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mikailk
8mo ago
If an observation about a moral system creates implications for how people act, you may have inspired a new moral assertion, but you haven't 'collapsed' the category. Knowing that 'the floor is made of wood' has imp
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mikailk
8mo ago
Object-level rule: “Stealing is illegal.” Meta rule: “Laws vary by jurisdiction.” If the meta claim is itself a law, what jurisdiction has the law containg the meta law? Who enforces it? Object: "This sentence is grammatically correct.
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mikailk
8mo ago
I do realize now I accidentally shifted the language from "universal" morals to "objective" morals. If a moral principle is claimed to be universal, it must, by definition, be applicable to all possible scenarios. An obj
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mikailk
8mo ago
It is exactly that: a hypothetical. The point is not whether anyone has ever faced this scenario, but whether OP’s assertion is conditional or absolute. Hypotheticals are tools for testing claims, not predictions about what will occur. Peop
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mikailk
8mo ago
You have two choices: 1) Do what you asked above about a one-year-old child 2) Kill a million people Does this universal moral standard continue to say “don’t choose (1)”? One would still say “never” to number 1?
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mikailk
1y ago
The Hearing Aid feature boosts sound from the outside in Transparency mode. Media Assist corrects for all audio sent to the headphones. Two separate features that complement each other very well.
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Hearing Loss and AirPods' Lost Accessibility
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mikailk
1y ago
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mikailk
2y ago
I think all Macs come with 16 GB at minimum now, so that should be easy! [1] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/30/24270669/apple-macbook-p...