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00:42:15 <oerjan> TIME FLIES LIKE AN ARROW
00:42:28 <oerjan> FRUIT FLIES LIKE A BANANA
00:45:28 <oerjan> FOR A HILLARIOUS PRESIDENT
00:46:44 <oerjan> WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE BULLISH
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00:50:05 <SimonRC> For you Americans out there, _Top Gear_ is a sitcom about 3 guys whose job is to review and rate cars...
00:50:42 <SimonRC> there are genuine car reviews in the show, but much of it is about the stuff they get up to by claiming expenses off their employer.
01:02:46 <SimonRC> It is actually supposed to be a car-reviewing show, and only incidentally a sitcom.
01:03:26 <oerjan> now that is what YOU think
01:14:18 * SimonRC suddenly wonders why people have pets. Yer stereotypical objective being would see it as a waste of effort for no appaent gain.
01:14:32 <SimonRC> Humans know different though...
01:15:16 <oerjan> your stereotypical objective being would exterminate humans and replace them by more efficient robots
01:16:02 <SimonRC> bsmntbombdood: yeah, but don't other humans give that?
01:16:15 <SimonRC> oerjan: I was looking for a more sensible answer.
01:16:29 <oerjan> have i ever been known to be sensible?
01:17:23 <oerjan> there is probably less effort with a pet than with humans
01:20:36 <SimonRC> Same for animals I would have thought.
01:21:10 <SimonRC> Ah, but there are plenty of species that are more friendly than humans.
01:22:08 <oerjan> animals are less complicated
01:22:18 <bsmntbombdood> a dog is going to like you even if no chick will give you a chance
01:25:23 <SimonRC> The question came up because I was wondering why something of superhuman intelligence would keep humans as pets.
01:26:28 <oerjan> you writing an sf story?
01:28:42 <oerjan> hm... would a superintelligent being be able to make humans enjoy being its pets?
01:28:56 <SimonRC> depends on the definition of "pet"
01:29:17 <oerjan> i suppose so, since humans worship gods
01:30:04 <oerjan> for that matter, maybe we already are pets
01:30:16 <SimonRC> ... If you look after them, give them the correct environment (including other humans of course) and work that they enjoy, they will be perfectly happy.
01:30:36 <SimonRC> plus insome ways you will understand them better than any humans can
01:30:59 <SimonRC> http://fof.durge.org/~sc/Kigdatsi/
01:31:04 <oerjan> perhaps there is an unending chain of pet-owner relationships
01:31:33 <SimonRC> I have been inconsistant over the years, but the above is a collection of things I have written.
01:32:28 <SimonRC> the messages to and from "Fonori" under "written_cwi" are the most important recent conversation, though they are about a specific scenario.
01:32:33 <oerjan> i suppose the possibility of that would depend on whether there is an unending progression of possible levels of intelligence
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