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Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion is not accelerating

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Re: Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion is not accelerating

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Post by aatd86 »

pinkmuffinere wrote: post #207
aatd86 wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought the smiley would make the 'Nope' less argumentative. Sorry if you felt it was offensive. This was in response to: > Side-note: the deontological argument is an argument for the existence of God, which uses the same principle as the grandparent which was not actually true. This is not the same principle. Maybe the way I expressed the idea wasn't too clear. A close principle, would be Descartes' cogito perhap…

No worries, i did feel it was a bit dismissive, but no hard feelings at all. I think your main claim is that concepts exist even if there is not a human to perceive/think of them. I have no horse in that race, sorry if that’s disappointing haha. However, sometimes your comments seem to be claiming that _something_ must exist. _This_ i disagree with. We can observe that something does indeed exist in our universe. How…

Haha, before I answer you, could you do me a favor? I'd like you to paste the message in an LLM of your choice and also tell me what they infer. I think that could be very interesting. ;p Then I'll give you an answer.

Re: Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion is not accelerating

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Post by pinkmuffinere »

aatd86 wrote: post #211
pinkmuffinere wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No worries, i did feel it was a bit dismissive, but no hard feelings at all. I think your main claim is that concepts exist even if there is not a human to perceive/think of them. I have no horse in that race, sorry if that’s disappointing haha. However, sometimes your comments seem to be claiming that _something_ must exist. _This_ i disagree with. We can observe that something does indeed exist in our universe. How…

Haha, before I answer you, could you do me a favor? I'd like you to paste the message in an LLM of your choice and also tell me what they infer. I think that could be very interesting. ;p Then I'll give you an answer.

Good idea! Here's the chatgpt exchange: https://chatgpt.com/share/691283dd-eb90-8010-97d1-8118eb6152...

Its summary at the end is

""

If I had to assign probabilities purely based on linguistic/structural evidence:

French: ~45%

Other Romance language: ~25%

Eastern European/Slavic: ~15%

Native English speaker: ~15%

But: none of these are strong certainties. The writer is clearly extremely fluent regardless.

""

btw, I do agree you have an incredible command of English in either case, with lots advanced terminology.

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Edit: I fed it a bunch more of your writing, here's the updated link: https://chatgpt.com/share/691283dd-eb90-8010-97d1-8118eb6152...

and updated conclusions:

""

After the third sample, I would revise the distribution:

French: 35% (down from 45%)

German or Central European (Polish/Czech/Slovak/Hungarian/Russian): 35%

Other Romance (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese): 20%

Native English speaker: 10%

""

I think it has essentially arrived at the same guess I had! I'm not sure how to feel about that, haha, kindof surprised by that result.

Re: Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion is not accelerating

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Post by aatd86 »

pinkmuffinere wrote: post #212
aatd86 wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha, before I answer you, could you do me a favor? I'd like you to paste the message in an LLM of your choice and also tell me what they infer. I think that could be very interesting. ;p Then I'll give you an answer.

Good idea! Here's the chatgpt exchange: https://chatgpt.com/share/691283dd-eb90-8010-97d1-8118eb6152... Its summary at the end is "" If I had to assign probabilities purely based on linguistic/structural evidence: French: ~45% Other Romance language: ~25% Eastern European/Slavic: ~15% Native English speaker: ~15% But: none of these are strong certainties. The writer is clearly extremely fluent regardless. "" btw, I d…

Haha I did the same and it is a bit more nuanced. But it is hinting at either native speaker or French. I do speak French. But it is still quite surprising to me. Although it did not pick up everything or it pointed at things that should indicate something other than French wrt punctuation for instance.

https://chatgpt.com/share/69128dbe-a054-8009-a1c8-31b00f2ae5...

Summary of probabilities (still low-confidence)

If you forced a guess:

Native English: ~40–50%

Romance L1 (especially French): ~25–35%

Slavic L1: ~10–15%

Germanic L1 (other than English): ~5–10%

Other: remaining small tail

This is quite funny! I should be more careful about how I write online.

Re: Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion is not accelerating

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Post by pinkmuffinere »

aatd86 wrote: post #213
pinkmuffinere wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good idea! Here's the chatgpt exchange: https://chatgpt.com/share/691283dd-eb90-8010-97d1-8118eb6152... Its summary at the end is "" If I had to assign probabilities purely based on linguistic/structural evidence: French: ~45% Other Romance language: ~25% Eastern European/Slavic: ~15% Native English speaker: ~15% But: none of these are strong certainties. The writer is clearly extremely fluent regardless. "" btw, I d…

Haha I did the same and it is a bit more nuanced. But it is hinting at either native speaker or French. I do speak French. But it is still quite surprising to me. Although it did not pick up everything or it pointed at things that should indicate something other than French wrt punctuation for instance. https://chatgpt.com/share/69128dbe-a054-8009-a1c8-31b00f2ae5... Summary of probabilities (still low-confidence) If…

Wait so what's the answer? Lol. Is French your first language?

Re: Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion is not accelerating

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Post by aatd86 »

pinkmuffinere wrote: post #214
aatd86 wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha I did the same and it is a bit more nuanced. But it is hinting at either native speaker or French. I do speak French. But it is still quite surprising to me. Although it did not pick up everything or it pointed at things that should indicate something other than French wrt punctuation for instance. https://chatgpt.com/share/69128dbe-a054-8009-a1c8-31b00f2ae5... Summary of probabilities (still low-confidence) If…

Wait so what's the answer? Lol. Is French your first language?

I'll keep the mystery alive, for now :p

Re: Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion is not accelerating

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Post by indoordin0saur »

Razengan wrote: post #30
indoordin0saur wrote: post #7

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The universe was always only expanding between galaxies, not within them.

So wait, individual stars aren't getting further apart? Galaxies aren't getting "bigger"/more diffuse?

No, stars stay just as close to each other. Also even the nearest galaxies (Andromeda) are either getting closer or staying at roughly the same distance.
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