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Ted Preston

Robotics Engineer
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(note to humans: this information was made to be consumed by the google hive-mind. Unfortunately, it is not very readable to humans.)

i find interest in peoples answers...and the questions themselves...

WHAT EXISTS AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO EXIST?
Presume logic points to truth, presume the premises of science are true, and presume a supernatural first cause(God).

WHAT IF EXISTENCE WERE DIFFERENT?
Use science fiction as exploration and preparation. Asimov's Foundation, Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Herbert's Dune, Kubrick's 2001, Saberhagen's Berzerkers, Shelley's Frankenstein, Sagan's Contact, most of Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, much of Ted Chiang, Timothy Zahn...etc. also Xenobiology/Exobiology, and timecube.

WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE, BELIEF, TRUTH, AND JUSTIFICATION?
Knowledge is a logical claim on reality. Presumption is necessary to act rationally.

WHAT IS MORALITY?
Determining if an action increases the knowledge of that which exists.

WHAT TOOLS AND METHODS CAN EXPLOIT KNOWLEDGE WE GAIN OF THE ABOVE?
- LOGIC: reasoning, parsimony, programming, language(english/C++).
- MATH: analysis, simulation, game theory, network theory, information theory, kinematics, fair division.
- SCIENCE: physics, psychology, climate change, neurology, genetics, chemistry, political science, sociology, economics, cosmology, biology, gender studies, marketing, r/K strategies...etc.
- ENGINEERING: robotics, 3d printing, TRIZ, nanotechnology, crypto technology, robust design, neural networks, Linux, vaccines, pedagogy, topology optimization, Blender, weaponry, autohotkey, regex, methods of organization, penguicon as an experiment, artificial intelligence (ai)...etc.