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by dennis_jeeves2 7mo ago
>All paths in philosophy lead to nihilism. Well, I'd say any serious non-delusional thinker would be a nihilist to some degree.
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by dennis_jeeves2 7mo ago
I figured that something like that would exist, hence the example.
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by dennis_jeeves2 7mo ago
>You are reading HN, the survivorship bias and groupthink is just as high as any other self-calibrating online community Agreed. To expand IMHO and somewhat tangentially: recognizing the importance of software/technology and using i
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by dennis_jeeves2 8mo ago
>rationalism is mostly about the idea that experimentation is irrelevant and you can infer anything using just logic alone. Thanks for putting it the way you did. I didn't knew it was meant be that way, but it sort of confirms my su
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by dennis_jeeves2 8mo ago
Nearly every country would be 'sabotaged' then - and rightfully so. ALL gvts are a sophisticated manifestation of the more lowly protection racket run by the mafia. i.e 'We protect you from harm by the other mafia'.
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by dennis_jeeves2 8mo ago
That's a good one.
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by dennis_jeeves2 8mo ago
There room in the elephant.
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by dennis_jeeves2 8mo ago
Lol, the reaction that you are getting to your post... They sure have a pretty dim view of their fellow humans while paradoxically believing in the goodness of the gubberment. One tiny correction to your post. While it's true that most
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
How many of you feel worse when taking vitamin D supplements? Alternatively how many of you feel only temporarily better?
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
Interesting point, there is at least one theory out there which says that neither sunlight nor Vitamin D is necessary if an individual is really healthy. The ones that feel better on the Sun and/or Vitamin D are people who are at least
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
Better name "Birdie Num Num" . Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajMqhpCBPAY
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>One of my more heretical beliefs is that tech companies should do more hiring of high brilliant people right out of high school. I have more. Most average people need less education. No point in putting them through 15+ years of 'e
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>I think there is some underlying personality trait that might cause both aspects. Low intelligence?
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
I think you are correct, going by the NT and OT more so) , it does appear that God/Jesus does has some wanting-to-be-validated-by-acceptance issues...
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
Can buy that.
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>horrible twisting little wretched creature like 99% of humanity You sound awfully like me. (no, I'm not being sarcastic)
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>Scott Adams said some really stupid, poorly thought out things about minorities and women, and he faced real world consequences for his actions Or may be he did know that there would be consequences? Many people who are financially secu
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
Surely Jesus understands nuance and will give an all clear heaven's pass to someone who is an atheist but still an essentially good guy? Or is he mean and dictatorial and say 'thou shall worship me else you will rot in hell'
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>It's like a bunch of people were conditioned or brainwashed into reflexibly regurgitation nonsense. Has happened on a grander scale in the past in China, Germany, Russian and others. This is hardly anything.
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>straight-up Heil Donald New thing for me to practice.
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
As they say - "I don't suffer fools gladly"
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>How or why Scott Adams went completely of the rails is perhaps something we'll sadly never understand. Was this opinions he'd always had, but suppressed, did he somehow become radicalized or was it perhaps medically induced. N
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>I can hear the argument that the Chinese government serves their people better than the US gov. Not necessarily agree with it but it's worth discussing. Correct, as a general rule (true) slaves think more highly of their slave owne
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>Far more Chinese think that their country is a democracy and the government serves the people than in the US. >Whether this is objectively true is another question, but from their perspective, that's what it is. Correct, as a ge
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by dennis_jeeves2 9mo ago
>replaced by the next guy. There is a loser born every minute. (The loser has no choice in been born, though)
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by dennis_jeeves2 10mo ago
>Do they deserve to just have fucked lives? Yes. That's what nature does. You are of course free to help them with your personal resources. > And the state is currently pushing social media onto kids and parents, should it maybe
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by dennis_jeeves2 10mo ago
>But that’s the job of the parents, not the state. Agree with you. But you'd be surprised at the number of people who think that the state ought to do things for them, including raising their kids.
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by dennis_jeeves2 10mo ago
>Better nothing be done than keep inventing new ways to oppress humanity Well, you are correct. But you see people want to have a sense of control, so they think that doing SOMETHING is better that nothing, not realizing that often in so
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by dennis_jeeves2 10mo ago
If you are a libertarian and you have give it some thought - the correct amount of taxation is zero on all fronts. Every time you give power to the govt to tax you (or the robots you make) you are dissolving the freedom you process. ( It&#x
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by dennis_jeeves2 10mo ago
Those tax dollars do work very hard indeed.

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