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811.
by sandspar 3y ago
Thanks for pointing this out. "Right" is the wrong word. I think I would have been better to say something like, "whether I'm simply ignorant or whether they're deceiving themselves."
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by sandspar 3y ago
Jobs like this make me think of the opening scene from "The Republic". Socrates asks a rich man what's the best part about being rich. The rich man says that it's because he's never had to be a bad person to make mo
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by sandspar 3y ago
It's easy to laugh at these groups' apparent selective interpretations of their rules. But at the same time I realize that they are intelligent people, who no doubt reasoned this through to a degree that I can't even fathom.
814.
by sandspar 3y ago
I think there's a relationship between human flourishing and animal extinctions. Human flourishing goes up as animal extinctions go up, but quickly reaches diminishing returns as more animals go extinct. I agree that we may have gone t
815.
by sandspar 3y ago
I have the image of a severely malfunctioning engine, a group of people gathered around trying to fix it. Someone finally gets tired of the whole thing and begins beating at it with a hammer. The other guys shrug. Maybe that'll work.
816.
by sandspar 3y ago
The line between occultism and psychology is very thin in places.
817.
by sandspar 3y ago
If you have a moment, how do you deal with boredom when you are really really really smart? How do you deal with stress? How do you stay motivated?
818.
by sandspar 3y ago
Lots of people make images like this as kids. You just draw overlapping shapes then use the paint bucket tool to fill in portions.
819.
by sandspar 3y ago
Lovely reference. As an aside, it seems like jazz is a real example of this kind of thing. The organizational structure of a live jazz band specifically rewards inspiration, strange moods, and claiming the workshop.
820.
by sandspar 3y ago
I'm not saying this guy is one of them, but there's a special place in hell for adults who target gifted children. Many of the victims of Catholic priests were intelligent, sensitive children, children who became involved in churc
821.
by sandspar 3y ago
> Sudden genius Readers: "You're saying there's still a chance I'm a genius???"
822.
by sandspar 3y ago
The machine elves desperately trying to contact humanity: "That's it, no more revealing ourselves to rational people. We need to go back to concentrating on the hippies."
823.
by sandspar 3y ago
> I know it was in my head This awareness is technically called "insight", as in "insight into the weirdness of your beliefs". Generally, people suffering from psychosis don't have insight. They genuinely believe
824.
by sandspar 3y ago
There are "nervous breakdowns" which only happen once. Many historical figures have had them. But on your larger point about fuzzy diagnoses I agree with you. In my experience, diseases like schizophrenia are better understood as
825.
by sandspar 3y ago
If you're looking for examples of cities who use these techniques, look at the downtowns of Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco.
826.
by sandspar 3y ago
Wired going to bat for Google.
827.
by sandspar 3y ago
I'm open to the possibility that political or popular traction have no bearing whatsoever on whether something is true.
828.
by sandspar 3y ago
For me personally, Final Fantasy is the most "I wish I could live there" property. Perhaps this person feels the same.
829.
by sandspar 3y ago
I'm not sure where this idea has sprung from but I've seen it quite a bit recently. I'm quite glad that my ancestors invented the refrigerator, thank you very much.
830.
by sandspar 3y ago
We may merge with them I suppose, like some sort of parasite or like those deep sea fish that engulf their mates.
831.
by sandspar 3y ago
It may also be a basic human value to, if there is a higher alpha predator, be the group that controls it. I imagine that early humans were very happy that their pet wolves could effectively kill other humans. Weapons may be seen similarly,
832.
by sandspar 3y ago
Apropos of nothing but flowers evolved at about the same time as Tyrannosaurus Rex, so you can imagine a T-Rex walking through a field of wildflowers at sunrise, its legs wet with flowers' dew.
833.
by sandspar 3y ago
It's plagiarizing essays in the same way that I'm plagiarizing dinosaur breath by using the same air molecules.
834.
by sandspar 3y ago
Culture has been trending visual for a while. There's been growing demand, this is just a cheaper supply.
835.
by sandspar 3y ago
We live in a time of wild guesses.
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by sandspar 3y ago
It's been an "emergency" for 50 years
837.
by sandspar 3y ago
Captain Jean-Luc Picard pondering a thorny problem with the Klingons: "Computer, think for me."
838.
by sandspar 3y ago
Trigger -> response Many people are named McCarthy.
839.
by sandspar 3y ago
The New Yorker needs to sell magazines to the kind of people who read the New Yorker, alas. "Wizard on the hill takes resources from us clerks" is always a good for a few sales.
840.
by sandspar 3y ago
I'm sorry that I feel this way but this seems completely pointless. It's very much "young scholars get to meet First Lady Hillary Clinton" feel-good bullshit. It's the kind of thing that a certain type of "gift

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