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by md224 13y ago
You also have to consider the context; the xoJane post was about a breakup, and it's a natural tendency for people to demonize another person's ex as a way of providing emotional support (not saying this is ideal, but it seems pre
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by md224 13y ago
This is why I find the concept of brainwashing/deprogramming fascinating from an epistemic perspective; you're essentially substituting one set of axioms for another. And it's often hard to determine who occupies the epistemi
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by md224 13y ago
I just came across PopVox: https://www.popvox.com Pardon my ignorance, but is this startup well-known? It seems like a pretty good concept.
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by md224 13y ago
Here's a basic fact: what matters in life is that you're happy. It's a simple idea (figuring out what makes you happy is the actual hard part). If you're happy, then you're already thriving; it doesn't make sen
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by md224 13y ago
Fun Fact: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, the class of drugs used to treat depression and anxiety disorders by increasing the availability of serotonin, have a mirror opposite: Tianeptine ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by md224 13y ago
Umm... powered by Storystrings, but features the Svbtle network's Kudos button (as "cheers")... is there a connection here, or is the former borrowing from the latter?
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by md224 13y ago
Seriously. > A check showed that, in fact, Daniel had been arrested for fighting in a park that night at about 6:45 p.m., and jail records showed he was released about 10 p.m. and the murders occurred at 8:43 p.m. That should've bee
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by md224 13y ago
I think calling it meaningless, while helpfully putting it in context (first world problems, etc.) is still a bit inaccurate. Sure, the kudos number on a Svbtle blog is basically meaningless, but more generally, karma points on a post can s
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by md224 13y ago
Ah, so you consider yourself an anarchist then? (Not asking this pejoratively; it's a legitimate political philosophy, just one I don't happen to subscribe to.) I feel like coercion is kind of inevitable in some circumstances; I d
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by md224 13y ago
> Force = authoritarian Are you opposed to all forms of coercion? Anyway, I'll concede that force is probably the wrong way to go about it... the government could provide incentives for exposing people to diverse viewpoints, but for
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by md224 13y ago
A and B aren't really conspiracy theories as much as they are skeptical views on the safety of technological advances. Are you suggesting that because some conspiracies have occurred, all conspiracy theories are worth consideration?
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by md224 13y ago
Right, but it seems like such a policy would be additive rather than subtractive. In other words, it would not prevent people from voicing their opinions, it would merely force them to include other opinions alongside their own. You're
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by md224 13y ago
It seems like he wants to force people to be exposed to diverse/opposing views... isn't that kind of the opposite of authoritarian?
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by md224 13y ago
That abstract actually sounds pretty interesting. > File under "elite panic" While I agree that conspiracy theories aren't an apocalyptic danger, I tend to think that misinformation and unjustified paranoia can have detrim
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by md224 13y ago
I'll just say this: I hate cooking, and ordering delivery every night, while easy, isn't ideal (cost, etc.). Eating delicious, real food every once in a while is a great treat, but why the hell do I have to put so much energy into
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by md224 13y ago
> Every few decades, peacetime makes us forget that the world is willing to attack us. Eventually, we as the citizenry work to dismantle the annoying and invasive defensive measures we give to law enforcement. (see Clinton Era in the 90s
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by md224 13y ago
> Governments are composed of people. The people who ran the government in the 1940s no longer did by 1960s... and the people who ran the government in the 1960s no longer do today. This is a fair point, but I also think it can be useful
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by md224 13y ago
> History of the US is a sobering example, of the Government constantly giving up powers in favor of its citizens. Need I remind people of the Office of Censorship in 1940s, where Government agents read every single mail that was going a
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by md224 13y ago
Unrelated to the validity of this advice: it's kind of sad that our society has evolved legal structures that make it prohibitively risky to tell another human being why you're taking an action against them. Hmm... what if you cou
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by md224 13y ago
You could also look at what Upworthy is doing: a "mission-driven" company engineering viral content for the purpose of promoting social awareness and other things they find to be generally healthy for society. People overestimate
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by md224 13y ago
I think it's also possible that she's realizing that she owes herself a fulfilling career, and then she's taking steps to change her situation...?
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by md224 13y ago
The thing is, once you're financially secure and rising up Maslow's hierarchy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs ), these first-world problems are your main concerns: what am I doing
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by md224 13y ago
Haberman was complaining about the tendency to summarize a long piece of writing in a few words (here, only 3). Haberman's summary was more than three words, and more importantly, did not dismissively imply that such a summary was an a
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by md224 13y ago
I feel like there's a fundamental difference between CL and Reddit: the sense of community. CL is community-based in the sense that it allows users to broadcast via posts and receive private e-mail replies. (There are forum areas, but
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by md224 13y ago
> I think your revelation that anyone can memorize anything is a load of silliness, and untrue for most people. This entire debate: 300bpm: people with average memory skills can memorize far more than they realize sillysaurus: I have a m
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by md224 13y ago
I'm not really sure what you guys are arguing about... obviously observations and descriptions are an important first step toward developing scientific theories. Lutusp seems to be complaining about people who feel descriptions are su
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by md224 13y ago
So, basically: "You can't run a server, unless it's a server-ish thing that most people use, in which case we encourage it." Really wish there was a clearer distinction they could make. Maybe they're drawing a clear
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by md224 13y ago
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/upworthy.com Traffic seems to be growing exponentially. Upworthy feels like a big deal to me, but I'm struggling to find the proper context: what other sites have been so successful a
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Epistemic Vigilance(dan.sperber.fr)
1 points by md224 13y ago|0 comments
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The US Government has a patent on medical marijuana(google.com)
8 points by md224 13y ago|2 comments

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