<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:25:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/thoughtexperiments/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The ants can talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine this scenario, as far fetched as it may be. There's a group of ants in your backyard and they seem to be dancing or something similar. On a normal day, ants in the backyard wouldn't sound interesting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@meno/the-ants-can-talk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@meno/the-ants-can-talk</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:20:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3sQXUjXe4t6FQtzdDcewWGKoNapBbAx858tzu3nseCqY71DQzBkfrKYRzc6J8HtHwgF9dT2KdvdQ5rBUnhkSk1mSrjY6Tpkhqmhfirf1Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensory Bombardment and the Pursuit of Cognitive Optimization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Everybody. I'm not sure exactly how to link this video properly. I'm hoping this link will generate a thumbnail and hopefully a video player. If not, I'll be looking for ways to make that happen. I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/optimization/@soulbasis/sensory-bombardment-and-the-pursuit-of-cognitive-optimization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/optimization/@soulbasis/sensory-bombardment-and-the-pursuit-of-cognitive-optimization</guid><category><![CDATA[optimization]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soulbasis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:45:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity of lying]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like plenty of other people, I've given this a lot of thought over the years. Why do we lie? Do we need to lie? Is it always a bad thing after all? and just like others, I assume, the answer is never super]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@meno/necessity-of-lying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@meno/necessity-of-lying</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 13:38:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4Z3FviVfLhctkYWrgwqxvHnWrQM3ewL2gwUTXxYxFkabBHrYKG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ivanka Rocket Man Trade]]></title><description><![CDATA[If North Korean Rocket Man traded places with USA Ivanka Trump for a day trip & then returns alive, then maybe Rocket Man is not a god, psychologically, the slaves, I mean the North Korean citizens,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thoughtexperiments/@joeyarnoldvn/ivanka-rocket-man-trade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thoughtexperiments/@joeyarnoldvn/ivanka-rocket-man-trade</guid><category><![CDATA[thoughtexperiments]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joeyarnoldvn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2dvZCJSo5XxyezZ459yt1MfSrF4x9jDShL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Computers Human? - A Thought Experiment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine one day, just like Jonathan and Martha Kent, you find a humanoid alien baby in a crashed spaceship in a field. You look around the field and realising that nobody else seems to have noticed the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thoughtexperiments/@cryptogee/are-computers-human-a-thought-experiment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thoughtexperiments/@cryptogee/are-computers-human-a-thought-experiment</guid><category><![CDATA[thoughtexperiments]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:08:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBZR3QdnsGp7QNQMkLycCuoW4AjEpiAeSLZXo3uCQndRAK626gwwQTM95bAJbHQruSZHu29vVn2H24cNQfC5iNz4uR5An?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>