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by guscost 5y ago
Any society that normalizes this level of paranoid hypochondria will be a dead society before long.
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by guscost 5y ago
Maybe they’re just expecting to get trust busted and turned into a utility, like AT&T?
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by guscost 5y ago
Great movie. This bit sums up my feelings: > Basically any quibbles or hesitations are erased by images like the above, of the Bene Gesserit departing that spaceship, and about which I can only say: That’s fucking sick as hell. This shit
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by guscost 5y ago
You probably want to start with the glossary and historical notes at the back. Otherwise, yeah, the first time through will not make much sense.
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by guscost 5y ago
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sl
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by guscost 5y ago
Yep, sampling bias.
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by guscost 5y ago
Most religions are not about life satisfaction, they’re about after life satisfaction...
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by guscost 5y ago
Well, that was a tsunami that killed ~10,000 people, so maybe not exactly like Fukushima.
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by guscost 5y ago
I suspect this is true of all countries, after enough time.
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by guscost 5y ago
I would prefer something like “heat” instead of “flamebait”, which usually implies way too much intent and responsibility. Of course sometimes “flamebait” is exactly the right word, sometimes people subconsciously want to provoke fights, an
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by guscost 5y ago
The math helps you write new models that only a small priesthood will even understand, much less scrutinize. Then you can predict a crisis with your esoteric model, use that to justify forcing your political choices on others, and shame any
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by guscost 5y ago
COVID lesson: Never trust the high-priesthood of professional science with political decisions.
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by guscost 5y ago
We probably agree that the reactor in Taishan might be less safe than it is designed to be, might have some critical stress parts made of cast pot-metal, and so forth. Do you believe the regulations/regulators in Europe are acting reas
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by guscost 5y ago
I think rationalizing any parenting choice as a duty to society is pathological, since we’re sharing.
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by guscost 5y ago
> After the construction of the unit started in 2005, Areva began constructing EPRs in Flamanville, France, and in Taishan, China. However, as of 2019, the construction of the EPR in France is ten years behind schedule.[35] Taishan 1 in
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by guscost 5y ago
Nah, I think I’ll just live in a society that has the same values as me. It might have to be a new one.
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by guscost 5y ago
“Normalcy” is gone for good. If you’re actually still hoping for some future that looks like the pre-COVID times, you’re going to be disappointed. Hoping to avoid war is more in alignment with reality, at this point.
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by guscost 5y ago
America will split into two societies - those who demand a yearly injection (and who knows what else) in exchange for access to basic goods and services, and those who do not. The ones who do not will gather in their own towns, cities, and
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by guscost 5y ago
Search your feelings, you already know the answer.
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by guscost 5y ago
Yep, and we’re taking them back, cheers.
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by guscost 5y ago
You are of course entitled to your own opinion, but I am still going to do what I think is right, and you are going to deal with it. Simple as that.
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by guscost 5y ago
The latter. I'm probably not at risk from either the virus or the shot. Unfortunately you can't isolate a world-altering issue like this from its psychological and political context, so for me any respiratory-disease-related risk
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by guscost 5y ago
Yep, you're gonna leave us alone from now on. Also I'll decide for myself what to fear, thanks.
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by guscost 5y ago
Naturally-acquired cell-mediated immunity is probably broad (works against variants) and durable (lasts a long time): https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-37...
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by guscost 5y ago
As the screws tighten, it’s fascinating to watch more and more moderates say “enough is enough”, while the ever-shrinking group of die-hard tankies are now just saying the quiet part out loud: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/arti
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by guscost 5y ago
Don’t panic in general. It’s really bad for you.
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by guscost 5y ago
Especially when in the latter case, it happened organically.
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by guscost 5y ago
Yep. For the record I will literally die on this hill - if from COVID-19, or whatever variant, so be it. Freedom is much more important than safety right now.
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by guscost 5y ago
> i'm well aware of how messy the world is No, you are not. Not even close.
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by guscost 5y ago
Either way, the higher-order effects will continue and cascade in perpetuity. The world is not a well-controlled experiment, and if you think there is an obvious “better” choice here which can be separated from all the context, then you hav

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