bobthechef

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by bobthechef 11y ago
Whether a scale has a zero is something that is decided after the fact. Whether it is "fundamentally important" is, again, dependent on the state of the theory it is bound up with and the result of.
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by bobthechef 11y ago
And how would you know that without a theory that told you that?
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by bobthechef 11y ago
Apologies for the length, but I had to correct some misinformation. "In Western Europe, where anti-semitism among the conquered gentile population was less severe [...]" "But when Poland regained its independence in 1919, tha
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by bobthechef 11y ago
That sounds like what the article describes as high self-esteem coupled with an uncomfortable threat to that self-esteem (the larger the ego, the more likely it is to run into death anxiety).
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by bobthechef 11y ago
I may be mincing words, but I've heard the last sentence frequently enough that I have to respond. What does the ability to change a "label" have to do with anything? Just because you can't change something doesn't
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by bobthechef 11y ago
The article was an entertaining read. However, it contains a few errors. First, Spinoza was not an atheist. He was a pantheist. He identified nature/universe with God and tried to overcome the infamous "mind"/matter dual
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by bobthechef 11y ago
True, but that misses the bigger picture of what these tech giants are doing. It also fails to account for how difficult it is to switch to something else once something has become entrenched. You could switch, but the answer is that you li
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by bobthechef 11y ago
Not true at all. Indeed, it's the little companies that often can be "disruptive" (I hate that word; why is disruption necessarily good?). Indeed, large companies are in practice often invested in ways that prevent them from
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by bobthechef 11y ago
The media, whether Western or Russian, exists in order to rally support for the actions of the elite, usually by misrepresentation, oversimplification, and blatant lies. When Euromaidan was in progress, it was impossible to even hint that t
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by bobthechef 11y ago
I don't think that's fair. "The West" is not a monolith. You can like and dislike certain cultural, political, and social realities and like others. Your characterization of issues seems very tribal.
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Allowed? Become a sith.
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Exactly. That topics like these receive any attention is ridiculous. It shouldn't come as a surprise to us, however, that a topic so empty has appeared in what amounts to a lifestyle magazine run by first world, white, upper middle cla
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by bobthechef 12y ago
Are you being intentionally facetious? How could science defy "reasoning"? Is science some mystery cult that is shrouded in obscurantism and lack of intelligibility? Or poor choice of word perhaps? Science is most definitely about
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by bobthechef 12y ago
Absolutely. And it says a lot about those responding to the post.