Related question: Is there a defined value for the minimum mass/density for a material to form a sphere? For example, can a small amount of water take an oblong rather than spherical shape?

The oranges... they are mine! ALL MINE!

Where does the computer building computer get its supplies? On Amazon? Or does it also have to be taught how to find, mine, and smelt iron ore, etc.?

Before they work on AI, maybe they xan make a computer experience that doesn’t consist primarily of pauses while I wait for it to catch up with my typing and clicks. Geez, fix the basics first.

iPad? If so, you’re not supposed to tell anyone that they don’t work very well.

“the differences between human minds and machine minds is so great that communication is impossible”

Keep in mind that each doll’s voice had to be recorded separately.

Why is it that in our culture a hearing aid is perceived as a sign of less intelligence but glasses are a sign of more intelligence?

“estimate how extraterrestrial intelligences might colonize the galaxy”

Agreed! Christ, what an asshole! It reminded me of the recent scene in Mad Men, where Joan and Peggy have to put up with sexist comments from jerks. And this guy us supposed to be the hero? Ugh!

"uncountably large — or even infinite"

Agreed. In the early nineteenth century, the southern states, with the help of the U.S. Postal service, prevented abolitionist newspapers from being mailed to the south.

One day I searched my house for the source of a burning smell but couldn't find it. The next day, I noticed a quarter-sized burn hole in my t-shirt — apparently I had dropped an ash on it while outside smoking and it was smouldering as I searched the house.

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

How can you find a willing ham in seven minutes?

It's difficult to say, like judging an intelligent comment to be more valuable than a sophmoric one.

We studied nature to uncover the nature of God, and discovered there is no god. So we decided that man is the proper study of man, and have discovered there are no men.

The Browns are that 10%.

So, if you care about racial and gender equality but still support the United States, you are a hypocrite?

There's no need for them to be unreadable gray. The red PENDING APPROVAL billboard is enough.