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by mandmandam 1y ago
Your personal experience in one (heavily sanctioned and attacked) country doesn't change the facts, and it's weird you think it does. > yes, Cuban economy would have imploded even without sanctions, just like Venezuela's
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by mandmandam 1y ago
It seems more than a little disingenuous to inflict trillions of dollars in damage through sanctions on a small island nation, then blame their economic policy (namely, not bending the knee to the US) for their situation. > The United Na
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> cannabis (always a mixture of THC and CBD in its natural state) Come on man, I've been explicit from the start that I'm talking about high CBD low THC strains. If you refuse to acknowledge that then you're wasting both o
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> In contexts like these, “universe” means the observable universe, which is finite in size. Also, creating universes (in the usual models) conserves energy, so you don’t actually gain anything by that. "In the usual models" -
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> that isn’t how you cite sources And this isn't an academic paper. If you want to learn about Anslinger, so you don't make false claims, my link is a perfectly cromulent starting point. > Please cite a source, or don’t, but
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by mandmandam 1y ago
I was using OP's terminology, pointing out that people (including Moore himself) have been warning of an imminent cap on Moore's law since at least 1975. Getting into fine detail of what constitutes a 'fundamental physical li
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> I don't believe you. If you had, you would have led with it, just like I did. You really can't imagine someone arguing from scientific research over their own personal experience? > Jenny McCarthy is a big fat pain in the
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by mandmandam 1y ago
CBD has an antipsychotic effect. There's not really any debate on that in the scientific community, and I've already provided a link. That's not part of some sinister agenda to legalize cannabis, it's just stating fact
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by mandmandam 1y ago
I agree, except that the racism involved with prohibition goes right back to Day 1 with Harry Anslinger [0]. 0 - https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=harry+anslinger+racism&atb=...
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> The poster should have referenced some sources. Who, me? ... Why? It's very well known and established that CBD has antipsychotic properties. And if you don't know, that and don't bring any evidence against it, then why
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by mandmandam 1y ago
That's the thing about Moore's law - it has assumed from the beginning that our 'current understanding of basic physical limitations' is incomplete, and been proven correct on that front many times over.
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> as far as I know, the universe is finite. I don't think we know that. We don't even know how big the universe really is - we can only see so far. All we have is a best guess. There may also be a multiverse out there (or right
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> it's difficult to hear theories from folks that don't have as much of a stake. It's not a theory that CBD has anti-psychotic properties. It certainly does , we just don't fully understand why . My theory is that i
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> “Dangerous misconception”? Get out of here with that. I will not. The demonization of cannabis has led directly to it becoming high THC and low CBD, as I said. It also has lead to it often being tainted with all manner of adulterants,
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by mandmandam 1y ago
Not trying to be glib, but this is a genuine lmgtfy moment. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=cbd+antipsychotic&atb=v340-...
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> Of course seeing how the UN and most media outlets are working so well to supress any anti hamas narratives in Gaza ... You have evidence of this? Or, are you making things up without any evidence at all to smear the UN; as we've
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> Israel did give up Gaza and gave Palestinians full control of it From the very first paragraph in your own link: > Since then, the United Nations, many other international humanitarian and legal organizations, and most academic comm
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> Maybe the group of genes rewarded for high intelligence/creativity/quantitative ability also, by accidental design, inhibits social capacity. Maybe living in a world with neurotypical people who immediately dislike you [0] &#
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> It seems that pot is about the worst thing that a schizoaffective/schizophrenic person can use. This isn't entirely true, and it's a dangerous misconception. High THC, low CBD cannabis wouldn't be recommended, but t
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by mandmandam 1y ago
... That's not remotely true. Hypocrisy on the issue of human rights doesn't negate their existence in frameworks or as ideals that have motivated real progress. And, ignorance of human rights work outside of Europe doesn't m
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> I don't want foreign students (or otherwise) being "vocal" for literally any reason whatsoever. Your opinion doesn't trump universal human rights. Nor should it. > Go to school, become a citizen if you wish, and
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> That was just private citizens exercising their own free speech rights It was just a 'coincidence' that the US government was putting serious monopoly investigations on every big tech and social media company at the same time
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by mandmandam 1y ago
And this "union" has a blasphemy law, does it? (It does not). (And even if it did, that wouldn't in any way make the decades long crackdown on free speech in America one single iota better).
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by mandmandam 1y ago
You have managed to conflate vocally anti-genocidal students (exercising their universal human right to freedom of assembly) with "foreign political activists" (as if they came to the US just to try and help us stop enabling genoc
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> They're explicit this is about curbing political activism by foreign students. Freedom of assembly is a universal human right; not that anyone seriously expects respect for those from the US any more.
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by mandmandam 1y ago
1. The choice isn't between having free time and having modern maternity care. And it's not what was being debated. Like, yeah, antibiotics and anesthetic are great to have, but working 40+ hours a week isn't a prerequisite f
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by mandmandam 1y ago
> the only obstacle is the legality of living on government lands Yes, the obstacle of living illegally on land that has been systematically over-exploited for centuries (or too harsh to bother), without any community or experience. Not
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by mandmandam 1y ago
There seem to be two main points of critique there: 1. That there was war and war sucked; disease; and also infant mortality was high - therefore life sucked back then. None of that really factors in to the debate of how much free time peop
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by mandmandam 1y ago
Look man if you want to write a refutation of Marshall Sahlins' work, go ahead. I might even read it. But I'm not going to just take the word of a random commentator - are you even in anthropology? Like, this is a broad consensus
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by mandmandam 1y ago
A, being homeless and being in a gatherer society are very different things. And B, even if you wanted to live that way you can't any more; because the commons has been relentlessly exploited past its breaking point for centuries. I sh

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