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But then you're just pushing the unknown/undefined part to "feels like".

We cannot define it properly so we can't discuss it formally or make assertions like it's the only thing in the universe that is not an illusion.

You could assert "Cogito, ergo sum." but that's kind of been done before.

Seems pretty realistic to me if Covid is anything to go by...

Anecdotally Fifa (EA FC or whatever they're calling it now) would have to be up there. Hadn't played it in years but gave it a go last season as it was free on Game Pass.

They've combined the addictiveness of card collecting with loot box mechanics, FOMO and moving the goalposts (pun intended) to get the best players. The gameplay also seemed pretty rigged to prevent grinding rewards out.

Then when the new game is out, rather than dishing out all the rewards to those still playing it instead becomes infeasible to unlock any more decent players so you're pretty much stuck with what you have.

Even if you pay full price for the next game you'll have to use low stat players as they only seem to start releasing decent ones half way through the season.

Oblivious fact: Me

Fun fact: Roasting meat alone does not a Sunday roast make.

Stops carving the Sunday roast and holds off putting the apple crumble in the oven...

But we are one of the most multicultural societies in the world and have long since adopted everyone else's cuisines.

By this logic the Japanese don't have curries and the Americans don't have pizza, or any other food for that matter.

Wow didn't expect to see Akala already posted here.

This is the correct answer although I think Fire in the Booth Part 4 might even eclipse Part 1 in terms of talent.

Second place for me would be Lowkey. For message Soundtrack to the Struggle 2, for pure ability has to be The Return of Lowkey... Genius bars like a laptop shop.

Yeah never got this. The nation's favourite dish is curry. My favourite dish is curry. Isn't it a running joke amongst Indians how much the Brits love curry?

Things like beans on toast and fish finger sandwiches are cheap and easy lunch snacks for students but not our actual diet.

I couldn't claim to have a definition as the origins of consciousness are still unknown to science and not formally defined.

However your definition is definitely not the widely accepted one. It doesn't even offer a proper definition, all it does is push the unknowns to "what it is like to be that organism".

Who defines what it is to "be" something? What is the smallest unit of "being"? Are we saying that consciousness is an inherent property of organisms or could it be recreated on a computer?

Ok, I agree it can't be an illusion the way you define it, I don't think that would be an unpopular opinion.

I also maintain that it cannot be defined the way you define it.

Yes my point was that if there was a hypothetical being outside our universe looking in they could correctly say that our consciousness is an illusion from their subjective experience.

It's an oversimplification because that is not the scientifically accepted definition of consciousness. It is currently undefined and seems to be an emergent property from the brain, the complex object known to us.

If the universe is a simulation then conciousness could be considered an illusion to those outside the simulation. From an internal perspective it wouldnt be an illusion as it's the only thing that we experience.

However we have trouble even defining what counciousness is (an oversimplified quote from a philosopher doesn't cover it) so it seems pointless to make such speculative black and white statements about it.

As of 2023, solar energy accounted for about 4.5% of China's total energy consumption.

In 2024 solar energy could account for around 5-6% of China's total energy consumption.

If they add another 170GW in 2025, the percentage could rise to approximately 6-7%.

They hope by 2026 solar will make up 8-9% of the total energy consumption.

If solar is the future then we are screwed because that isn't fast enough growth... and that is without factoring in the rest of the world who will hit nowhere near those numbers.

"I saw it on TV!"

Took our jerbs, eat our dergs.

Whilst it's true solar is growing, it is not likely to be the silver bullet you make out.

Another way to look at the source you linked is that despite the ongoing climate catastrophe the US is still planning to add 4% more fossil fuel sources to their grid next year.

It also leaves out the fact that 84% of the current US power is generated by fossil fuels and that figure is not being reduced.

The source is also very US-centric. If we take the IEA's projections, only 25% of the world's new energy will be from renewable sources in 2024.

Then there's the weird choice of counting battery storage as energy generation. At the end of 2022 half of the battery storage was being powered by fossil fuels so should probably be left out of any statistics.

We need people to understand the true scale of the problem rather than generating more hopium. The energy companies have teams of people for that.

I think it means the electric field created within Earth's atmosphere that is responsible for lightning as opposed to the (electro)magnetic field which forms the magnetosphere around Earth and makes compasses work.

Why would you expect it to affect productivity when you were working the same number of hours?

It's just slightly increased flexibility under the guise of a 4 day week.

Guessing you might have been being rhetorical but I'll give my take anyway... The stabbings were just the spark that ignighted it all.

They do not have a common goal but they are united in thinking immigration levels are too high, despite it being a net benefit to the country. From what I've seen they generally fall into 3 groups:

1. EDL/BNP/facists/racists who have been whipping up anti-immigration rhetoric forever. Emboldened by extreme language used by Farage, successive Conservative governments and no doubt rhetoric from the convicted felon across the pond. They blamed the stabbings (and every problem ever) on immigrants despite the fact it was carried out by an autistic kid born in this country.
2. Brexit/Reform voters who see themselves as "more centrist" because they aren't as far-right as #1. They blame years of austerity, worstening living conditions and growing class divide on the idea "the country is full". They thought Brexit was supposed to solve this and are now protesting because it hasn't. They claim it wasn't done properly so voted Reform but got a more centrist government instead. They want to make their dissatisfaction heard but as far as I know do not condone the violence. They might now know the stabbings were not linked to migration but the issue has escalated beyond that incident now.
3. Young people who are generally not very well informed on any of the issues and have been fed misinformation on their various social media channels encouraging them to join the protests. It's the holidays, they are impressionable and angry. They think they're part of some revolutionary movement or just drunk and up for some chaos so are out with their mates filming it all in their phones for the views. I imagine as they become more informed they will align with #1 or #2.