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New comment by kelseyfrog in "UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s"

kelseyfrog — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:31:12 +0000

Because we've been conditioned to believe that every good thing harbors a dark and sinister secret, that every attempt at improving our situation contains a fatal flaw.

It's a narrative trope, not real life. Come back to reality. It's what Omelas was trying to convey.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says"

kelseyfrog — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:22:31 +0000

Of all the non-earthlings I've met, exactly zero are what I'd call conscious.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "LLMs aren't conscious (and thinking they are is culturally dangerous)"

kelseyfrog — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:03 +0000

Do you remember the first time you achieved consciousness? If so, curious when and what that felt like.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "Texas is America Inc's new centre of gravity"

kelseyfrog — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:29:41 +0000

You have to understand that to a conservative, living in CA feels like dying. It's a feeling of constant intense psychic pain.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime"

kelseyfrog — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:55:42 +0000

Then propose something that doesn't infringe on privacy.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

kelseyfrog — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:30:12 +0000

Intellectual property is private property whose time has come.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime"

kelseyfrog — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:50:16 +0000

Do they not have parents in random countries?

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:32:28 +0000

Great questions, unfortunately being like a bat is a qualia and just as I cannot describe the qualia of redness, I can only describe the qualia of batness as a thing in itself.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:30:50 +0000

I've read it many times over the years. I objectively know what it is like to be a bat and you cannot claim I don't without claiming you objectively know what it is like to be me.

If this frustrates you, then congratulations; we have a starting point for discussion. Be open to describing where that frustration originates.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime"

kelseyfrog — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:26:10 +0000

Parents need to parent. Full stop.

This means the parents of adult scammers too. Every scammer has a mother and father who are failing them. If they were doing their jobs, this wouldn't be happening.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:15:02 +0000

I am a human who objectively knows what it's like to be a bat.

I have greater epistemic authority over what I know than others.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:14:24 +0000

Are you claiming you know what it is like to be me? You can't know about the bat thing unless you know what it is like to be me.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:17:25 +0000

I can. You don't have access to my subjective experience to be able to claim I don't.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:47:33 +0000

Hi, finally someone believes me! :)

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:28:40 +0000

I will know the difference. That's enough for me.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:21:46 +0000

I dont think you can know that unless you know what it's like to be me.

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:17:05 +0000

How do you know that? Do you know what it's like to be me?

New comment by kelseyfrog in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

kelseyfrog — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:10:00 +0000

I know what it's like to be a bat.

I don't have anqualia, the inability to imaginatively summon what an experience is like. In other words, I have the ability to imagine what an experience is like. Do others not have this?

New comment by kelseyfrog in "Andrew Tate's Empire of Abuse"

kelseyfrog — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:37:00 +0000

Halfway across the world doesn't have the same meaning in the age of the Internet. In the mean time, their influence has real disruptive consequences in our ordinary lives. See the classroom[1] as an example.

1. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c625yleq8w7o

New comment by kelseyfrog in "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"

kelseyfrog — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:25:39 +0000

Maybe take a rest from HN if pedantry is fatiguing?