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by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
Quoting the pages linked above: "Bipolar disorder is widely believed to be the result of chemical imbalances in the brain." As I understand it, the notion of a "chemical imbalance" as the cause of mental and mood disorde
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by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
> Oxford Dictionary says "the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills". And what is knowledge? When I say I know p , then p is a proposition. Thus, p is intelligible. Anything intelligible is conceptual. Indeed,
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by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
> Natural selection is pretty cruel. Is it? I think this is just the fallacious conclusion that results from a lack of humility and from a sense of entitlement. If you believe you're entitled to X, but you don't have what it ta
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by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
I think the discussion around privacy is too often framed in a defensive manner. Instead, I think the conversation should be reframed as a matter of a right to know. In other words, the burden of proof is not on those whose information is b
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by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
I think the short answer is that the US is the dominant soft global empire (which is to say this is not merely military, but also economic and cultural). What happens in Rome ripples outward into the broader realm. But I also believe that a
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by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
And don't forget fallacious conclusion #2: all introverts are good. The author does strike me as the caricaturish Hollywood movie nerd, whiny, full of self-pity, bad faith, envy, and repressed narcissism, putting down everything to do
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by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
> This article, with the thesis that good arguments are more important than data, is based on, well, a good argument – not much data. I'm not sure what you're claiming. All intellectual demonstration is a matter of rational arg