dudeman13

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by dudeman13 5y ago
>Gut irrational reactions are usually followed by a rational realization when one "intellectually" knows something. I heavily disagree with that one! Most gut reactions aren't followed at all by any rational realizations,
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>It's common sense that you don't put vulnerable stuff online Yes, but do people have a gut, visceral knowledge about this when they see stuff online? Knowing something intellectually doesn't mean one's internal bias
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by dudeman13 5y ago
You can get there from the definition of phenotype. Doesn't work if you think humans are special and above biological definitions though :)
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>It's very unclear, without deep knowledge of both the vaccine tech and the virus, which time bomb is worse. I know what the experts say, and I personally believe them, but it's not surprising to me that others don't. But.
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by dudeman13 5y ago
I think their point is that being algorithmically induced makes the general rule not hold (which I don't agree - algorithms can be pretty damn bad at achieving what one wants). Mind you, damn thank you for saying that out loud. People
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Don't forget the obvious merely logical counter argument: How does one come up with "being vaccinated could potentially be a time bomb" without naturally coming up with "being unvaccinated could potentially be a time bom
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by dudeman13 5y ago
It does serve to benefit the reader. Knowing if someone is new to what they are discussing makes the reader less likely to take what they say at face value. While you should still be critical of people who have experience, it probably will
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Ah, but did you do better because of that condition? I was a way better undergrad student at year 4 than at year 1 (normally it takes 5 years to complete a BSc where I'm from).
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Pretty sure the quote has something to do with the prolongation of the status quo (and therefore holding back improvement) instead of the individual slave-owner being better/worse. I don't think a poet/playwright would ever r
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>.e. If you asked people to voluntarily sign up for taxes, "who in their right mind would" do so? Those who would naturally cooperate in the prisoner dilema, those who believe society is better by having a government instead of
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>Ah yes, the countryside. Not quite sure how we're going to be housing 7+billion in the countryside. A short-term solution may be viable for the individual while not doing anything for society at large. Mind you, the short-term solu
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>And if you have a job already, why would you bother to apply there? It used to be attractive but is it still? With all the scandals and upheaval in the recent years? $$$
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by dudeman13 5y ago
You DO need a study to understand this. Humanity's track record with 'you don't need a study' isn't exactly stellar. If you don't study stuff like this, your models of the world won't update on 'obvio
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Ah, but are you not a fan because of the automatic semicolon insertion or because... well, JavaScript :P
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by dudeman13 5y ago
I agree with this assessment. Sure there are things such as 'too much data' and 'trash data'. The problem is discerning what you need and what you don't need. The answer isn't always obvious, but it is possible
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Many thanks my dude
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>we have financial methods to account for it. Could you go over some of them or point to some resource? I'd love to learn more!
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>I'm sure they're the same ones that complain about interviews being too hard It was a fine and relevant comment until that part ._.
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Wat. I'm not arguing for a specific instance of 'has great effects' for judging good/bad speech. Just that the government already has the power to judge good/bad speech - and people are not revolting against that. W
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>Nature does not appear to be at all bothered by this "contradiction" There is no contradiction. Our intuition for what 'A happens before B' means and implies is just bad/incomplete, as special relativity models.
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by dudeman13 5y ago
It depends on your utility function, of course. Will flying to the moon or climbing a mountain bring you closer to the things you value? The urge is a bug if it doesn't match the things you value. The urge is not a bug if it matches th
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>Please then tell me what is the one true religion? :) I dunno. I'm inclined towards none of the ones I know a little about being true since they really like to ask you to 'trust me bro, feel it in your heart' instead of j
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>Giving anyone the ability to arbitrate what is "good" speech vs "bad" speech is way too much power The government already has that power. See that bit about saying rat poison is medicine or incitement laws. Are you s
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by dudeman13 5y ago
I agree with this position. The idea that there may be 'truths' sounds utterly bonkers to me. a ^ -a is considered a contradiction for a reason.
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>Doesn't not wanting kids for X reason mean that you consider the moral worth of a new person to be less than X. I think it's worth distinguishing between: --potential Y < X --actual Y < X With Y being the presence of the
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by dudeman13 5y ago
>When the millenial zeitgeist has drifted in a direction where this is a common opinion, I take it to indicate that our socialization has taught some of us that humans have little inherent moral worth as individuals, the values of a fami
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Eye rolling on a claim that "X is religious" when it can be just a simple "X is a cognitive and organizational tool" seems fair to me. Specially when religious people are so fond of calling something religious when that
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by dudeman13 5y ago
No one is upset. Being able to know when the article looks like it is relevant to me, but is only specific to someone from X country would be useful IMO.
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by dudeman13 5y ago
Is the New York Times a newspaper that only publishes things relevant for Americans? I wouldn't know, I'm not American.
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by dudeman13 5y ago
I'm gonna bet OP would be happy to ban hammer the hell out of the companies who's entire business model is giving their customers cancer and preying on addicts too

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