> And honestly, thats rich for someone who ignored or chose to not address, 95%+ of the counterpoints made against your argument ...

Your general comments on technological complexity were fine and reasonably backed up except for the idea that technology will expand exponentially for ever. I think that idea moves outside current science into the realm of opinion

My opinion is that this is all very interesting, technology and all, including the complexity and science of the human body, the science of which is getting more complex daily with each new discovery. For example, on a simplified perspective, each interconnected human contains roughly 37.2 trillion cells, they are all networked together through roughly 2,500 distinct molecular pathways, and each cell hosts millions of organelles and averages around a billion chemical reactions per second.

> Those people are morons.

Technological complexity and number of computer operations are not the same thing.

You may not agree with them but that does not make them morons.

> Considering its end will likely be tens of thousands to millions of years from now OR MORE, to a human, that = "Effectively unending" You need to work on your timescale perspective a bit. ;-)

No, not at all.

To be extra clear, in my last comments I asked you questions, not about the universe, but about technology and you have avoided those questions.

For example:

As far as I can tell there is no evidence the exponential growth of technology's complexity will even last 100 years, some argue the growth has already stopped and others that it never happened.

Are you trying to avoid my question?

You wrote:

> the increase the increase in the complexity of our technology, is exponential, and unending

The exponential increase of technology has been occurring for a short time. What makes you think it will be unending?

> The original point made, never changed. The progression of low entropy to order, will continue until ALL usable energy in the universe is converted into total diffusion... UNTIL THEN, self organization rules. It, cannot, be stopped. It doesn't matter what we do. Unless we are willing to totally destroy society

I agree the universe can't be stopped but as the summary says some things can be slowed, paused or stopped.

> ... the increase in the complexity of our technology, is exponential, and unending

Unending exponential growth of technology until the heat death of the universe : what do you base that prediction on?

> And...why not just say 100 years for example? That would make the numbers even bigger. Why does it need to be 25?

Because about 25 years is the US's War on Terror, and most people aren't aware of the extend of the death it's caused.

> In order to get those numbers, you're having to make maximalist assumptions, and worse, they can't even be verified.

What maximalist claims assumptions? Are you claiming those or similar ones are not made when people quote for example Russian deaths or the number of deaths during Iran protests?

(On indirect deaths: "An estimated 3.6-3.8 million people died indirectly in post-9/11 war zones, bringing the total death toll to at least 4.5-4.7 million and counting")

> you're also counting figures that can't even be directly attributed to the US, and are probably better attributed to Iran.

In what way are they doing that?

> Just to give you an idea, I think it was something like 70% of IEDs were sourced from Iran.

Could you be more clear about how you think that affects things?

And how does that compare in numbers and destructive power of the over 325,000 bombs and missiles the US and its allies have dropped since 2000?

Including the one that tripped ...

Robots in Beijing half-marathon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

> How many Chinese people pick Cuba as a tourist destination?

Surprisingly a lot according to Google.

Why do you ask?

> what we need to survive is proteins, carbs, and fats. I feel like there's a fourth thing there but I forgot.

Me too, so I looked it up:

There's six with vitamins, minerals and water. And dietary fibre too, but it's not an essential nutrient.

> The problem is that as this happen and progress, we will be bind by legal agreement to supply this province or that state

In other words, for now there isn't as you said a need to "lurk back to Ontario and the USA and cry for energy that we need to buy back at crazy rate" and currently HQ is still making a large profit overall from it's sales and purchases of power from outside the province.

> and we will be fucked

That doesn't seem to be the case. The current reduction of power exports is because of below average precipitation in recent years, but they aren't expected to stay low and climate change models expect at least an overall small rise in average precipitations.

- https://www.ledevoir.com/actua...

- https://www.ouranos.ca/en/clim...

> What does Cuba have to offer China as payment for these solar panels?

Tourism: Despite recent declines due to international pressure and decreased visitors, tourism has long been the primary revenue generator.

Professional Services Exports: The government generates significant income by sending doctors and other professionals abroad.

Key Exports: In 2024, exports were led by tobacco ($418M), zinc ore ($107M), and nickel ($88.6M).

Key Industries: Petroleum, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology are also important industries for the economy.

- https://www.google.com/search?...

And GDP is over 100 billion.

- https://www.google.com/search?...

> We lost the control ... lurk back to Ontario and the USA and cry for energy that we need to buy back at crazy rate.

Do you have references?

From the following link, Quebec has only recently (~2024 / 2025) started to buy more power from outside than it's sold, and it looks like it's done so at a good profit:

"Hydro-Québec is now buying more power from outside the province than it’s exporting, a significant reversal from years past caused by a drop in its northern water reservoirs at a time of surging demand. The utility, Canada’s biggest producer of electricity, purchased about 10 terawatt-hours of power at a price of 5 cents a kilowatt-hour for the first nine months of the year, according to its latest quarterly report published Friday. It sold about 8 twh at 15 cents a kwh over the same time outside Quebec."

- https://www.theglobeandmail.co...

"Water cycles are unpredictable. After an eight-year period of high water inflows from 2013 to 2021, volumes in Hydro-Québec reservoirs have since decreased to below average levels, according to Pierre-Olivier Pineau, an energy specialist at Montreal’s HEC business school.

"It’s not surprising and we should not be alarmed,” Mr. Pineau said in an interview. “Markets and interconnections are there to balance supply and demand.”

"The sheer size of Hydro-Québec’s system and its storage capacity give the power producer flexibility in handling its reserves, exporting electricity when prices are high and importing when they’re low, Mr. Aucoin said. The company has generated more than $600-million in profit this way since January, part of the $2.83-billion in net income it reported for the first nine months of the year."

> That's what evolution is, the only question is how rapidly it occurs. Rapid evolution isn't a new discovery.

He's not claiming relatively rapid evolution is a new discovery. Abstract : https://www.science.org/doi/10...

The rate of useful change depends on a multitude of factors, one higher level concept is the idea of evolutionary rescue.

"genetic rescue vs evolutionary rescue" in google brought up some interesting information.

> Are they not the same company now?

Yes

"Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is an American multinational entertainment company that was founded in 2010 following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

From the summary: "$1.7 billion in transfers to a network that was funding Iran-backed terror groups"

> Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, ISIS ... I'm surprised that Slashdot didn't name the terrorist groups.

ISIS ?

"ISIS and Iran are staunch enemies. They are separated by deep ideological, religious, and political divides: Iran is a Shia-led power, while ISIS is a Sunni extremist group that considers Shiites apostates." - Gemini

"Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Deadly Bombings in Iran - The group, which has struck before in Iran, has a long history of division with the country" - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/0...