NicolasGorden

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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
First, giving a reply doesn't necessarily entail the person replying did so with a deep understanding for another's perspective. So I'm really not sure why you make that self serving logical step, but let's continue. In
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
It was my understanding that the Representative quoted in the article was from the US House of Representatives which has 435 voting members. The senate has 100. These two bodies are in charge of drafting and passing legislation (hence the l
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
1- We fundamentally don't agree, you think I'm irrational on this topic and I think you are. That's fine. Personally I believe that any conversation that doesn't involve disagreement is not intelligent, it's dogmati
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
> writing exercise causes "obedience" in any way 100% agree with you. But you are contradicting a point I never made. So... good job taking down your own strawman argument. It ironically really drives home the rest of your po
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I took a government representative saying they are considering doing something as a sign that the government is considering doing something. Crazy. I agree it's mostly likely just political 'bloviating'. But the Patriot Act d
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
> quoting their preferred political philosopher > Chomsky is not my favorite political guy > caricature... where's that Quoting someone != saying someone is my preferred political guy. It's a strawman argument. I also nev
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
RTFA it's literally in there. Admittedly it says 'freeze the money'. Though I'm really not sure how that's different than 'lose their ability to access banking'. Come to think of it, freeze their money is
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
> not ... indefensible—and which position the student is able to adopt, or feels they must adopt, to defend it, may be instructive. What else they do with the prompt, which is pretty open , is also valuable signal. Express any regrets?
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
Oh, I see the value in ironmanning indefensible arguments. There was a specific decision to choose a pro-authority question to use as an ironmanning example for an entrance exam. This seems in line with a current trend to select for obedien
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
> "global cyber campaign to expose injustice and corruption and to support causes it deem[s] beneficial... The group... funnelling ... bitcoin to ... "worthy recipients" > The Pentagon war game documents ... revealed af
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I though school entrance exams, particularly at the high school level, should be selecting for meritocratic principles such as competence and intelligence. The reason it's controversial to some of us is that currently schools seem to b
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
I completely agree with the message that people-helping people is super effective. But I'd like to point out that one of the core tenants of AA is to surrender to a higher power. I'm not advocating in favor of religion. But rather
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
For me, off the top of my head: - Explorations of meaning - Delving into the incredibly strange nature of reality - Musings on the nature of politics and religion and it's relationship to human nature and evolution
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
> We're random anonymous internet strangers here, friend, and neither of us know the other's background. Absolutely, we can disagree and not take it to heart. Someone who can stand the heat of an argument and coherently communi
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
First, I've already agreed I'd use a different word next time. Second, I've had non-immigrants tell me they can relate to immigrant issues because of X in their family. I'd agree such language is probably sub-optimal. As
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
I like that and I'd probably support some version of such a plan. But there are issues, especially where I live. Population density is quite thin out here in the desert. Also, since we don't offer a social net like in Holland, you
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
I used the word relate as in the definition of the word: "to have or establish a relationship", "to have relationship or connection" and "to respond especially favorably". I say this because I have friends who
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
On an anecdotal note: As someone who is self employed, I used to sit at Starbucks a lot to get work done in a different environment than my home. Getting out really helps me. However, I've started to avoid Starbucks because of the home
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
I answered your question in detail and with references, I think that is a pretty obvious attempt of good faith. You literally accused me of doing something horrific (telling people to not have caution against a deadly disease is a horrible
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
IF the WHO estimated 80% infection rates I would be very concerned and would not have written any of this. Please, if you have a WHO link that predicts what you mention, please share it with me.
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
I generally use words based on their dictionary definitions as colloquial terms (which is generally implied since I've not identified as an expert). So in this case, I say hysteria as in the definition: "ungovernable emotional exc
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
Wow, what a way of thinking about it. Truly thank you. Helps me understand more.
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
You can use that single slide to dictate your response to the issue. That's fine and you have every right to. I'll use the advice by the WHO which literally says not to panic since it hurts their response efforts: https:/&#x
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
I'm baffled that you found a way to read my comment and think it's 'against caution'. Could you please tell me where I said that I'm 'against caution' or in any way implied it. I'm really interested.
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
For me the differences are: Google is better at dealing with topics that are trending and providing data right on the SERP without having to click through. If I want to look up the latest Corona Virus stats, I'd do so on google. As the
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
My point was people's reaction is probably the main issue. And I tried to illustrate how illogical it is based on the risks people take when it comes to things that are currently proven to be deadly, not maybe deadly. The other day som
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
I love what you wrote. Everything except the using fear part. I also love the honesty of using the word 'frightened by it'. That's what people are feeling and it's absolutely real. I can feel it in people when they talk
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
Oh I read your sentence. I didn't ignore it. I just don't see how one thing 'logically' follows another, let alone allows for a 'deduction'. I mean, I can see your sentence is a point that could be supportive o
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
Thanks for your reference. I looked up Rhinovirus. According to wikipedia, it seems that: > 99 serotypes of human rhinoviruses affecting humans have been sequenced. Of which, one seems to be the most contagious: > The human Rhinovirus
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by NicolasGorden 7y ago
Thanks. You are 100% right.

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