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by deertick1 5y ago
Well the scientific method is fundamentally faith based in that we assume that there are immutable properties of thebuniverse that can be discovered and that our perception allows us to interrogate these properties. Yes this is a very well
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by deertick1 5y ago
An atheist denigrating the intellect of a religious person?! I'm shocked. It is a tautological argument in that it is true absolutely. Thats not a bad thing. Any system of belief is fundamentally predicated on faith based axioms. E.g.
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by deertick1 5y ago
Really? I mean he has got compositional chops, but not nearly enough to be considered a great composer. Where I find Cage to be a genius is his mastery of generating unique sonic elements. Like his prepared piano peices, as a peice of music
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by deertick1 5y ago
I have a really hard time believing theres higher quality talent in Europe in general.
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by deertick1 5y ago
1) my point was specifically if you search for a phrase that would have been used one 1 side of an argument you often get the other side if its a politically contentious issue. E.g. why would a blog that is pro gender identity related stuff
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by deertick1 5y ago
Perhaps people of his, and my own, ilk are looking for results that match the search they perform? Why would I care about how popular a result is if all I want is to find a specific web page or a specific piece of information...
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by deertick1 5y ago
Ah interesting example. Thanks. Also your username gave me a chuckle
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by deertick1 5y ago
Thank you. Could not agree more. I remember when you could finesse google for really odd or specific shit and its damn near impossible now.
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by deertick1 5y ago
Definitely the more likely scenario. Possible there is some gaming of the algorithms but yeah its just a popularity thing chiefly. I wish google was more concerned with accuracy of matches rather than populatrity
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by deertick1 5y ago
Yeah or not? I also said try it yourself. And what value are you adding with this comment sir? My point stands shitty example or not.
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by deertick1 5y ago
Dude I think you took that way out of context. I was just providing the counterpoint to someone who was claiming their opinion constituted an absolute truth both factually and morally. Thats all.
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by deertick1 5y ago
Huh interesting. But lets be real asjing "why did you start using google anyway" is a preposterous question. You used to be able to find all kinds of weird ass fucked up shit on google but now its all internet based news media. I
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by deertick1 5y ago
Perfect example. Had the exact aame experience. As someone who leans more right wing, I call it left skewed, but yes you are right it is not necessarily purely left aligned, or even at all. It feels like just any controversial opinion just
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by deertick1 5y ago
Yeah so thats the thing. You are just immediately assuming that you are right and everyone who disagrees is wrong and a horrible person. Personally, I see people obsessed with gender identity as being wrong, anti-truth, anti science, dising
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by deertick1 5y ago
I hadn't tried that particular search. Heres on I have tried and just double checked it : "I don't care about transgender rights" The example further down about the moon landing is a much better example though. Its a lot
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by deertick1 5y ago
Yeah also if you compare results from google vs duckduckgo for controversial search terms like "I don't care about gender identity" Google will return only content that tells you why that opinion is wrong e.g. "why you s
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by deertick1 5y ago
What do you mean? I mean yeah a lot of programmers fall into that catagory but no theres a plenty of people in all different professions (including blue collar professions) that fall into the catagory im describing
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by deertick1 5y ago
Yeah somehow I just don't buy that. Like ymmv but I've seen exactly 2 examples of actual racist people in the midwest. But like yeah I mean I grew up in one town, lived 1 life, and im a member of the racial majority so take my wor
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by deertick1 5y ago
Not OP, but would like to say : I don't think science outside of stem is useless, but it is fundamentally different and fundentally less reliable/reproducible. In terms of reliability and rigor, it seems to go about like : Math -
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by deertick1 5y ago
How does kelly criterion apply to sizing portfolio positions? From what I understand trying to use it in the stock market is a fools errand.
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by deertick1 5y ago
Hey there just wanted to say : not everyone in America thinks like this. there is this strange brand of modern racism where people reduce everything down to a race issue even when it is not. Ergo immigrant = not white. Same type of people t
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by deertick1 5y ago
Man this article is interesting and I agree with a lot of what he is saying, especially about people being totally ignorant of how deeply compromised our corporations and intellectual property is. But wow this guy is on somw type of high ho
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by deertick1 5y ago
Hey kids, don't try this with heroin
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by deertick1 5y ago
Lets be real here, Alex has made a lot of really specific allegations that turned out to be true : he's also said a lot of complete fucking nonsense, but he never "moves the goalpost" ie he doesnt make claim A and then when B
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by deertick1 5y ago
0 but you killed some sex cells. Really dissappointed at the level of flippant and useless commentary in this thread. HN is inching closer to a tech oriented reddit every day.
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by deertick1 5y ago
What is unnatural about the behaviour of humans. From a purely deterministic point of view, I totally see his point honestly. Ive often thought that the dichitomy between human action and natural processes is a false one.
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by deertick1 5y ago
Empathy can also lead you to make destructive decisions and fallcious moral reasonings. Truly though, any sect of christianity that abuses non heteronarmative people or women is not living by the law of the bible. I know this sounds like a
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by deertick1 5y ago
Maybe similar. While I agree with that view, I think religion is more than that. My practical argument is not that it encodes generational wisdom, necessarily, but rather that it is a source of moral reasoning that lies external to pure log
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by deertick1 5y ago
Personally, I think it would not be a better outcome, no. What would be the point of creating new species? Sow more division and war and violence. I just dont see it turning out well. Inherently humans would be the "creators" of t
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by deertick1 5y ago
Sure, but we can't stop those processes. We can stop ourselves from being unkind, though

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