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by meekmind 6y ago
All that says is dumping money into an election in a constitutional republic designed specifically to put limits on authoritarian power does not guarantee victory. I'm comfortable saying there is considerable evidence to back up the ar
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by meekmind 6y ago
I will agree there is a degree of culpability in the general population and a preference to deflect blame on both sides. I would also agree that it is important to define what "rich" means since making class distinctions and compa
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by meekmind 6y ago
Our immune systems are only 99.9% effective? I'm scared, we should lock down the economy, ban church (protests & riots are fine), and mandate face coverings and gloves. Who cares if millions starve [0] as long as less than 0.1% of
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by meekmind 6y ago
Disengaging from social media or encouraging others to disengage on it's face appears to be the well-meaning advice of someone genuinely concerned with their own mental health and the mental health of others. For many this is precisely
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by meekmind 6y ago
I think it's fair to say there have been sweeping changes.
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by meekmind 6y ago
I'm probably preaching to the choir here but personally I find the act of downvoting a legitimate argument as opposed to providing a counter-argument distasteful. Downvoting ought to be limited to a particular subset of comments that d
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by meekmind 6y ago
This is a great analysis. I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. Warren Buffet is known for an investment strategy that diminished diversification and instead encouraged investing in businesses that you actually understand. The
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by meekmind 6y ago
I think ancaps have very compelling arguments and I tend to agree with them. Corporations privatize their profits (to themselves) and socialize their risk (to government). Eliminate the ability to socialize their risk and it's incumben
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by meekmind 6y ago
This is what journalism is supposed to do. You're right, as an individual I don't have the time or resources to spend 100 hours researching 10 different theories (for 1000 hours). But, 10 different journalists can each spend 100 h
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by meekmind 6y ago
The future will be no different if people continue to believe or dismiss theories without first confronting the arguments and evidence that validates or invalidates them (in a healthy marketplace of ideas). I never subscribed to flat earth
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by meekmind 6y ago
I think society ought to address the fundamental issues that create criminality rather than build some panopticon control-grid that assumes everyone is a criminal by default. I sympathize with law enforcement, most of them just want better
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by meekmind 6y ago
I tend to agree. There are already well established methods to investigate individuals suspected of some crime without needing SigInt, but it's more expensive. That's all this is about: cost. It's more expensive and the syste
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by meekmind 6y ago
That is a good question. I think it really depends on your personality. Engineers tend to be conscientious, orderly, industrious types. Being industrious typically means being a self-starter who takes the initiative and is probably self-tau
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by meekmind 6y ago
Yes. This. Thinking is hard and it requires training and conditioning to do. I'm not talking about what to think, but rather how to think. It's an incredible convenience to delegate thinking, like the difference between spending 3
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by meekmind 6y ago
He didn't say families being ejected is amusing. His point is that the argument that increasing minimum wage will result in people getting fired (made often by the right) is practically identical to the argument that increasing the wag
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by meekmind 6y ago
I don't think he avoided any consequences, he escalated the consequences to the maximum degree he could. No, I'm not advocating suicide. If anyone out there thinks that suicide is a solution, it isn't. But, morally speaking,
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by meekmind 6y ago
I didn't say they did nor did I suggest we go back to medieval farming. I don't know what you guys are reading but it's not what I wrote.
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by meekmind 6y ago
I don't think you read my comment. I didn't say it was sustainable from an economic perspective, but an ecological perspective. All of the reasons you said are precisely why pre-industrial farmers had to integrate with natural pro
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by meekmind 6y ago
> Where are these magical permaculture farms that solve all problems Your comment reeks of cynicism. Obviously we can't solve "all" problems. I think many small or medium-sized agricultural operations would have elements t
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by meekmind 6y ago
> Important compared to what? Using the question "compared to what?" here only supports "compared to what?" as one of the most important questions in philosophy. > It's easy to say that any changes to the worl
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by meekmind 6y ago
One of the most important questions in philosophy is "compared to what?" It's easy to say, "that isn't perfect" or proselytize some utopian vision of a world without murder, theft, discrimination, or whatever.
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by meekmind 6y ago
> Because Trump supported white supremacists This is a lie. 100% debunked lie. https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/trump-has-condemned-white-... As far as women, framing Trump as a big meanie who says mean words
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by meekmind 6y ago
Yes, I said that in the next paragraph. The debate is about whether or not a certain personality types are.. a) more appropriate as moderators. b) able to (emotionally & psychologically) withstand the type of content they are tasked wit
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by meekmind 6y ago
Here are some more citations: "orderliness is associated with disgust sensitivity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMl8HwDpae0 "We found that trait core disgust was associated with higher orderliness" h
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by meekmind 6y ago
I'm a commenter on HN who made a comment for the sake of discussion, not a researcher proposing a paper. You avoided the comment entirely, cited the replication crisis and the old hat "correlation != causation" argument when
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by meekmind 6y ago
I'm aware of the replication crisis and that correlation does not equal causation. Are you aware of any research that contradicts the original statements?
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by meekmind 6y ago
There is a positive psychological correlation between the Orderliness (Conscientiousness) personality trait and Disgust Sensitivity. Agreeableness (Compassion/Politeness) and Neuroticism (generally anxiety) are also positively correlat
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by meekmind 6y ago
The public will usually not have to tools, expertise, or mindset to perform more technical kinds of intelligence gathering/sharing. The public is, therefore, generally limited to relying on human intelligence operations like Q. However