nikcheerla

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by nikcheerla 10y ago
I was under the impression that 'leftist' (like SJW) is a derogatory term used for people who would likely call themselves 'liberals' or 'progressives'. Just like I've never seen someone unironically call
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Is this Poe's Law in action or something?
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
This comment scares me in a way I can't really put my finger on. Maybe it's the implicit assumption that oppression outweighs everything else – i.e someone who is black ipso facto lives a worse life than someone who is white, disr
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
I'd love that. The problem is that it's really, really hard to criticize your own tribe. (People who made a habit of criticizing their tribe in the ancestral environment were killed off very quickly).
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Any pertinent examples of "privileged white kids demanding trigger warnings for topics that call out their privilege?" I've never heard of an incident where conservative kids on campus demanded that a progressive speaker&#x27
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
I think the term has sort of evolved to become less dismissive.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
There's a LOT of biological data out there. With a little bit of effort, researchers can design AI systems that beat doctors at most specialized tasks, in both computer vision and genetic data analysis. The question is how such systems
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
They don't. Doctors in the NHS work longer hours than their U.S counterparts, and those who go through the system tend to move to either private practice, Australia, or the U.S after their residencies. For now, the system is still work
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
When did I dispute ignorance is a bad thing? I'm just saying that the first stop in fighting ignorance is looking at yourself? What inconvenient facts do you refuse to accept? Where do you apply standards unevenly? Where are you showin
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
The answer is slate.com, clearly.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Yeah, it's not a strawman exactly, but it's a - clayman? Gingerbread man?
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Anecdotally, while Britain's medical system has less wait times, doctors working for the NHS are chronically overworked and underpaid. Many move to Australia or go into private practice after completing their residencies.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
The "petty tribalism inherent to the uneducated"? As if the salary class – highly-educated left-learning professionals – doesn't have it's own tribal affiliations, it's own status markers, its own inconvenient facts
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Seriously?
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
This.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Read schiffern's comment. I know nothing about engineering so I can't tell if what he's saying is correct or not – but that's the point, isn't it?
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Obligatory xkcd about free speech: https://xkcd.com/1357/ Gawker's outing was free speech. Peter Thiel giving money to Hulk Hogan to fight his legal battle was also free speech. There's nothing hypocritical a
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Accusations of cognitive dissonance are fruitless – there's a sizable block of 'gay conservative Christians' who probably think that you're experiencing cognitive dissonance and that their beliefs make sens given their w
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
I suspect you are confused about the facts of the case – specifically, this has nothing to do with Peter Thiel's outing and everything to do with the fact that Gawker released Hulk Hogan's sex tape to the public and a court found
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Yes, but there are varying levels of 'moral acceptability', and online privacy violations are on the low end of that. I find it hard to believe that most people would act differently from Thiel in that situation.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Be charitable. Clearly that's not actually what 'gay Christians' believe.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
True, but that just points to the fact that ad hominem should not be dogmatically a logical fallacy.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
I was just discussing what other people believe. I completely agree that the government should be out of the marriage business anyways.
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
That's a good point – I was just going off of public figures who have stated similar views. I'd like to see that data actually. I know a grand total of one evangelical and maybe 5 non-agnostic Christians, so I can't say for
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Who are you asking? I'm atheist, and I don't think any other posts in this discussion ever reference 'biblical models of marriage".
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Why exactly do you think those two positions are necessarily in opposition? You can be proudly gay while still believing that 'marriage' is only between men and women. AFAIK this is a pretty common belief among those who are both
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Not sure I understand?
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
Well, I'm actually pleasantly surprised that the media is reporting this as joke, and not as "Trump openly threatens to kill Hillary Clinton." Why is this news again? Is there nothing more to be reported on than another Trump
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
I would argue we could solve this if we had a better education system. It seems that they go through the schooling system for 8 years and learn nothing that helps them get an upwardly mobile job. Maybe part of the problem is that our school
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by nikcheerla 10y ago
The prediction markets say something like 75% Clinton to 25% Trump. Either you know something they don't (and are about to make a lot of money) – or you probably shouldn't be making predictions with that degree of confidence. Espe

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