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by poszlem 4y ago
The issue with this argument is that it could, just as well, be used to force people to wear bubble wrap instead of clothes to avoid falls. The question is how much we're willing to sacrifice for safety. Fortunately, most people aren&#
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It's probable that people are unable to comprehend why someone would willingly undergo the same experiences we have all undergone for the past three years. I used to be firmly in the "I will do everything possible to avoid getting
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Yes, it's a great idea to let people decide what is and isn't true. We know that the more people decide something the better decision they make, that's why mobs of people are known for their cold and rational approach to issu
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Although violent speech may seem hard to swallow, the alternative of censorship has been shown throughout history to be far more detrimental. It seems that the younger generation has not fully understood this fact, but hopefully they will c
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by poszlem 4y ago
The argument seems implausible as it assumes that hackers would persist in deleting data, whereas in reality, they would probably shift their focus to other targets such as private companies that lack similar prohibitions. It is unclear wha
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It is certainly a novel way to look at what Marx wrote. I assume you are overlooking the little things like the abolition of private property, or central planning of the economy on purpose?
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Their diagnosis was okay, it's the proposed cure people have a problem with.
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I upvoted your post, because that's how I feel as well, but that still reads as: "Tell me that you haven't spoken to a senior citizen without telling me..." It might be surprising to some, but old people actually also ha
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by poszlem 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre https://books.google.co.uk&
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Many people, including those on HN, vehemently deny the existence of this phenomenon, or if they agree that it happens it is considered a positive outcome. The AI moderation appears to have adopted the tenets of Applied Postmodernism, which
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> The charter of human rights feels like the kind of thing humanity at large has agreed as basic tenants of undisputable truths we can very much all agree on. Not every country has fullfilled every part of it and ideologically some peopl
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It is absolutely correct that the word is still alive and well in the south of the US. But the issue we are discussing is about it being re-appropriated by the HR departments and the social justice "folks" and that is a process th
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I am sorry, I am not a native English speaker, do you have a hard time understanding any particular part of what I wrote? I am happy to expand. Edit: Congratulation HN on your brilliant policy that prevents me from responding to any of the
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This makes sense when you understand that "the woke" use language to separate the in-group from the out-group. "Folks" is not a new word, but an old one that has been reclaimed by social justice, queer and academic commu
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And that is exactly how the scope increases.
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That is just one paper about one facet of the issue. "Although this general idea and the research looking into it is still in its infancy, the data that do exist suggest that the pill might influence who you’re attracted to, the dynami
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by poszlem 4y ago
Well, there are some interesting papers suggesting that women on the pill prefer less masculine men. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/03/study-wom... Personally that is one of my personal
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Except the sex workers often literally offer the girlfriend experience, which is, arguably, exactly that, a "make believe" relationship for some agreed time.
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How is that a strawman? What am I strawmanning? I am asking if you believe those research papers enough to actually put on the line something you believe in. I am not creating a strawman, but giving you a conclusion based on what the OP pos
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That's because the idea there is not to "be inclusive". The idea is to create a complicated set of rules that can be used to promote people you like and demote people you don't like. This is what happened in many college
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If there is no evidence of discrimination - how do you even know that it occurred? Are you saying that we should have people who decide what is and isn't discrimination without evidence? (since those, in your example, are not there).
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Do you believe those statistics enough to get rid of the laws that prevent discrimination? If the stats are true, then surely companies, who are known to value monetary gains above all else, would take care of the problem of lack of diversi
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I don't understand why anybody would be against having political commissars at their place of work. Did we not learn from Soviet Russia that those work great?
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Oh my goodness, the soundtrack was insanely cool! It's still my go-to OST for programming! You just cannot have bad mood when listening to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399YneFTwh0 https://www.youtube.
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I am not motivated by money. That's why I am not looking for another, better paying job. But I will if you take from me what I already earn. Advice to reduce the wages of all individuals is disconnected from reality and likely originat
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"Layoffs kill people, literally. They kill people in a number of ways. Layoffs increase the odds of suicide by two and a half times. This is also true outside of the United States, even in countries with better social safety nets than
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The phrase 'there is no evidence' can be interpreted in two ways, one being that it is highly likely but unproven, and the other being that it has been disproven and should not be believed. I'm afraid we are still in the firs
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We absolutely go in the direction of the SF dystopias. Another great example is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes_inferior from 1982.
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I really doubt it was the "similarity to meat" that gave you those symptoms (though obviously there is no way for me to verify that, so you have the last word on what happens in your own body). Anyway - there is a great comment th
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by poszlem 4y ago
Sounds like something "the Party" would want to have in 1984 to further cement the use of "newspeak".

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