LitFan

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by LitFan 8y ago
It's a stretch to say that religion 'authorizes' us to mistreat/eat animals. Animals eat other animals. We're animals, so we do that, too. If anything, religions largely promote treating animals properly, because th
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by LitFan 8y ago
Paraphrased: Herd immunity created by most people getting the chicken pox vaccine would make it less likely for people who did not get the vaccine to get chicken pox early in life, leaving them susceptible to contracting it later in life. I
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by LitFan 8y ago
Even with real ingredients, a pizza is primarily flour, tomato, and cheese. Add some cured meats, and maybe some vegetables. It is nutritionally lacking, ergo - junk food.
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by LitFan 8y ago
Best was in quotes because it's subjective. If the people in charge of designing a product perceive a similar product's design to be the best, then they will copy it. Similarly, if the people paying the people in charge of designi
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by LitFan 8y ago
All websites looking "the same" is effectively evolution at work. Many website designs and layouts have been tried, and the "best" of them have stuck around. This can be seen in any product (cars, smartphones, food - the
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by LitFan 8y ago
It's not what you meant, but "moments"[0] is pretty a pretty long time in this circumstance. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_(time)
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by LitFan 8y ago
Not to mention teachers not wanting to work until 5:30 every day. Unfortunately, school starts at the time it does only to the benefit of adults, and the detriment of students.
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by LitFan 8y ago
For others that aren't aware, "The Farm" refers to a CIA training facility at Camp Peary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Peary
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by LitFan 8y ago
Thank you for the insight - I haven't read Blink, I've just come across this online and in discussions with friends. The author of the article I linked paints the anecdote you've cited as Gladwell's "research".
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by LitFan 8y ago
> Weary of long days earning minimum wage, he quit his job in a pizzeria in June. Given these are the types of jobs these men are leaving, and assuming these are the types of jobs still available, it's these jobs. The market is hot
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by LitFan 8y ago
>The most famous illustration of that is the Pepsi paradox: in blind tastings, Pepsi is quasi-systematically preferred, but Coke continues to be the absolute bestseller. It’s the triumph of branding over taste, as the mere presence of br
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by LitFan 8y ago
Going vegetarian is not "easy". It requires ingredients that are not as highly available, and vegetarian meals that satisfy a person's nutrition requirements typically take longer to make. It also cuts down on the variety in
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by LitFan 8y ago
> Firstly, "linked to sugar" is not "squarely caused by sugar". Correct - the same goes for "Linked to drugs" and "squarely caused by drugs". > that alone shows sugar to be far safer Sugar is sa
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by LitFan 8y ago
You're correct, that definition is more appropriate. Companies abuse (misuse) their power over consumers. Consumers are abused by companies through marketing. I wholly agree with my sibling commenter that it is cruel for companies to m
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by LitFan 8y ago
Your coworker buying a BMW is not abuse, but BMW causing you to want to buy one through their marketing is. Selling a product is passive. Advertising that product is active. A company selling a product is not abuse. However, stores serve a
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by LitFan 8y ago
They are a waste of time, but they're everywhere. If your kids don't understand the basics of ads, or advertisers' motives, they'll struggle to respond to ads in a healthy way.
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by LitFan 8y ago
> Exposure will do little more than desensitize them to ads and instead let their subconscious absorb the message. Good point. I guess helpings kids to learn to think objectively in general is the key to helping them think objectively
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by LitFan 8y ago
> I hope that this clear separation between "no ads/home" and "ads/outside" is sufficient to cross a threshold in their mind which makes them thinks "Ads are not meant to be ubiquitous". This helps
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by LitFan 8y ago
This comment is only my own opinion: I believe you're teaching your children to be children instead of teaching them to be people. You're creating an advertisement free bubble for them to live in - once they're living on thei
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by LitFan 8y ago
The definition of abuse: use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse. Advertising exists to get consumers to spend their money on a product they don't need (or a particular brand of a product they do need). The argument
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by LitFan 8y ago
Most people think heroin isn't like candy. The physical dependence is the same, and there are 4 times as many deaths that can be linked to sugar as drugs per year in the US. The only difference is that heroin is illegal and costs a l
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by LitFan 8y ago
> they're not going to tell anybody The angst they save their family still exists - they'll keep it to themselves. Even without sharing, that's bound to have some social implications.
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by LitFan 8y ago
Some anecdata for this: There is one intersection on my drive into work with a red light camera. There is also one on the way home. Without fail, whenever I approach one of those intersections on a green light where the pedestrian signal
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by LitFan 8y ago
I think this comment and the parent nailed it. The reasons for the differences are that in the US: - The law/lawmakers and the public have differing views on what should be illegal - The police are incentivized to find crimes, and the
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by LitFan 8y ago
Americans hate to pay taxes. The "law abiding citizens" don't have to worry about these extra fines, as long as they go out of their way to avoid the police. Then they can convince themselves that it's only the "bad
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by LitFan 8y ago
What about arms dealers that sell weapons to these people?
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by LitFan 8y ago
I would hope that someone worth 3.6 billion would have a much easier time walking away from 850 million than someone worth 1 million would walking away from 200 thousand. To violate one's moral code should surely be worth more than 200
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by LitFan 8y ago
> LoL on the other hand has about 500 champions (give or take) LoL has 141 champions. Still significantly higher than Dota's 116. A common note I hear when people discuss open AI playing dota is that it uses pre-made matchups, whic
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by LitFan 8y ago
Companies will not pay a wage that supports a reasonable standard of living for unskilled work. It would be less expensive to automate those jobs away than to pay those people 17 dollars per hour (based on half of the median household incom
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by LitFan 8y ago
You and your sibling comment are right - it's too harsh to say that society has decided they're okay with this treatment. However, I believe people need to be more aware of the decisions they make daily. Rather than passively supp

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