Comments on: The Earth Will Be Destroyed Very Soon https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234 Announcing appearances, publications, and analysis of questions historical, philosophical, and political by author, philosopher, and historian Richard Carrier. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43851 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:27:46 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43851 In reply to Lukasz Stafiniak.

Trivial tweaks. Not a substantive escape from any of the problems I listed and was referring to. Nor even useful or a surprising ability for a stochastic parrot. So it’s kind of lame to have even mentioned it here.

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By: Lukasz Stafiniak https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43842 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:50:45 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43842 “These systems will never ever get any better; period.”
FYI.
https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/8b8380204f74670be75e81c820ca8dda846ab289.pdf
“A new ability to come up with novel puns.
Although Claude Opus models largely recycle puns which can be found online, Claude Mythos Preview comes up with decent and seemingly novel ones, often relating to its
preferred technical and philosophical topics:

  • The Bayesian said he’d probably be at the party, but he’d update me.
  • The cartographer’s marriage fell apart. Too much projection.
  • The philosopher was commitment-phobic. His friends said he was always Kierke-guarding his options.”
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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43819 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:41:47 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43819 In reply to megg.

Poes are the best satire.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43818 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:41:09 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43818 In reply to Peter DiGangi.

Not.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43817 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:40:20 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43817 In reply to Tim Freeman.

Lol.

And the link to amoebas hating tin isn’t about tin but something that just by chance has the word “tin” in it.

Basically, everything after the midline of the article is a joke.

But well done catching one.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43816 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:36:11 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43816 In reply to Alif.

I had to look up what that even was.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43815 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:35:18 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43815 In reply to Larry.

Is the shower thing a monster that lives under the grate and feeds on hopes and dreams?

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43814 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:34:25 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43814 In reply to Nathan Myers.

Indeed. The bank thing is even worse than that now. It will inevitably crash the system. Again. (We never learn.)

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43812 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:26:23 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43812 In reply to Xasixeca.

Yes.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41234#comment-43810 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:25:03 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41234#comment-43810 In reply to Charles Geyer.

Well, to be fair, the first half is actually plausible; and the linked claims true. It all could well turn out to be true.

The second half, by contrast, is full bonkers and intentionally ridiculous.

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