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by cortic 6y ago
>I am now in a bubble despite there being zero censorship of anything. Its still censorship, but i see what you are getting at. > Stopping that message from spreading to more people seems like a more effective approach Your example wo
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by cortic 6y ago
Think of the last hundred years, the countries that supported some form of free expression and discourse are now the most progressive rational societies on the planet. And the ones that enforced moral standards and 'ministries of tru
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by cortic 6y ago
> If someone is in a bubble of disinformation The censorship of the good information is the problem. And it probably started with censorship of bad information that lead to the bubble in the first place. >work on preventative measure
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by cortic 6y ago
Propaganda is vulnerable to open discourse, promoters of false information are handicapped by the flaws in their arguments. The only way it can flourish is censored away into manipulative misdirection and secretive groups. There is also th
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by cortic 6y ago
> No, in that stock represents ownership into a company, while cryptocurrency represents Ownership into a cryptocurrency. Its not like you can borrow a PC from Bill cause you have shares in MS. The company and the cryptocurrency both pe
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by cortic 6y ago
Yes. And most everything else that isn't evidence of intent to commit a crime (which should probably still be allowed so police can investigate). It singles out an individual to the group as being full or hate and bile, censoring woul
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by cortic 6y ago
So long as it doesn't supplant other real treatments, which it inevitably will within the framework of a recommendation to potentially very ill/desperate people.
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by cortic 6y ago
Consider there is how you want people to act and how you don't want people to act , to say that you are also reasonable implies that society collectively agrees with you, which would mean you are making a rule that everyone follows
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by cortic 6y ago
I certainly behave worse in the presence of authority. It's unlikely I am the only one.
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by cortic 6y ago
What a horribly pretentious rule. And the commonality of these annoyances are only compounded by this capitulation to poor design. Luckily, there is no rule forbidding complaining about rules.
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by cortic 6y ago
> in a sample of British people, those who had inherited the Neanderthal version of NaV1.7 Apparently they[we] did survive.
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by cortic 6y ago
>Some taboos will remain taboos despite 'actually decreasing abuse' Most every study we have shows a decrease in real sexual activity linked to an increase in available pornography. We have no reason to believe child pornograp
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by cortic 6y ago
I've skimmed the paper, its answered a lot of my questions. I think the article tried to dumb it down too much and skipped over some important information; Still not sure why the absorption points couldn't be uniformly widened by
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by cortic 6y ago
Thanks, looks like the full paper is for paid members only, but i will look into this further.
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by cortic 6y ago
I was really looking forward to reading this but its a bit of a disappointment. First, green does not have the most energy of the visual spectrum, Blue, or more specific Violet does; https://socratic.org/questions/5348
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by cortic 6y ago
Okay, I'm now convinced you don't know what fraud is.
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by cortic 6y ago
You don't know that large amounts of refunds are treated as fraud, its just wishful thinking, as i thought. In the EU i have a right to a refund, there is no part of that right that forbids me from repeating that purchase. Since we ha
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by cortic 6y ago
https://qz.com/1683460/what-happens-to-your-itunes-account-w... -fraudulent gift card https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208856 -a problem with the payment method https://discussions.app
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by cortic 6y ago
Source? Cause this sounds like wishful thinking.
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by cortic 6y ago
>pets really can get covid The issue i have with statements like this is that they convey a lot of false information; Within the general public definition of 'get covid' is 'dangerously contagious'. So unless you ch
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by cortic 6y ago
we should always try to minimize future catastrophes by enshrining rights and regulation around issues that could contribute to them. We should not be tricked into ignoring these issues because catastrophes are rare, as this would logically
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by cortic 6y ago
I was just wondering if this one leak would spur a hike in organ thefts. Or a spike in abusive husbands and fathers, pedophiles and rapists tracking down the victims that escaped them. Even if this doesn't happen, the future is a devi
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by cortic 6y ago
The evidence suggests we don't feel anything at all, its more accurate to say we rationalize ourselves with feelings and intentions than it is to say we have feeling and intentions. I've never actually tried to explain that before
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by cortic 6y ago
I accept the rebut. There maybe a deeper understanding to consciousness that is not obvious from our perspective. Still, calling this the 'greatest mystery of them all' feels disingenuous, as there may not be a mystery.
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by cortic 6y ago
>[what is..]consciousness Isn't this an answered question? Consciousness is the sensation we get when we point our ability to predict others actions back on itself. The inverse of putting our-self in someone else's shoes. Th
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by cortic 6y ago
Deaths per 1M population are significantly higher in Italy(577), Spain(607) and the UK(654) than they are in Sweden(539). And Sweden have been a lot more honest in counting than most countries. There seems to be a drive to discredit the i
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by cortic 6y ago
Are you really saying that if i gave you a picture of a pirate with no pants on, you wouldn't notice unless i asked you what color his pants were? A glance at the image would tell you those kinds of things, a 'glance' at a me
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by cortic 6y ago
There should be some legal consequences to including terms like offensive and otherwise objectionable. They are so very vague and subjective they could be used to apply bigoted, sexist even racist standards on customers.
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by cortic 6y ago
Sure. But Kevin , who works in a government department, is someone .
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by cortic 6y ago
My nothing to hide argument is a little different; Nothing to hide is an incomplete sentence. Nothing to hide from who? Surly you want to hide your children from abusers and predators? Don't you want to hide your banking details f

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