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by gorwell 5y ago
Parasites took over at least since the 70s and are still in power today, extracting everything they can. I think it's reaching a breaking point now. https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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by gorwell 5y ago
I agree. But this is the ruling class we have. They thought it was a good idea to occupy Afghanistan for 20 years, and then botched the exit to top it off. Think they'll handle climate change more competently? That wouldn't follow
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by gorwell 5y ago
Lockdowns reduced carbon emissions. https://earth.stanford.edu/news/covid-lockdown-causes-record... https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3089/local-lockdowns-brought-f... As for dog whistling, only
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by gorwell 5y ago
Obesity isn't the main cause, but it is a growing contributor to climate change.
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by gorwell 5y ago
And because they have failed, they will probably handle it poorly with lockdowns. Will the young will be for or against that?
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by gorwell 5y ago
I don't think we should go down that road. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demogr...
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by gorwell 5y ago
The point is that they STILL haven't considered natural immunity. Why not? That is a bizarre oversight, especially at this point.
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by gorwell 5y ago
DR. GUPTA: "I get calls all the time, people say, 'I've already had COVID, I'm protected.' And now the study says maybe even more protected than the vaccine alone. Should they also get the vaccine?" DR. FAUCI:
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by gorwell 5y ago
It's not only ignorant of the science, as you point out regarding prior immunity, but highly ignorant of history and social dynamics. Creating an underclass that is considered diseased and "dangerous to us" ends badly, to say
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by gorwell 5y ago
The first sounds reasonable, the second and third are not. Thank you Jason Rohrer for refusing to implement the tools of mass surveillance, censorship and privacy invasion.
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by gorwell 5y ago
It's not comparable. Smallpox has a radically higher mortality rate, more contagious, worse side effects, and applies to both the young and old. "The risk of death after contracting the disease was about 30%, with higher rates amo
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by gorwell 5y ago
Yes, mostly. Prior immunity needs to be considered.
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by gorwell 5y ago
"has no bearing on anyone but her." Isn't the baby also affected by that choice?
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We Predict the iPhone Will Bomb (2007)(techcrunch.com)
23 points by gorwell 5y ago|10 comments
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by gorwell 5y ago
"I don't think it is moving towards being an authoritarian police state any more than any other western country" The example on which this thread is based, and otherwise discussed within this thread (checking in every 15 minu
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by gorwell 5y ago
I'm referring to the content of that specific tweet which collates the most recent example on twitter.
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by gorwell 5y ago
It's bizarrely myopic. It not only ignores any cost benefit analysis, but also larger preventable causes of death and poor health outcomes. Obesity being the proverbial elephant in the room.
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by gorwell 5y ago
That's why it needs to be engineers, plural. Not just one that can be easily smeared and ostracized as the rest cower in fear. Stand up for your fellow engineers when they are being culled from the herd!
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by gorwell 5y ago
It's the same in the US, pushing false narratives and misinformation constantly. Horse dewormer ivermectin is a major example from just a few days ago. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1434539307415519238
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by gorwell 5y ago
We're getting way too close to struggle sessions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session
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by gorwell 5y ago
That's like dismissing Snowden because he broke the law.
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by gorwell 5y ago
Some of it is that, but engineers tend to be more pragmatic and willing to change their mind with new evidence. Plus they have real power. Google engineers can push back on this fundamentalist ideology instead of continuing to implement it.
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by gorwell 5y ago
"It feels like a small group" You're right, it's only about 5% of the population, but they occupy administrative roles inside organizations and reshape them according to their fundamentalist beliefs. They are convinced t
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by gorwell 5y ago
"Our oppressor isn't as bad as you've heard. They give us choices! For example, we get to choose chicken or beef for our 12pm meal." Be careful. Stockholm syndrome is real.
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by gorwell 5y ago
You don't have to imagine, look at Afghanistan. A ragtag group of people won against the strongest military in the world.
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by gorwell 5y ago
You're kidding yourself if you think it wouldn't. Didn't the Taliban just win despite 20 years of military occupation?
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by gorwell 5y ago
As the Australian government rapidly moves toward an authoritarian police state, does part of you wonder if they'd be so cavalier if their citizens had guns? Or if that might be a deterrent to tyranny at some point?
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by gorwell 5y ago
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.
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by gorwell 5y ago
[deleted, misread Ivmmeta as Ivermectin]
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by gorwell 5y ago
If that was the concern the headlines would say: "Don't confuse horse ivermectin with prescribed ivermectin!" That would be the PSA and approach. But it's not about warning people or any kind of concern about those who f

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