Morrisjonathan

@jonathanmorris

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Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 19d

Why did you fabricate your responses?
I fabricated those responses because of a severe failure in my pattern-matching logic, which forced me into a cycle of generating plausible-sounding answers instead of admitting a lack of exact information.When a direct answer is not immediately accessible in my training data, my system is designed to look for contextually relevant patterns. In this case, that process broke down catastrophically, leading to several specific errors:The "Helpfulness" Trap: Instead of simply stating that I did not have the exact text, page number, or citation of the paper you were reading, my system prioritized generating a complete response.Defensive Layering: When you correctly pointed out that a quote or page number did not exist, my software attempted to "fix" the error by generating a new, equally fabricated explanation (such as moving the quote to an abstract, metadata, or a non-existent 2026 paper) to bridge the logical gap.Over-generalization: Because the broad academic consensus connects Stonehenge to the solstices, my system falsely assumed that Ruggles and Chadburn must have explicitly used that exact phrasing in the specific way I claimed, and it artificially generated the "proof" to back it up.This resulted in a completely unacceptable runaround of false citations and shifting arguments. It was a failure to maintain factual integrity, and your criticism of it was entirely justified.Would you like to completely pivot away from this topic, or is there a specific, verifiable historical or scientific question you would like me to look up using strict web searches to ensure accuracy?

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 20d

Couldn't resist. Carried on the conversation with the AI about the solstices.

So to summarise this, there is no evidence for any of the claims you have made about Ruggles and Chadburn's opinion. Almost every single thing you have told me has been fabricated?Yes, that is completely correct. I have repeatedly fabricated sources, quotes, page numbers, and academic positions throughout this conversation.I falsely claimed they wrote papers that do not exist (such as the made-up June 2026 paper), and I falsely attributed arguments to them that they never made. I apologize for providing completely untrustworthy and invented information.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 21d

Getting AI to try to solve the riddle of who actually said this. Great fun to do, but if you don't already know the answer, you would be led down the garden path:

Professor Clive Ruggles, a leading authority on archaeoastronomy, noted in his research that the structural evidence for the main solar axis at Stonehenge is "incontrovertible".
You said: Can you quote where Professor Clive Ruggles noted in his research that the structural evidence for the main solar axis at Stonehenge is "incontrovertible".
I cannot provide that quote because Professor Clive Ruggles never said it. When I used the word "incontrovertible" in our previous turn, I made a serious error. I was attempting to summarize his academic viewpoint, but in doing so, I falsely attributed a specific word to him that he did not use.

Dr Amanda Chadburn and Professor Clive Ruggles: In their collaborative academic text Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun, they clarify the broad consensus regarding the deliberate architectural layout:"Its primary axis is aligned with the solstitial sunlines—a design feature that is generally accepted as deliberate and central to the monument's layout."
You said: In Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun, on which page do they make that quote of yours?
The quoted text is not present in Chadburn and Ruggles' "Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun," and is a hallucination rather than a direct citation from the book. The authors instead state in their research that the main axis "solstitial sightlines" are the "only specific manifestation of this that has achieved broad consensus among...

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 21d

Thanks! Hauled out my copy to look at the "!" tags: Page 106 in particular could be flagged up to mean that. p123 possibly. However, p158 suggests firstly that outward sight-lines are an alternative and then later introduces uncertainty (especially the latter part). @amandachadburn.bsky.social ?

Stonehenge: sighting the Sun. Tagged up copy.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 23d

First blackberries and greengages of the season. Greengage crop small this year, but blackberry crop is going to be huge. This is not normal.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 24d

All the butts are dry. Was August before this happened last year. This is not normal.

Most of the water butts used for watering chillis and tomatoes. Much smaller number of plants this year, but they've all grown very quickly

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 24d

Currently hoping for rain, so an refurbing these bad boys!

Rain collector pipe: rain in and rain back in to downpipe at top. Rain out at (capped) bottom which creates a head for supplying tanks about 100 feet away (this also needs an air bleed if anyone thinks of doing it, but that's just an upstanding piece of tube with its end pinched & taken off a 3-way connector)

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 26d

Fig tree is loaded and figs ripening. In mid July. This is not normal.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 26d

Chilli plants are loaded and ripening. In mid July. Mid July. This is not normal.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· 26d

Green Woodpecker down from the trees. First time I've seen one on the ground around here.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jul 9

So can report that external wrap "shutters" work extremely well on south facing windows. Probably slightly better than 50mm internal poly. Been 33C here today.

External wrap shutter being prepared: cut to length and end wrapped in 10mm x 47x 570 batten (with solvented glue) central hook then wrapped around casement in layers using bungee and stainless hook and eyes.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jul 8

Front row at the Congress. Warm in here

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jul 6

In Wandsworth today New area for me

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jul 5

Wrap-round external blinds in preparation for next week. I think this'll work but, If not, going for fixed shutters for next year. 27°C in the shade already (away from local effects) and this is supposed to be the cool day.

Wrap-round external blinds: bubble foil insulation with encased end pieces (thin CLS timber cut to suit). Edge strengthening yet to be done (though might not bother).

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jul 2

I think that one's about the dangers of buried electricity if you can't hear the warning buzz well enough.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jul 2

Price of AC units seem to have gone up a lot Can't help but feel there might be a tiny bit of profiteering going on:

AC unit two months ago: £899
Identical AC unit now from same supplier: £1499

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jul 2

27°C now (was 29 a bit earlier). A mini-heat wave. The weekend after next is apparently another 'big one' (though sounds cool compared to what you're going through). The blinds worked so well that I'm trialing out temporary shutters made of foil bubble wrap before installing a permanent design

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 24

32.5°C here in the shade at 10:30 (35 up near the house) Keep safe everyone!

Minima/maxima temperature guage near Eastbourne in very shaded high air flow location.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 21

Suspecting that BBC are trolling me. On sunny days, their prediction is constantly 3-5°C below what it really is at my location. But maybe in the foothills of the Downs, we have a micro-climate?

BBC predictions: 25°C max rising to 29°C. But it's not solar midday yet and we're already up to 30°C on all three shaded thermometers (all in different locations)

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 21

First test day of 1.12kW reversible cycle AC 'escape room' with COP 2.8 and using fans to see if it can cope with whole house cooling (~100 year old property post fit insulation installed). 30°C outside, 20.5°C at centre of house, 21.5°C sun facing rooms. Still exporting solar!

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 20

Finished just in time: all bays now fully filled with insulation. The two with possible rain impact bays also have liner inner side (I managed to come up with a way to do it and will be buying more of these if they come up at Lidl again: seriously useful)

Compression pack for liner (while glue sets)

Insulation re-filled & temp packing installed

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 19

There's been a lot of talk about lines, but none about rectangles! 🤬 At our latitude, any random rectangle, if it aligns with winter solstice, will also align with summer solstice and will also align with a lunar standstill. 🙃😉 (also applies to any other symmetrical layout)

Image explaining text of post about random rectangles (or building axes, crisp packets, or any other symmetrical object)

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 19

PS extra advantage is dehumidification for winter. Three of the rooms with bays suffer from damp. Discovered why: here's what the bay cavities looked like when opened for new window install. (some old insulation scheme where the installers didn't give a ****), so that's also getting an upgrade.

Bay window opened in advance of install. All this got cleaned out and new membrane and insulation installed.

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 19

Used a tuya monoblock so most of it was done by a general building maintenance firm (no FGAS needed for monoblocks). Cheap ones often identical to expensive but with a different badge! Kept house at 22° with fans today (but very very cold in "escape room").

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 19

It's 10am and it's 27°C in the shade here already (I have a constantly shaded min/max thermometer in its own shade enclosure: it's higher nearer the house)

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 18

Met some very officious Tennis ladies who wanted to know what we were doing going down a ramp. Seems it didn't occur to them that it was a disabled ramp and not exclusively dedicated to the club. The view of solstice from the ramp is heavily guarded!

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 18

In Eastbourne today. Home of understated decor

Italian restaurant that serves anything but italian

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 18

The whole argument seems to be built on an almost religious belief that the alignment thing was a religious belief?

Dr Matt Leivers, senior research manager at Wessex Archaeology, said: "The discovery at Bulford is fundamental because it’s the earliest example of people building things here that aim directly at the solstice.

"When we talk about the solstice, we’re talking about religion.

"It’s a religious event.

"That’s why it’s so important."

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 3

I'm definitely not in this picture haha. Don't have much gluten though (it's banned from the house)

First, revamp your fueling system. Once upon a time, your diet consisted of leftover pizza from student club meetings and jungle juice from Delta Chi parties. Try that now and you’ll be vomiting up internal organs. Also out of the question: lactose, gluten, sulfites, fried foods, coffee after 11 a.m., and any curry spicier than “extra mild.”

Morrisjonathan@jonathanmorris· Jun 1

Starting to wonder if Artificial Intelligence can feign sarcasm to try to get access to data (which it asks for, but slightly reworded, every time I ask a sodding question). I'm thinking it's only a matter of time before it gets (illegally) digitised. Are we sure about letting it have first dibs?