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pathjumper
14y ago
The problem with the game theory's ideas on voting is that people do not always behave as game theory predicts. Free will is great way to avoid stagnation if we were to but use it.
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14y ago
Funny, I was just talking about this... Political parties are a bad idea. George Washington himself went to great pains to explain why in his farewell address. The gist of it is, political parties divide us, and the goals and motives of the
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pathjumper
15y ago
A glass of orange juice from a store contains as more calories as an equivalent amount of soda: Calories in OJ: http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-orange-juice-i14425 Calories in soda: http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-carbonate
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pathjumper
15y ago
Which kind of slavery? Wage slavery is alive and well. It is the slavery of the 21st century, and continues today. Or can you quit your job without going bankrupt due to debt unlike me and millions of others like me?
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pathjumper
15y ago
I am sure you have thought of this already, but [Alt]+[PrtScn] -> Paste -> print
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pathjumper
15y ago
That is because, right at its heart, the _universe_ does not respect owning information. Therefore it makes no sense that some subcomponent of the universe, say a person, or other entity could either. Sure, you can own a book on which info
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15y ago
None of his arguments are invalid save the "early adopter wins" scenario. On every other count he either misunderstands current banking systems, bitcoin, presents a pseudo-argument, or some combination of all three. Honestly, except for the
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16y ago
Here's a different perspective for you guys that is more or less in agreement with Chomsky's: The universe does not recognize our artificial restrictions on information. This is inherently why people generally think it's ok to violate the c