Curious story, the tower of babel
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if instead of a physical tower, our babel is a tower of abstractions, how close are we to angering God? This thought tangentially inspired by gpt-3 gpt-3 as a funhouse mirror, reflecting back to us everything we've ever expressed in words Abstracting another layer
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The thing about the tower of babel is that God didn't confuse man's languages because they sinned, God put a stop to the building because it would have worked. "if they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them"
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I was taught that man was building this tower to reach the heavens and do away with the need for God, but the Bible verse actually says they wanted to "make a name for themselves".
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The whole story is about language - man cooperating in the same language and then being thwarted by having their languages confused - but the creation of a name is the seat of power in this particular magic spell. Powerful enough to warrant intervention from God
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