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by rjf72 7y ago
This [1] is what Socrates had to say of writing, at least as written by Plato: "He who thinks, then, that he has left behind him any art in writing, and he who receives it in the belief that anything in writing will be clear and certai
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What do you mean by they have no choice? Societies have different views and values, and the most intransient of these tend to be reflected in their laws. Companies can offer their product while avoiding politics by simply obeying the laws o
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by rjf72 7y ago
This article misses the actual problem. It suggests that computers are gradually yielding a perfection of play which is implied to lead to a draw. But that's not really what's happening. In fact computer chess now already has fewe
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The problem you have here is that this is a scenario where accurate reporting of this incident is in the interests of the US so why would you ever expect to see anything but forthright reporting? The question is what happens when accurate r
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The orchestrated unison happened after Polin Cowell gave his presentation for war at the UN. As the phenomenal article from USA Today you referenced mentions, his case was hardly compelling and full of aspersions with no unquestionable evid
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No, it's not because a Chinese actor acting in some Chinese films is about as irrelevant as you could get unless you are claiming that anybody with any connection to China now cannot be trusted because they 'might' be &#x27
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I try to not take sides, but rather to simply evaluate evidence. As the evidence shifts in one direction or another, so do my views. To see why judging issues by the groups involved instead of evidence, one doesn't need to go back far.
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Here [1] is Chan's filmography. He's very active in the American industry still. Using the fact he also acts in Chinese films against him is not very reasonable. And Liu Yifei is American Chinese and literally just got her big bre
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Interesting. Are the images shared from this article suggesting that protesters are destroying property and engaging in other such behavior fake or somehow being taken out of context?
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This seems like a very slippery slope. Recently Jackie Chan and Liu Yifei are a couple of higher profile individuals have expressed support for the mainland or condemnation of the protesters' riotous behavior. Jackie Chan is a Hong Kon
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- In the US we have vast surpluses of corn, and it's heavily subsidized by the government. - Feed lots can fit a whole lot more cows per acre. - Corn tends to fatten up cows more (and more quickly) than grazing. - Increased fat conten
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Russia is very much in support of a multi-polar world and so of course they're going to actively report on activities that paint our global hegemony in a negative light. But at the same time much of the 'western' world's
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If there's anybody that actually thinks that conspiratorial, consider two mutually exclusive options, one of which must be true: 1) Companies collecting massive amounts of data will only use the data in a lawful and ethical fashion, ev
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I think this is a rather extreme mischaracterization of a society, but proving things like this statistically is not possible. Because, while it may be a mischaracterization, you are certainly correct that domestic violence was much more no
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The FDA rules left a number of loopholes. Overall usage has declined and in some cases quite substantially, but they're still being misused. For instance animals can still be given antibiotics as a 'preventative measure.' In
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Antibiotics are not given to animals for health reasons (at least not primarily). The antibiotics somehow help the animals grow faster for reasons that are not well understood. As a not so fun fact the vast majority of all antibiotics in th
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What you're saying is true but only in a society where you simply allow all drugs. Ideologically I am of this inclining since I don't think the government has a right to determine what people should or should not be able to put in
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by rjf72 7y ago
Violent crime was at extremely negligible levels in the fifties. In just 3-4 decades to the 90s it ended up increasing (per rate) by around 800%. That's a part of where the hyper-tough on crime laws came from, and it's also when y
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This is a pretty easy one to solve since the number of votes is not privileged information. Simply publicly record the number of votes as each person goes into vote. This can be verified/observed by whoever wishes to do so. You could e
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As the article mentions it's only 70k years ago that we start seeing unambiguous indicators of intelligence. The normal figure for this indicator, the upper paleolithic revolution, is 50k years. In any case that's where we first s
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You could also add a second layer of security here pretty easily. People would probably need to be given a printout with their hash on it. To avoid this receipt being proof, that receipt would include a large number of hashes with various v
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I don't think it's that people's natural conservatism when it comes to technology has changed, but rather our inclination to indulge (and enforce) such conservatism on nation wide levels. If merry-go-rounds, swings, and climb
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The reason I offered Popper's entire quote is because while I do think many people use it as are you suggesting, his quote makes it quite clear that is not what he is suggesting. He is speaking of an intolerant view as one that is into
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Issues similar to this have been brought up in the courts many times, and they almost invariably (sexual obscenity is one exception) yield lopsided results in favor of the 'offender.' One random recent case is Elonis vs the United
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Yes, it is. The nuance he was intentionally illustrating is the basis of our entire law. The one key exception to freedom of speech is speech that will, with high certainty, provoke "imminent lawless action." And this is something
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Popper's quote is often quite misconstrued. Here it is, in context: "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to def
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Why do you think it might have been that the founding fathers were such advocates for freedom of speech? Do you think they were unaware that it would lead to the normalization of unpleasant things being said? These questions can be answered
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What you're describing for VR already exists in numerous different platforms, many of which are "free" (e.g. - free until 6-7 figures of profit). My preferred would be the Unreal Engine which is also completely open source on
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He had no association with the thirty whatsoever. Two were former students. That's it. And not only did he not participate (nor would he have been invited to participate in any case) but he actively opposed them while telling them that
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As you mention Socrates was in no way involved with the thirty, and even openly opposed their orders - fully knowing it likely meant his head would end up on their chopping block sooner or later. I have immense admiration for him since he i

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