Philorandroid

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by Philorandroid 4y ago
That sounds exceptionally beneficial to whoever gets to define what is and isn't "misinformation," and you're kidding yourself if you think that it'll only ever be used in benevolence and not to the benefit of whate
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
Pretty salient article, even if it felt like it hyperfixated on the low-hanging QAnon fruit, and not more controversial examples of perverted/wishfully-thought reality. Well-worth a second read!
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
In my experience, it's the gap in understanding. To someone with 10+ years experience, certain motes of knowledge might be long-worn givens, where to a beginner it could be groundbreaking wisdom. Without proper introspection, it can be
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
I believe it's posted in the article's comments, someone posted two Discord CDN links but I haven't personally watched them.
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
Again, you're confusing principle with quantitative absolute; the difference here is providing you with an exact list of things you should and shouldn't eat, versus saying "Don't eat poison, it'll hurt you." Yo
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
... or the music of the Beatles, according to Charles Manson. If a bad actor wants a scapegoat, they will find one.
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
You confuse philosophical principle with quantitative analysis. It's perfectly valid to say "you should live your life in accordance with your values, which -- when properly defined, come from rationally benefiting your existence&
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
I can only think of one example off the top of my head of supposed adherents being used to discredit the philosophy (see Eddie Lampert with Sears), whereas the inverse is true for innumerable cases, where "they read/follow/wo
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by Philorandroid 4y ago
She wrote at such incredible length about meaningful labor in the pursuit of happiness -- "productive value" as she put it -- and a soulful existence in general. It's a shame that there's such a negative knee-jerk reflex