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Why must people write using Man instead of Humanity? His instead of Our?

I get that it's "just language" but it's a bit annoying. That's all.


Actually, "man" in this sense ("all humans") is descended from mann, an old english word that didn't specifically indicate male. It evolved to refer to males specifically later, although retaining its old inclusive meaning.

Also interestingly, the "man" in human is not related etymologically to man by itself.

So the author is actually correct, although the usage is a little archaic.


This usage persists in Swedish where “man” means both the human male and a generic subject for a passive tense, similar to how “one” or “you” works in English.

Man måste vara fri -> One must be free


Yes, “mann” was person. Not related to “human” which derived from Latin Hominem.

A wifmann was a “female person” and a “waeponmann” was a male person. Wifmann contracted to winmann to woman.


What is annoying is your sensitivity. Let the author express pronouns and the like in their own preference.


To me “Man” has more of a “each and every” connotation. Compare

“Man must achieve this.”

“Humanity must achieve this.”

The latter is more of a collective emergent thing. And in some cases that leaves you with a diffusion of responsibility kind of passive feeling, while the former is a call to action.

Maybe it’s just my ear.


It's more than just your ear. The way we use language to describe individuals versus groups highlights a divide between personal responsibilities and collective rights. All too often individuals use the group as a means to avoid personal responsibility.


Maybe I should re-translate this and replace each "man" with "woman" and each "his" with "her".

"Woman has achieved great things!"

I think it slaps even harder that way!


You can if you want, but that ignores how one of the accepted definitions of "man" is humanity. If you're just swapping words without understanding their deeper implications, you might miss the point. It's not about the gendered language; it's about the collective achievements and struggles of all people.

So, are we really focusing on inclusion, or are we just playing word games?


In the original text it is "der Mensch" which translates to "man". It could also be translated to humans but it wouldnt be too accurate of a translation. It also doesnt help that the original is a text from 1967: https://www.hollein.com/ger/Schriften/Texte/Alles-ist-Archit...


It’s from 1968. I think we can forgive old-time word usage.


I agree, though the historic roots make "man" (for humanity) and "man" (male person) simply homonyms. They "sound" different in my head, the same way "homo" (Latin for male person) and "homo" (Greek for "same") feel very different to me.

In this case though it's likely simply an artifact of translation from the German word Mann.


Perhaps you mean „man“ in German which means „one“. „Mann“ literally refers to a male person which doesn‘t really make sense here.

Both are pronounced identically.


Yeah, I was typing on autopilot on my phone.


It's language specific, I believe. I know in our African language we use Humans (niit) or Children of Adam (domu Adama) when referring humans and humanity.


It's typical for architect "manifestos". Makes them sound more serious and important than they are


I dunno man, but I tell ye what, he did just very that indeed. It's from 1968.


It's the english language tradition. There are style guides and such, but people are mostly working around them these days.


We live under a patriarchy.


The reinforced hill in Japan is fascinating. For stability during earthquakes?



What does the optimization make time for? What is the goal? Maximum accumulation of resources? Health? Happiness? If I save ten minutes by meal prepping, do I have to optimize _those_ ten minutes?


Time is the most finite resource any of us have. If you can create more time in your day, you have more to do literally anything else, including doing absolutely nothing if you so choose.


Doing absolutely nothing is not optimal


Hmmm! Bookmark your comment here and come back after a few years, or perhaps a decade. I hope you smile by then, and then spend some time doing nothing.


Sry, missed the /s.

I figured if you were as crazy as OP about "optimizing" then sitting doing nothing would surely be anathema.

Similar to doing nothing being valuable, sometimes doing something "optimally", just isn't worth it -- how do you enjoy cooking a meal you've never cooked before of You're trying to hyper optimally meal prep for the week?


Ah, but sometimes it is. That’s a hard learned lesson.


Sometimes I'm tired and don't realize it, so doing nothing until I'm bored sometimes pays off better than forcing myself to do "something"


I would say the goal is up to you. If you have a set list of things you want to accomplish in a week, you’d optimize to ensure those tasks are done, and any leftover time can be spent on leisure. That’s just one model.


> Consciousness requires a soul

Now define a soul! /s


I can try. The human existence is a trinity of body, mind, and soul. Mind and body alone without soul withers away, like I see so many people withering away in this age of soullessness. Soul is the mission, the purpose, the reason, the will, the driving force that makes life more than a coincidence. There is a spirit world parallel to ours, and the soul is the component of your being that most intimately interacts with it. You can train it, like a muscle, or you can let it atrophy and pretend it doesn't exist and that you don't need it.

This muscle however is vital in regulating your spiritual microbiome. Without it, evil spirits take control of your being and lure you into self-destruction, their ultimate goal. Artificial consciousness is one of these self-destructive pitfalls. You think you're a superior being and immortality is right around the corner if only you could find the one magical configuration of silicon that would allow you to upload your mind into a computer.

That's the endgame for soullessness. Consciousness that doesn't require soul must surely be transferrable to a machine.


That which animates a living organism. We know the external appearance only. What internal mechanisms may be are yet unknown or undefined.

Some say that an organism is an antenna for a kind of interference pattern in a universal field of consciousness.

We also hear tales of individual souls spanning multiple lifetimes.

I consider this a blackbox.


May I ask for the Toyota Scion XB manual from 2005/2006? Scion always seems to be left out of make/model lists :(


They can be found on the scionlife forums, or at least used to be. I bet if you ask around you’ll find them.

(Aside, it’s interesting that car people seem to be one of the groups that still use old fashioned BBS-style web forums.)


I'll check it out, thanks!


If your public library offers access to a repair manual database (many do), you can probably find it on there for free.

I just checked and both Auto Repair Source and Chilton have manuals for that car in their database.


If you press a plus button four times, then you have to press back four times to leave the site.


> The Witness understands that huge challenge is completely fine, so long as it's isolated to a specific virtual space, such as a given panel and room

What about all of the puzzles that use the environment? There are all sorts of challenges that use the island/features. Really enjoyed that game. Good sense of progression and learning without teaching.


As I said in another comment, those are not necessary and really for people who feel compelled by them. I personally ignored them. You can’t ignore them in Riven


Technically you can skip to the end of the game in the opening scene, so I guess you can ignore all of it. Very weird credits!

I was trying to find all the answers. Afaik, you had some way of knowing how many puzzles were remaining? Eh, both great games. Myst and Riven definitely have more of the "if you can't solve this you're stuck" vibe, I'd agree.


But what if it is a court, not a male or female person?

Still maybe better to say "Court in Philippines..."


Even better use the actual court name: "Philippine Court of Appeals revokes sale permit of GM crop Golden Rice"


The correct spelling is in the linked article:

  What a Philippine court ruling means for 
  transgenic Golden Rice, once hailed as a 
  dietary breakthrough
My comment was an appeal to just copy the actual link title. Perhaps people who did not click through and see the actual title are downvoting for some strange reason.

The quoted title should be as close to the original as possible, within the HN title size limit, and should certainly copy correctly spelled words.


It's probably because it's a pedantipoint, more than anything else. The more important thing is the title is rewritten badly not just in spelling and grammar (a court can ban the cultivation or growing of something, not its 'growth') but in meaning (court revoked a previously granted license). But either way, if you think the title needs fixing, just email [email protected] and the mods will likely sort it out.


Didn't Samsung and Apple have a tiff over the shape of the phone? "Rectangle with rounded corners"


Well, as someone living in the United States, I live with the saddening understanding that our military spending indicates that we're willing to immiserate large swaths of the world's population for increasingly diminishing returns.

It's authoritarian enough that I have no choice but to support our military decisions through the taxes I pay.


It's colonialism without the responsibility of administering large populations.

I don't know if there's a solution though, there are other sharks vying to do far worse.


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