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by loveistheanswer 6y ago
>you'd think that the four human coronaviruses that supposedly confer partial immunity against COVID-19 are endemic all over the world. What data is there that indicates this is the case?
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>the truth is that the field of psychiatry doesn't put much weight on "chemical imbalance" takes. Plenty of psychiatrists still assume mental illness of all sorts are primarily caused by chemical imbalance, which is why so
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When corporations censor people expressing skepticism of corporate profit motives, are they not helping to reinforce those beliefs?
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>The benefits and strengths of this have so far completely outweighed the costs to the point where the argument against limited liability no longer has a leg to stand on. What data points did you include in your calculation which led you
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It also helped that they banned reporting on covid deaths and dissapeared activists who were trying to do so on Github. Not pleasant, but it worked.
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Anyone pushing a univariate theory of virology, sociology, and economics in the context of a globalized economy of 8 billion people is pushing simpleton pseudoscience
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What does that have to do with the major socioecomic hardships that were created and exacerbated for millions of poor people around the world which are largely ignored by politicians and many other people as evidenced in this thread? Member
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>But this article is about the US, where there have been no lockdowns. Only (mostly) unenforced stay-at-home orders, (mostly) unenforced business closures, and (mostly) unenforced mask mandates. I don't see the link. Your privileged
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>The correct approach is to make a system that guarantees what we want and would be impossible for a bad actor to abuse. No such system is possible
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I first stumbled upon this theory in an Alan Watts lecture. Here is relevant clip from the lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2DbsuzTt6g There are many quotes where Jesus spoke about the union of all people within hi
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>I think of "supernatural" as something that is beyond any capacity to test or prove. I agree. It's worth noting that the fundamental nature of our consciousness could fall into that realm, judging by how it is scientifi
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Those are of course easy strawman examples of charlatans trying to make money. This Carl Sagan quote is relevant: >An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of
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That's great hahaha. There are some who believe that's actually what Jesus was trying to say: the he was a son of god (there was no definite article "the" in ancient greek), and that everyone else is too (essentially w
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Indeed, I've known a lot of religious people like the ones you speak of. And I've known and read from many other "religious"/deist people who think those types of people are silly. >If there was real compelling e
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Jesus was the ultimate troll to the religious authorities, that's why they killed him. Another great example of his trolling was when he was cornered by a bunch of people wanting to stone him to death: >31 Again his Jewish opponents
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>If they can’t get something basic right, why would they be right about something more complicated? Can you steelman what the basic thing is that religious people get wrong?
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Is it "totalitarian" for members of a society to socially castigate people who knowingly associated with child sex traffickers?
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>But the right solution is still alternatives, not the government micromanaging and second guessing every single decision they make. Agreed! Perhaps a publicly funded (not advertising funded) digital public square which protects lawful s
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Carl Jung theorized that unconscious human psychology desperately needs a higher purpose to live for, and for most of human history that need has been filled by religion/mythology. Our scientific revolution, which largely usurped relig
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Are you implying we've reached the pinnacle of human rights, and can no longer progress or regress?
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>How is this even a question? >Since when are private actors obligated to let them speak on private platforms? This is the same argument slave owners used to defend their "private property", and that business owners used to
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Scientists claiming a lab leak is "extremely unlikely" are simply ignorant of the facts of how often lab leaks and protocol breaches occur: >The CDC’s Select Agents and Toxins program requires that “theft, loss, release causing
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That's a great question. Even with our vast improvements in neuroscience no one can say for sure. How can science isolate or control for a variable which cannot be isolated from the observer? The nature of consciousness is elusive, alm
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Laughing at people who are trying to be mean to you can be a more practical and healthy reaction than internalizing and mirroring their meanness. Kevin Hart talked about how the comedians he came up with throughout his career would incessan
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It's meditation; detachment from being completely possesed by your train of thoughts. There is plenty of scientific evidence that shows meditation can have psychological and physiological benefits for many people
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Consciousness is inherently subjective
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Research indicates the growing obesity epidemic likely plays a big role in this equation as well.
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What makes you think I said it did?
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>It seems to me that a lot of Americans have adopted the heuristic that all good Covid news is a trick to get people to "half-ass it", and see relentless negativity as the only responsible posture I've noticed this as well
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>In particular, he told one woman he would kill himself if she didn't date him. >Depressed people should seek treatment. Being depressed doesn't excuse manipulation. I've been on the receiving end of that same situation

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