[GoLUG] LLMs can't reason

[kc-golug at chadwicks.me.uk]

18 Jun 2025 07:40:15 Kyle Terrien <kyle at terren.us>:

>>>> So, fish, insects, cows, and worms have souls to animate them?
>>>
>>> Yes, but they have animal souls, not human souls.  (See the above link.)
>>>
>>>> (If so, is it sinful to eat meat?)
>>>
>>> No, because an animal soul is different, and humans are above animals.
>>> (See the above link.)
>>
>> Hindus might differ, but I suppose their religion is wrong because (hand
>> waving)... We've arrived at our predetermined conclusion!
>
> There is an answer to this specific question, but I won’t waste my
> breath.  (Yep, it’s in the book.)

I shall have to read it. The book of Genesis indeed said we shouldn't eat meat but then allowed it once humans were unable to keep to the rules in the garden of Eden. Personally I have found Jesus words to be the only part of the Bible so far that I cannot criticise.

>
>>> Someone actually pulled off a Dr. Frankenstein operation?
>>
>> You've not heard of a defibrillator before?!?
>>
>> You've probably been in close vicinity to at least one today:
>>
>> https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medical-devices/
>> automated-external-defibrillators-aeds.html
>
> Defibrillators are not Dr. Frankenstein magic.  They restore life that
> was recently lost.  However, no defibrillator can bestow *new* life.
> Once someone is long gone, it doesn’t matter how many times you zap
> him.  He won’t resurrect.

Resuscitation is a poor choice of word. It is simply keeping blood flowing to organs and most importantly to the brain. It basically never revives the patient. Don't stop. A defibrillator actually zaps the heart out of spasm between beats usually after a heart attack and gets the heart beating again. My sister is a doctor and I don't know the details but apparently the save people from a lake and they suddenly clear their lungs of sea water is nonsense.