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I am skeptical, let's run an experiment and see what the response is: Is feeding the homeless so they are not hungry "force"? Is lending a compassionate ear t
by mistermann 2y ago
I am skeptical, let's run an experiment and see what the response is:
Is feeding the homeless so they are not hungry "force"?
Is lending a compassionate ear to someone suffering so they may feel a bit better "force"?
Is making myself a nice sandwich and watching a movie because I find it pleasant "force"?
- shiroiushi 2y ago>Is making myself a nice sandwich and watching a movie because I find it pleasant "force"? To the chicken, turkey, pig, or cow that died to make the meat in your sandwich, definitely yes.
- wonnage 2y agothe mental gymnastics it took to write this hot take must be "force" too
- mistermann 2y agoAt least there is a logical path in that claim (if we ignore that I didn't specify that there was meat in the sandwich...I do eat a lot of plain tomato sandwiches, but not exclusively, so I do to some degree drive demand for animal slaughter)! I think it's kind of neat that we got from Palantir to sandwiches... I wonder if Palantir's software supports mapping metaphysical causality like this, because bizarre metaphysical causality is the root cause of war in the first place!
- scottyah 2y agoYou're the one who directly took us from Palantir to sandwiches, in a clear attempt to distract from the core subject of manipulating humans on a mass scale without using "force"
- mistermann 2y agoGuilty as charged. Do you think this is necessarily a bad thing?
- butlike 2y agoWhat's the opportunity cost on watching a movie with a sandwich over 'continuing research to help cure cancer?' You're forcing people to endure cancer while enjoying a sandwich and a movie.
- mistermann 2y agoAre you suggesting that I am a cancer researcher (I'm quite sure I'm not), or that a cure for cancer hasn't been found because researchers are lazy?