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Old 05-22-2024, 03:40 AM   #569 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Now for something completely different...

2nd edit: What's totally implausible is a female voice that you can push a button and shut it up.
In no particular order of thoughts;

I admire even more that Steven Hawking stuck to the archaic voice technology he used to read his text because it emphasized the weight of his concepts by eliminating linguistic methods of persuasion.

A fake Scarlett Johansen voice is still a pleasant substitute to archaic voice technology.

Massaging an inferior (and more predictably deterministic) replica of intelligence into saying what you want is unimpressive.

Lots of entertainment value at the end.

Still not buying the "stolen election" narrative despite the fact that all major political and corporate institutions have been hijacked by a particular political color. It seems way more plausible to me that a majority (even a slim one) can be persuaded by dominant institutions to side with whatever the narrative is.

It's interesting to listen to SA initially disavow Trump, primarily for soft on fentanyl positions, and later adopt the "Stop Hitler" tactics of persuasion to walk back that criticism and oppose the ideological opponent. Of course, we have a high degree of agreement in many areas, including support and admiration of the Indian Dude.
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