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by syzarian 4y ago
We can talk about the “white response” to desegregation in the same way we can talk about any other historical event involving massive social change. This does not mean there is absolute uniformity. It means a pattern emerged and that by a
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by syzarian 4y ago
Statistically speaking, yes. We have a sample size in the tens of millions that demonstrate this fact. A large majority of your views on right and wrong are based on the society you grew up in. For instance, if was a man born in Afghanis
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by syzarian 4y ago
Yes. I made an edit to my comment as a result of you pointing this out. I did not chose my words carefully in my last sentence. Thank you for pointing this out.
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Indeed. And the way the ruling class divided the working class in the U.S. was by using race as the talking point instead of class. I do maintain though that this was especially easy to do because with desegregation white working class Am
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by syzarian 4y ago
A great example of this phenomenon is the white response to desegregation in the United States. White union workers voted against their labor interests, white flight from major cities, municipalities closing down public swimming pools, dis
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by syzarian 4y ago
Discrimination laws apply to protected classes. Visa holders are not a protected class.
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Pretty much all useful areas are being spammed ad nauseam. Humans are being overwhelmed with information overload and increasingly that information is AI generated or in some way misleading. If someone can implement the online version of
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by syzarian 4y ago
Yes. I’m not an expert in this area but the intuition for finite sets is well modeled by the standard axioms of set theory and I’ve never heard of an issue with finite sets. Things like Russell’s Paradox had to do with constructing sets w
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by syzarian 4y ago
I didn’t give a definition of incite violence. Also said “provably” not “probably”. It’s not provably false that covid came from a lab.
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In a given model of ZF either choice is true or it is false. In the absence of the Axiom of Choice you can’t say that not all fields have algebraic closures. What you can say is that there is a model in which there are fields with no algeb
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by syzarian 4y ago
Without the Axiom of Choice it’s possible for a vector space to not have a basis. Examples of this phenomena require uncountable direct sums of vector spaces.
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by syzarian 4y ago
It’s not bad to suppress political views that incite violence, mob mentality, provably false narratives, or other abhorrent types of speech (cue the typical child porn examples). The alarm is in not having a standard of discourse and then
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by syzarian 4y ago
Most of the bizarre things that happen in set theory come from uncountability. Of course there are lots of examples where uncountable sets aren’t bizarre. Physics uses real manifolds and other continuous mathematics to model reality but t
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by syzarian 4y ago
I don’t understand your point. There are seemingly bizarre consequences of choice and of the negation of choice. They revolve around uncountable sets. For me, the bizarre thing is uncountable sets. I’m fine with them existing in ZFC and
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by syzarian 4y ago
The weirdness comes from uncountable sets. Where choice fails you can have models that have equally bizarre results.
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by syzarian 4y ago
I believe the universe is finite and so there can only be a finite number of realizations of quantum numbers. I have no real intuition in physics or training in physics so I know I could be completely wrong. It seems to me though that our
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by syzarian 4y ago
In a given model the axiom is either true or false. When I say “dropped” I mean “false” in that model. It isn’t true that in all models where choice fails we have fields with no algebraic closure.
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by syzarian 4y ago
Events are discrete, right? Doesn’t everything then appear to be discete?
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by syzarian 4y ago
There are a lot of seemingly bizarre consequences of the Axiom of Choice. This is well known. Sometimes people haven’t seen a list of bizarre consequences when the Axiom of Choice is dropped. Here’s a nice write up of this: https:/
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by syzarian 4y ago
Everything appears to be discrete except possibly space-time. Is there a reason to believe space-time isn’t discrete other than using manifolds makes things easier mathematically?
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by syzarian 4y ago
I think the outrage is due to Musk’s apparent hypocrisy. Also, what we are seeing is that it’s becoming apparent that when a few companies act as the gatekeeper to a large percentage of the people then perhaps government intervention is wa
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by syzarian 4y ago
Intrinsic is not the right word to use but the overall point that was made is correct. A $1 U.S. bill has “intrinsic” value that comes from the backing of the United States government and an accompanying set of laws regarding usage.
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by syzarian 4y ago
It is not “crusading” to point out things that I view as morally repugnant. Nor is it as odds with being in favor of diversity. Diversity does not mean accepting things that are morally repugnant. Things like female genital mutilation, m
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by syzarian 4y ago
It is my business morally speaking when women are forced to wear a hijab. Men who enforce that odious practice are discussing human beings.
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by syzarian 4y ago
I don’t claim people with a different set of values are hypocrites and I don’t believe I suggested otherwise. I do embrace diversity but within the confines of my core beliefs. So it bothers me not one bit that someone thinks eating pork
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My personal stance is that one can embrace whatever religious views they want and I will support their right to do so. But when their practice of religion includes mandatory hijab, forced segregation of sexes, anti-homosexuality laws, etc.
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It is possible to overall embrace diversity while at the same time finding disgust or problems with certain aspects of a culture. As an extreme example one can be against discriminating against Muslims and simultaneously find disgust with
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The ACA did not exacerbate the mess. It merely allowed more people access to the system and put in some curbs to the exploitation. A truly free market health care system would be horrible and dystopian. Some things ought not be a free m
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by syzarian 4y ago
You are being disingenuous with your quotes of what I wrote. I specifically referenced lack of support for Russian occupation in the territories conquered after February. I did not reference territories conquered in 2014. Morally speaking
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Of course there was American support for Maidan but that in no way undermines the legitimacy of the current government. Clearly, as we see from the peoples’ reaction to Russian occupation of territory after the February invasion that Russi

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