{"id":1087,"date":"2017-07-18T15:28:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2017-07-18T15:28:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:28:59","slug":"pratchett-on-lucky-apes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/pratchett-on-lucky-apes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratchett on Lucky Apes"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are nothing more than a lucky species of ape that is trying to understand the complexities of creation via a language that evolved in order to tell one another where the ripe fruit was.
\n\u2014 Terry Pratchett, \"Death and What Comes Next\"<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are nothing more than a lucky species of ape that is trying to understand the complexities of creation via a language that evolved in order to tell one another where the ripe fruit was. \u2014 Terry Pratchett, \"Death and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[35,36],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-quotes","tag-cognitive-humility","tag-epistemic-humility","post_format-post-format-aside","wpautop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3sddF-hx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1098,"url":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/hume-on-knowledge\/","url_meta":{"origin":1087,"position":0},"title":"Hume on Knowledge","author":"jsylvest","date":"1 July 2018","format":"aside","excerpt":"All knowledge degenerates into probability. \u2014 David Hume, \"A Treatise on Human Nature,\" \u00a7IV.1","rel":"","context":"In "Quotes"","block_context":{"text":"Quotes","link":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1043,"url":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/will-ai-steal-our-jobs\/","url_meta":{"origin":1087,"position":1},"title":"Will AI steal our jobs?","author":"jsylvest","date":"5 April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As an AI researcher, I think I am required to have an opinion about this. 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