hnthrwawy566

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by hnthrwawy566 9y ago
> Because it aligns with my experience, ultimately. The experience of one person over not even a full lifetime? That's just laughably dumb. I don't mean to be rude but I also don't know what to say to that.
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by hnthrwawy566 9y ago
> survivorship bias This term is a meme to you and you don't actually understand it. Tell me, what is the meaning of 'survivorship bias' when we're talking about things which have lasted for significant periods of tim
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by hnthrwawy566 9y ago
> they were humans too Yes they were. However I'll put more stock in the ideas that have survived and been promulgated throughout the ages than I would, for example, some poorly thought out perspective from some random guy on HN. h
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by hnthrwawy566 9y ago
The delay between the sacrifice and the gratification (and the corresponding neurochemical responses) in real life is often on the order of years or even decades. In video games the delay is often on the order of minutes or hours. The real
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by hnthrwawy566 9y ago
> At least, we no longer consider things like slavery and sexism OK No one has ever thought sexism is OK just like no one has ever thought murder is OK. The term contains within it the implicit value judgement. So long as there is sexual
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by hnthrwawy566 9y ago
The author of this piece is clearly incredibly well read and yet it seems she read all of these classical works with disdain for their authors or at least with the deeply held belief that they can't truly be taken seriously. That belie