if you don't quite understand what a transistor is, or how code works, or how a large language model turns inputs into outputs, then "well there must be a little dude in there somewhere" makes as much sense as anything.
In all fairness, this is how people come to believe in a consciousness too.
If you have an accountant, is that a person you pay to pretend to give a shit about your taxes? Is an orthopedic surgeon someone you paid to pretend to give a shit about your broken leg?
Yes and yes. I'm hiring them because they perform a service in exchange for money. It's not reasonable to expect them to care on an individual level about my taxes or my broken leg, I just need them to do their job.
Another problem is choosing a country currently that is at war to service your systems and parts. The contract to deliver the S-400 air defence units is seemingly going ahead despite the number of missiles Russia has burned through defending against Ukrainian counterattacks. And this before we get to how much less effective the S-400 has been in real life compared to the claims.
If India is still buying them, they're obviously happy with their capabilities. The author also seems upset more than anything that Russia can fulfil the order, it's not really worth mentioning the "depleting stockpiles" otherwise.
Lies, deception. The colder it is, the more clothes you can wear.
According to former Israeli president Reuven Rivlin: Queen Elizabeth ‘believed that every Israeli was either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist’
Worry not, Brits can legally drink at 18 (and start at 12) so he managed to get just past it.
They're named after what they're going to make you do
No guarantee they'd be sold off to Argentina. The sea territory is valuable enough that any major power would happily take them. It would be particularly funny to sell them to Chile or Brazil
While it's true that Christian imperialism is environmentally destructive, hunting species to extinction predates both Christianity and white people. Every continent suffered mass extinctions pretty much the moment the humans set foot there for the first time.
The invention of agriculture provided a huge material impetus to destroy predator populations and as far back as the neolithic revolution humans conducted the mass burning of forests and wild habitat to clear room for farms.
It's roughly 30 grams of pure alcohol, or one large glass of wine a day.
I guess there's no level of obviousness that won't appear sincere to someone
It's especially funny because they do tours without having to book in advance too. It's a cool building, and I would recommend that people have a look around if they're in the area.