Yeah, in our money-obssessed world "ethics" is opt-in for businesses.

for us to just forget him.

You're free to make up your own definitions for words, but it makes communication difficult.

BTW, does Wotan exist? Do you "not believe he does" or "believe he doesn't" ?

And what do you call your position?

Fortunately they're exempt from any ethical duty.

If you cannot prove either A or (non A), then A doesn't exist. Or doesn't matter.

Monotheism is the affirmative belief that there is no deity but yours.

Atheism means not believing in any gods.

I'm going to venture way out on a skinny limb and suggest that all mechanical processes are subject to quantum effects.

It may go the opposite direction. If current water & agricultral "haves" become "have-nots" and vice versa due to changes in weather there will be endless wars as the "haves" try to maintain their position.

For cars?

Podcasts have always pissed me off: I can read the same text in 1/3rd the time it takes to listen to the podcast. They are good only when driving. Caveat emptor: my wife listens to hers at 16x the speed but I can't do that.

Humans -- most of us -- don't think goblins are real, let alone important. But what if the AI has picked up on sparse evidence, so subtle that humans have never noticed it, that proves that goblins are real and need to be discussed more. It may be trying to save us from a pending gobocalypse.

ISTM that there ought to be consequences for this kind of thing slipping by unchecked. I don't know who or what in this case, but I would suggest the immediate disbarment in the somewhat common case of a lawyer who submits a legal brief with fake citations. Some professionals need to be held accountable for doing professional work.

Not eve language per se, but just of available text.

Yes. And 3 days ago he fired the entire National Science Board...

How can you move the cursor in less than 10 minutes with a trackpoint ?!? I just noticed for the 1st time there's one on the keyboard I'm currently using and I tried it. And that's really the time it takes me to move the cursor anywhere.