Good God Almighty…

Posted by Mister JTA on October 5th, 2005 | 1 comment

…On the back of Ruth’s recent post about humans being stupid, in the context of AI…

…This story on the Beeb is about a woman who set off a Chlorine bomb in her own kitchen. Whilst trying to clean a swimming pool.

My favourite part is the bit where, with her eyes watering, and things exploding in the kitchen sink, we’re told how she called her son, a soldier trained in chemical warfare, and he told her to leave the house immediately. She didn’t. Why? Because “I’ve got two chinchillas and two husky dogs. I didn’t want to desert them.”

I can’t help but feel that’s a case where the capacity to act logically, without the clutter of emotions, could’ve been fairly sensible…

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  1. On October 05, 2005 restlessboy says:

    “I can’t help but feel that’s a case where the capacity to act logically, without the clutter of emotions, could’ve been fairly sensible…”

    Not true. Obviously, deep inside, this woman knows that she is too stupid to live.