The U.S. Dept of Justice and FBI are now political institutions that have abandoned their originating mission in order to become the domestic equivalent of the Soviet-era FSB. Their joint targeting mechanisms have been redesigned to support the interests of corrupt DC politicians – specifically the interests of Democrats.  Grassley is giving specifics to what has been visible for years.

This is why and how the Fourth Branch of U.S. Government is now the superseding apparatus above all other branches.  {GO DEEP} This is why and how Barack Obama, John Brennan and Eric Holder created it, cemented it, and made it impervious to any effort to remove it.

The Fourth Branch of Government is evil Sauron, and Washington DC is Mordor. The corrupt media have aligned with it; they are preserving it; and the institutions in/around the DC system are self-aware, acting to support it and fully autonomous.

Additionally, to overlay their ability to monitor every single aspect of every life that might seek to challenge or destroy it, the end game of surveillance outlined by Edward Snowden is active.

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The Grassley Letter

New Zealand: Shocking revelations regarding covid vaxxes

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In this New Zealand post-election update, Liz Gunn discusses shocking revelations regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. A clinician mathematician has reviewed the data and confirms that there are tens of thousands of deaths linked to the jabs. The data shows clusters of deaths among people who received the vaccine on the same day at the same location. This statistical evidence calls for a full-blown criminal investigation, with all associated individuals’ computers, phones, and information seized. The government had prior knowledge of the side effects, contradicting the narrative of the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness. Liz Gunn urges the public to demand an end to the vaccine rollout to prevent further harm.