macguillicuddy

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   by macguillicuddy 4y ago

   Person is lazier - it doesn't even maintain the acronym. Perhaps if you'd suggested Malefactor in the Middle it would have been a more convincing argument? In general I don't consider 'monster' to be childish - it&#
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   by macguillicuddy 4y ago

   True - but there's no reason why language shouldn't continue to evolve with society. There are many instances where common words or phrases have changed over time in line with changing societal conditions. "It's [suppose
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   by macguillicuddy 4y ago

   Ugg - who cares! Let the author use whatever language they are comfortable with, especially if they're trying to avoid offense. The meaning of the phrase is clear to everyone so what does it matter if they've used a different term
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   by macguillicuddy 5y ago

   It's more nuanced than that. Mounting a human skull could also mean: here's a graveyard where people have been burried with their most prized possessions. There's a really interesting documentary about Onkalo, a Finnish nucle
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   by macguillicuddy 5y ago

   Without wanting to speak on their behalf, I think that's exactly vidarh's point. That simulation is indeed unfalsifiable and therefore mjburgess' conjecture that it's false doesn't hold.
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   by macguillicuddy 5y ago

   > Reality isn't a simulation because QM is non-deterministic. That doesn't necessarily follow. It's totally possible for us to observe non-determinism within a simulation. Reductio ad absurdum - the simulation could be of