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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>what would we do differently if it were a lab leak? Increase biocontainment protocols? Ban gain of function research. There are many virologists who make compelling arguments that the hypothetical benefits of the research (which have ye
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
And yet the lesser of the two evils is the one which remains federally illegal. The harm caused by this prohibition far outweighs the harm of some people feeling sick for a few hours after consuming too much cannabis. Articles like this whi
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
I recently watched a Lex Fridman podcast with Richard Wolff, a philosopher and Marxist economist and he made many of the same compelling points you are making: https://youtu.be/o0Bi-q89j5Y >It's really hard for me t
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>At what point would you say those “attempts to build socialist utopias” transition to “usurped by dictators”? ... >not genuine attempts at socialist utopia. "Unsuccessful" attempts would seem to be a more accurate phrasing
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Is there any doubt that alcohol, or sugar for that matter, makes far more people (teens especially) sick than cannabis? In fact, cannabis is an excellent treatment for alcohol hangovers.
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Indeed, it seems more like a form of self defense than self affirmation
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Jesus himself preached against the human tendencies shown in this study: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one"
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Isn't the WEF the same group that published that video saying "you'll own nothing, and you'll be happy"? What is your opinion on the WEF?
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>The whole crazy WEF conspiracy movement Isnt the World Economic Forum a real organization? Why do you call the WEF a crazy conspiracy movement?
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
You don't think averages are useful at all for predicting climate and weather cycles?
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>1: No, real science is based on evidence and falsification Doubt is intrinsic to falsification you silly goose! >2: I find your gatekeeping statement about science not being about gatekeeping interesting. Indeed that may seem linguis
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Get out into nature as much as possible. Unplug for the internet for hours or days at a time when you can. Digital minimalism practices. No screens 2 hours before bed time. Exercise, yoga, meditation, breath exercises (i.e. Wim Hoff method)
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
It seems like increasingly every instance of inclement weather gets blamed on anthropogenic climate change, with the implicit existential guilt that that carries; like how since the beginning of time mankind has blamed inclement weather on
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>Thinking a crater was 10,000 years old when it's actually 57,000,000 year old is so fantastically incorrect that it should immediately disqualify the persons proposing it from further part in the discussion. That's not how sci
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
That's not how science works. The theory has been debated , not debunked. Calling a debated theory regarding an event of uncertain origin a "crank conspiracy theory" is anti-scientific and just plain silly
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Impacts are only one of a number of different theories for the many major climate changes over the past 160,000 years
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
According to Randall Carlson, "civilization ending climate catastrophies" such as the Younger Dryas extinction event have been ocurring at a tempo of about 1 every ~10,000 years, for at least the last 160,000 years. So it would se
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>Particularly the fringe thesis that humans might have been more advanced then we thought roughly 10-15,000 years ago Gobekli Tepe has shown this to in fact be the case >the Egyptians may have inherited those pyramids from a more adva
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Labor force participation is also at a record low
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Isn't that a simple metaphor for a ponzi scheme
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Fat is bad, sugar is not
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
There is no shared myth, and hence little to no shared values or goals, dissolving social cohesion and failing institutions. The phrase "burn it all down" is often thrown about. Likewise there is a profound disconnect between such
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Why do you assume they're thinking rationally when they're acting irrationally? My guess is it's a desperate, irrational attempt to save face and appear strong. The chinese government is extremely anxious/insecure about
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Did you read the book, or any of their arguments for those claims; or did you just dismiss them automatically?
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>Before the pandemic, office work was responsible for a whopping 72% of the city’s gross domestic product, according to the Controller’s Office
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
For anyone wanting to learn more about the dodgy science behind pro-vegan/anti-meat interests, the book Sacred Cow is a great place to start: https://www.sacredcow.info/book
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
So is using social media
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
>This person did this with 2 separate judges. Why is it so easy? Why does a conspiracy involving only 3 people seem so impossible to you?
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Sugar biochemically induces gluttony and laziness
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by ellopoppit 4y ago
Social media, 24 hour news cycle, perhaps even smart phones in some ways

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