[ExI] ai emotions

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:59 AM Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 3:10 AM Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "A dime from a peasant means more than a dollar from a rich man", or "if
>>> you don't have access to large amounts of money then you can't be
>>> compassionate"?
>>>
>>
>> ### The latter is closer to being true, of course, - if you don't have a
>> lot of money or other useful resources, any goody-goody feelings you may
>> have don't matter. A bit like "When a tree falls in the forest and nobody
>> hears it, it doesn't matter if it makes a sound".
>>
>
> That is not always true.  Often, just a few of the right resources (not
> worth much on an absolute basis), or even just moral support (which
> practically anyone can give) or wisdom/insight (which costs naught but a
> bit of time to share), can be of significant use.
>

### As I wrote, "or other useful resources" - wisdom being one of them. And
moral support in its pure form is pretty weak sauce.
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