plurinshael

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by plurinshael 7mo ago
Why would you not have to try each and every combination of features known to create a different effect on the outcome? There are what, 500 different psycho-active chemicals in cannabis? And how many different kinds of neuro-chemicals can o
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by plurinshael 7mo ago
He yearns to be an autocrat, dictator, and tyrant, but this yearning nor its fulfillment will ever make him a king. Kingship is a sacred trust, a sacred role of “first servant of the people.” Kingship should never be stripped down to merely
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by plurinshael 4y ago
Very surprised by your comment. -- Spoilers ahead. -- The Bene Gesserit spent thousands of years selectively breeding humans, and training them extensively in physical and mental practices designed to strengthen their endurance, control, ac
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by plurinshael 4y ago
Lighten up, Francis.
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by plurinshael 4y ago
Seems like you're describing a lack of integrity. I think it important that we remember, people / institutions / things that lack integrity tend to fall apart.
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by plurinshael 5y ago
You seem to take away that the author leaves us with judgement. It seemed to me the author ended on a sad note.
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by plurinshael 5y ago
Thanks for expanding and clarifying your comments. I too find much of the U.S. court system troubling; more to the point, the common law itself. The standard catch-phrase in the United States (about government in general and the judiciary i
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by plurinshael 5y ago
Did computer science as a field exist in Lady Ada's time? No, it did not. And where did computing science get its formal beginnings? In mathematics departments. I guess I just have an inclusionist mindset with these matters. Popularize
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by plurinshael 6y ago
Yes, this was probably an excellent time to put forth this proposition.
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by plurinshael 6y ago
Spin aka intrinsic angular momentum
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by plurinshael 6y ago
Hey have a nice day
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by plurinshael 6y ago
My educational background is in mathematics and physics. I think you'll find I can give disciplined, logical thinking a run for your money. Logic after all is only an adherence to predetermined axioms in a consistent fashion, not an al
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by plurinshael 6y ago
I like the idea of requiring a response in order to downvote.
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by plurinshael 6y ago
>I doubt they are actually convening with the divine. I appreciated your comment overall but this statement stood out to me. May I ask what guided this choice of words? Why would you have an opinion on it one way or the other?
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by plurinshael 6y ago
Note what I did and didn't say. I did NOT say: "People with psychiatric disorders will be cured by spiritual experiences." Having a mental disorder is a pretty miserable existence, in several different ways. Anything that cou
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by plurinshael 6y ago
Do you mean to imply that my "type" of thinking is bad / wrong / unsafe?
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by plurinshael 6y ago
I appreciate the effort you've put in to "refute" me, but I do not think that you've actually put much thought into it. I'm aware of how logic works, I have a degree in mathematics. I did not intend to use A=>B a
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by plurinshael 6y ago
People with psychiatric disorders need spiritual journeys. Spiritual journeys heal and cleanse the mind, heal and cleanse the soul. Do not try to strip that away. The commodification of medicine troubles me--I prefer the perspective of sacr
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by plurinshael 7y ago
This is very sad. I hope he figures it out.
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by plurinshael 7y ago
For a long time, the Great Man theory dominated a lot of thinkers. Now there's a lot of pushback on the Great Man theory. I think I like both the theory and the pushback both. Reality's complicated.
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by plurinshael 7y ago
I long for voice, for playful humor, for that je ne sais quoi of good writing! Robert Anton Wilson wrote a marvelous book called Quantum Psychology, where he uses the insights of quantum physics to upend the prevailing Aristotelian view of
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by plurinshael 7y ago
Well, yes. It was unmitigated praise for men like Jefferson for a lot of years, which sent the message that those flaws you mentioned were nonexistent or unimportant. Now our society is attempting to demonstrate to people of color that thos
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by plurinshael 8y ago
War is always a servant of policy. "Vanquishment" thinking is where the United States has gone wrong, for a long time now.
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by plurinshael 8y ago
Hey thanks for this! There are a ton of sub-genres I'm not well acquainted with so this super helps. One request I would make is to be able pause the game, so that I can see the artist and track name for longer. Thanks this is great!
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by plurinshael 8y ago
Having studied both pure physics and pure mathematics, my impression is that physicists don't really do mathematics, they use a pidgin form of symbolic expression related to mathematics with the specific goal of studying natural system
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by plurinshael 9y ago
Less intellectual wasn't exactly what I meant. I also thought his explanations were clear. He did flirt with provocation: "It doesn't exist" is perhaps less clear and helpful than "It doesn't exist as described
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by plurinshael 9y ago
Multivariate vs univariate analysis of variance is not at all a simple set of ideas. There's a ton of deep abstraction there, both on the side of statistical analysis as well as the theoretical underpinnings of large-dimensional spaces
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by plurinshael 9y ago
While I like Petersen's message and analytical competence quite a bit, in this interview he makes the mistake that a lot of highly intelligent people make: he states the truth at his level of intelligence and training and expects the o
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by plurinshael 9y ago
"Set" the level of a battery?
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by plurinshael 10y ago
Given that we cannot provide free or extremely inexpensive mental health care, or somehow get 340mil Americans not to behave like jackals and crass narcissists all the time, to actually treat each other with respect, dignity, and compassion

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