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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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It’s really good at making us feel like it’s intelligent, but that’s no more real than a good VR headset convincing us to walk into a physical wall.

It’s a meta version of VR.

(Meta meta, if you will.)

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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

No, it's not simulating the intelligence part. It's a mimicry at best that idiots anthropomorphise and misunderstand as a simulation.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Mimicry is what simulation is.

Definition 3a from Merriam-Webster: the imitative representation of the functioning of one system or process by means of the functioning of another a computer simulation of an industrial process

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simulation

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Immitation and simulation are not the same thing as they're being used in this discussion. You're literally arguing semantics to try and win, which means you have no logical point on which to stand.