Now that OpenAI has made it possible for members of the (paying) public to customize its large language model (LLM), ChatGPT, with special...
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The Lucretius Problem is a mental defect where we assume the worst case event that has happened is the worst case event that can happen.
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The subject of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Norton), a new book by Cogan University Professor and noted Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt.
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The Roman poet Lucretius was the pioneering prophetic possessor of these advanced opinions in the first century CE.
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Lucretius was an atomist and a materialist who believed that nature consisted of two fundamental principles, the atom and the void.
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One throwaway line in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes confirms a popular fan theory following the release of the book.
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CityWatch Los Angeles Politics. Perspective. Participation. The Lucretius Problem – Denial of the Fossil Fuel Catastrophe
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Lucretius follows a materialist philosophy that denies any purpose to the creation of the universe or humanity and asserts that the soul is...
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Based on the series of novels by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games has since been adapted into a multi-billion dollar film franchise.
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Lucretius never explicitly states that 'the Earth is flat'. You need to understand the context of his ideas to realise that he believes it.
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