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by insickness 15y ago
Tank man in Tianamen Square changed the world forever. But it wasn't the action itself that changed things but what he inspired in others. The biggest threat to our world today isn't any single dictatorship or government. It is the corrupt
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by insickness 15y ago
As your mind ceases to exist, the effect of your existence is not lost. Meaning does not cease to exist after I die. I can care about the world, human beings and life beyond my own life without believing in one of the many thousand-year-old
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by insickness 15y ago
Ah, so it comes down to this: morality. As if human beings themselves aren't inherently good enough to figure things out for ourselves. Instead we need a mythical super-being to tell us what is right or wrong. This is where a religion based
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by insickness 15y ago
The fact that the universe is a semi-random collection of atoms and energy is EXACTLY the meaning I find in all of this. Life--particularly human life--is so damn beautiful and rare that every single moment here needs to be appreciated. Try
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by insickness 15y ago
For those of you who can't watch it or want a synopsis: It's an inspiring talk about a guy who has dealt with multiple extreme health issues, like cancer and a lung transplant, and how people--connected by the internet--made it possible for
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by insickness 16y ago
Are women afraid of science? This woman surely is. Not having a control group is no way to conduct a science experiment.
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by insickness 16y ago
The assumption of this game is that women emotionally respond to men's gift giving. That would seem sensible. But it is patently false. Gifts do not facilitate courtship. Have you ever won a woman's favor by buying her a drink? Would it hel