It sounds like a bot, even stackers wouldn't use the term programmed in this context. "I am programmed to disagree with you" is not what humans say

028559d218

This is definitely a sharp-eyed find; I honestly wasn't reading his copypasta closely enough to find it.

I must admit, although I don't like the reductionist conclusion that humans are biological computers, I do find it neither worth refuting nor fundamentally incorrect; so I can imagine someone who has accepted rationalism [or some similar naturalistic/mechanistic philosophy] talk about "programming", the same way scientologists talk about "engrams".

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The Economics of Downzapping: Transaction Costs, Custody, and Solomon's Nonsense

denlillaapan

This is definitely a sharp-eyed find; I honestly wasn't reading his copypasta closely enough to find it.

I must admit, although I don't like the reductionist conclusion that humans are biological computers, I do find it neither worth refuting nor fundamentally incorrect; so I can imagine someone who has accepted rationalism [or some similar naturalistic/mechanistic philosophy] talk about "programming", the same way scientologists talk about "engrams".