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by phs318u 5y ago
I think there are a few fundamental misunderstandings here. Firstly, it's not 51% of the voting populace that flip-flop. It's actually more like 2-3% "swinging voters" on average - maybe 5% tops. The rest are rusted on t
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by phs318u 5y ago
And why is that do you think? Is it inherently better, or is it only temporarily better? Have the social creeps, corrupt bastards and rapacious motherf*ckers arrived yet, or are they next year's customers? Because, I can guarantee you
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by phs318u 5y ago
I'm asking how people can focus on two things at a time. I assume that an audiobook (or podcast) requires focus - otherwise are you really "getting it" or just getting a sense of it? I can certainly understand during a commut
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by phs318u 5y ago
Haha, I guess, though I confess - I don't/can't do podcasts for the same reason.
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by phs318u 5y ago
I don't doubt that Amazon's practices are shady. Creating obscure and complex pricing plans out of seemingly straightforward fees has become something of an art-form on AWS. Who here has not been hit with an unexpected charge? Wha
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by phs318u 5y ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506170/ "In individuals who are vulnerable to addiction, repetitive exposure to the agent induces long-lasting neuroadaptative changes that further promote d
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by phs318u 5y ago
There are a few recent studies that clearly indicate we have barely scratched the surface in understanding both the neurological nature of addiction as well as the mechanisms by which programs like 12-steps work. https://pubmed.n
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by phs318u 5y ago
For someone who has made a lot of absolute claims, you have not provided any references to back up your claims. Here's a recent study that directly refutes your claim. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/20
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by phs318u 5y ago
Forgot to add this in my other response (where I addressed effectiveness). With respect to your characterisation of 12-steps as pseudoscience, I can only state that it’s a program designed to change your thinking and by so doing, trigger ne
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by phs318u 5y ago
I can only speak of my experience. I first found the fellowship 24 years ago. In that time I’ve seen hundreds of people come and go. Only 10 people I know who were around in 1998 are still in the program. Of those, 9 have been in successful
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by phs318u 5y ago
I'd argue it aids the never ending evolutionary force that parts fools from their money.
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by phs318u 5y ago
Speaking as an addict in recovery, this definition is the most practically useful. It’s step 1 of every 12-step program. If you really want to stop doing something, and are trying your hardest to not do that thing, and yet despite that desi
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by phs318u 5y ago
I once heard it put this way, “If you’re absolutely certain that you have impostor syndrome, then you probably don’t have impostor syndrome.”
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by phs318u 5y ago
“When the probability of heads is 50%, there is no benefit from betting.” :)
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by phs318u 5y ago
Did you mean to say Ghislaine?
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by phs318u 5y ago
I got a pang of nostalgia seeing the Alpha AXP instructions.
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by phs318u 5y ago
Of course. So the real enemy is tribalism.
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by phs318u 5y ago
> the ability of people to filter the ideas to which they are exposed I'd say its the reverse. The inability of people to apply a reasonable filter on the stuff they are exposed to (and I mean mental filter, not technical filter). I
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by phs318u 5y ago
You want a common enemy? How about ignorance? Or poverty? Or if they're too hard, how about tackling obesity, or the prescription drug epidemic, or tackling under-employment and job security, or routing out political corruption, or mit
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by phs318u 5y ago
If anyone has 300 people they call "friends", then they are not friends. Acquaintances perhaps.
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by phs318u 5y ago
Maybe it's me. Maybe I'm just getting old and tired. Maybe I'm just sick of the constant trolling, yelling and generally lots of people trying to out-asshole one another on so, so much of the internet. But I don't mind L
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by phs318u 5y ago
Sorry to say, but your friends sound like nuffies.
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by phs318u 5y ago
Doh! meant to say "vaccinated adults" at the end. (saw this too late to edit).
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by phs318u 5y ago
So, according to this, are we to take it that we are currently, or about to be, in the "Fear" stage? If there are some more/bigger scandals this year that make the front pages of the MSM, then I can see this happening as the
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by phs318u 5y ago
Unless my math is wrong, by your own numbers, unvaccinated French adults are 6x more likely to be hospitalised than unvaccinated adults.
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by phs318u 5y ago
The super-power is the clarity you get from not being in an alcoholic fog. Clarity is a necessary but not sufficient condition for finding happiness*, success*, etc. * of your own understanding.
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by phs318u 5y ago
I can't say I know the stats for prevalence of abuse in the general community, but the prevalence in 12 step programs (I've been going since '98), is crazy. Anywhere between 1/3 and 2/3 of members in the meetings I&
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by phs318u 5y ago
Great question. Believe me, I too want a non-Apple, non-Google solution. Ideally, we'd figure out a way to support a true "public commons" for phone apps, one that also supports an ecosystem of trust/reputation based &qu
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by phs318u 5y ago
> it's not Apple's right to be the sole defender of the American people They're not. They are (and want to continue to be) the sole defender of Apple iDevice customers. The American people (and in fact anyone else), can ch
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by phs318u 5y ago
Don't disagree with you. I'm happy it's swinging away from the extreme position its been held in for centuries. I never stated where I want it to come to rest. Maybe if we remove the structures that have kept it in place it w

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