jawarner

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by jawarner 5y ago
To be clear, the quote implied the protestors weren’t being violent at all, right — at least in their view. Are we on the same page about that? Edit: I guess I’m not understanding your point. To me the protester’s narrative is “This is a no
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by jawarner 5y ago
I don’t know the word for it, but virtually every conflict in history was predicated on the defense of something greater.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Is there something particularly insidious about this protest? It stands to reason that any protest would find conflict with the person whose actions are being protested. In the political sphere, there's enough police protection that th
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by jawarner 5y ago
Have you heard of Outer Wilds? It's a different setting, but you piece together a story by exploring. I'd really recommend it.
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by jawarner 5y ago
I don’t know. Google search is an engineered system, but the economy is an emergent system.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Interesting. I'm not very knowledgeable about that. The people that got banned, were they scientists, or laypeople? And, regardless of whether they turned out to be right, would you characterize their beliefs as science, or speculation
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by jawarner 5y ago
Why I'm flummoxed by your argument is that the "infallible God" seems to be the scientific consensus. If anything, the analogy works in the opposite direction. There are many people who choose not to engage with the scientifi
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by jawarner 5y ago
I still don't understand your stance. Surely the public isn't barred from engaging in the scientific conversation if they have anything meaningful to say. It's just that that conversation is not very accessible because it is
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by jawarner 5y ago
I don't think that's a complete characterization of the anti-vaccine "movement" or "meme." It's also rooted in distrust of the government science institutions. For instance, many people are taking ivermect
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by jawarner 5y ago
For what it's worth, the studies are open. Science is a fairly transparent process. If someone is interested in educating themselves & understanding these discussions, there really is no barrier. Here's an 8-hour press release
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by jawarner 5y ago
That's a funny analogy to make. Didn't the Enlightenment involve the promotion of expert knowledge, a heightened value of empirical truth?
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How Geography Turned the Sahara Green(youtube.com)
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by jawarner 5y ago
That's great news that they fixed the memory leaks. Inkscape used to be dangerous to leave open because it would randomly hang your system.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Given that causing violence onto other people is illegal, I suppose what you're talking about could be thought of as a change to the prison system so that it's designed to improve the (mental) health of people committed, rather th
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by jawarner 5y ago
It's not a genetic issue, it's an ecological issue. I imagine almost all humans can become addicted to something or develop mental health issues under the right (wrong) circumstances.
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by jawarner 5y ago
What are those penalties, and does this penal system actually work to change people's habits, or is it just part of a cycle, e.g. streets -> jail -> streets?
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by jawarner 5y ago
I’d go a step further and ask if our online interactions are really simulating ape tribes. The social and emotional dynamics online do not really substitute for real human relationships. Though they do serve some emotional needs, our social
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by jawarner 5y ago
Yes, though once you factor in expenses like healthcare or contingency savings — both of which are also arguably necessary for a secure life — the line becomes more blurry.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Humans need food, water, and shelter to survive. One can define an absolute concept of "paid well" meaning that these needs are met within a 40-hour work week. It is sad to me that this goal is considered a utopia by many.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Revenue is bigger than profit, so it’s worse than that. I think it’s just plain wrong, or it assumes loss is a negative number.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Yes, human intelligence is the benchmark for the definition of general intelligence. Certainly we can go further.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Yeah, the animals were put under anesthesia.
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by jawarner 6y ago
I still think racial profiling to flag suspicious cases is an example of discrimination. That's because the system more stringently checks people in one racial group for wrongdoing, which results in more of those people in the criminal
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by jawarner 6y ago
You don’t believe that recent popular usage of ALM is related to BLM?
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by jawarner 6y ago
I see your example of a neutral stance, and it’s true, and racially neutral. It’s also not relevant to the conversation around BLM, which focuses on anti-black injustice. I take issue with that ALM is used to subvert BLM; why else would the
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by jawarner 6y ago
What is neutrality in this scenario? BLM is about protesting anti-black racial injustice in the criminal justice system. Is neutral ground that there is no injustice? That it doesn't matter? Yes, there was violence at a small fraction
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by jawarner 6y ago
Siege mentality is real. I'm not sure I see the connection in this case to the racial issues. "All Lives Matter" is clearly a reaction to "Black Lives Matter."
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by jawarner 6y ago
Both of these viewpoints are true. While I wholeheartedly support the use of the word "based" in the sense that you put it, it is also slang in a certain online subculture and a nod to that subculture. OP was dead on about that in
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by jawarner 6y ago
I’m skeptical. By that logic, isn’t any voice of disapproval an attempted cancelling?
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by jawarner 6y ago
It seems buried here: > Perhaps this accounts for the widely-reported sense of unreality that plagues so many of us. The idea is that interpreting content on the Internet leads people to become more self-conscious about how they interpre

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