tomlock

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by tomlock 8y ago
Ideologies are like accents. Everyone has one. For some people, that ideology is the rejection of ideologies unconditionally.
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by tomlock 8y ago
We should still reject that ideology.
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by tomlock 8y ago
There's no greater indictment of white supremacy than that a proponent who achieved basically nothing with their life, killed someone who was much much better than them.
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by tomlock 8y ago
The differences are due to the logic and perspectives of the positions, not the concept of a 'person' itself. It's a similar difference to the concept of a person under existentialism as contrasted with cartesian dualism.
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by tomlock 8y ago
> This does not commit me to the view that running is fundamental to s's personhood. That is not Descartes conclusion or my conclusion. To Descartes, the person as experienced in a priori thought has a special primacy over all other
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by tomlock 8y ago
The thinking entity that is proven to exist is the person. To descartes that thinking entity is the very core and fundamental unit of the person. The body and the interactions with others is irrelevant to that core.
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by tomlock 8y ago
I disagree, Descartes believes that he had proven the existence of "a priori" thought, a place from which thinking could be conducted without doubt - that was the point of his project. That place is also the only reliable locus o
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by tomlock 8y ago
I don't take it on a schedule. I only take it when I feel a twinge in my calf. I figure I'm probably deficient in magnesium or something. Even if it is a placebo, it seems to work.
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by tomlock 8y ago
Anecdata +1 but taking magnesium every now and then has done wonders for my leg cramp issues.
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by tomlock 8y ago
I've not heard of that fallacy. By what authority is it derived? Source? :) If you can't clearly define a category, any intrinsic traits of that category are not ascribed clearly to individuals. Any uncertainty, even on the marg
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by tomlock 8y ago
I made it to page two, and after reading about how apparently democrats hate Jews, and entitled millenials "the helpless generation" want the impossible dream of universal healthcare, I'm not entirely sure why anyone would di
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by tomlock 8y ago
If there is uncertainty at the margins, the category is arbitrary.
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by tomlock 8y ago
Actually, it does negate the existence of two discrete categories of people that you can ascribe intrinsic biological differences to. You'll always have to delineate the categories at some arbitrary point, and since the delineation is
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by tomlock 8y ago
Oh? So you don't think sex is binary but want to discuss neurobiological differences "between the sexes"? Which ones do you want to discuss the differences, between?
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by tomlock 8y ago
> you should know that I'm currently a graduate student studying science. Considering you just invoked appeal to authority, does this seem the slightest bit ironic to you? > I'm against "science" as a political cud
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by tomlock 8y ago
If quillette isnt valueless because people subscribe to it, anti-vax rags also have some value. Science is an authority. It authoritatively endorses the view that climate change is happening, and that gender isn't as simple as just th
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by tomlock 8y ago
Yeah sorry, my interpretation probably comes from philosophy where people are often told to take a "charitable" interpretation of the text they're reading. I think we agree.
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by tomlock 8y ago
> To write an article about this concept, he needs some short phrase. Really? Perhaps the author could have dispensed with the use of the term altogether and just talked about... > their day-to-day ability to express themselves: They
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by tomlock 8y ago
Perhaps the author could just describe the underlying "real" phenomena. Do you really feel like the author is incapable of doing that? Why?
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by tomlock 8y ago
That's not the point the article is making.
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by tomlock 8y ago
Political correctness, as a phrase, does not adequately convey meaning in the same way "common sense" does not.
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by tomlock 8y ago
Oh but it is, if a choice of words determines if someone is being bullied or not.
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by tomlock 8y ago
> They worry that a lack of familiarity with a topic, or an unthinking word choice What topic? What word choice? My point stands.
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by tomlock 8y ago
> A full 80% [of US] believe that “political correctness is a problem in our country.” … The woke are in a clear minority across all ages. … Progressive activists are the only group that strongly backs political correctness: Only 30% see
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by tomlock 8y ago
My last contract was both 60 days and involved working on a VB6 application that hadn't had a commit to the codebase for 14 years - and honestly, if that company offered me a full time role I'd seriously consider it. Working for a
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by tomlock 8y ago
Excuse me, everyone saying that we should enjoy ad targeting because we want to watch "relevant" ads - please consider your own thought process here. I worked in ad tech for a couple years on the targeting tech side specifically,
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by tomlock 8y ago
Sure, and if you'd like to point out what claims in those papers indicate that the authors believe "myths should be given equal weight as demonstrable facts", I'd love to hear it.
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by tomlock 8y ago
> I actually meant far worse for our body of knowledge and for academic credibility. Particularly since the US has taken a serious anti-academic pivot in the past 20 years. What evidence is this claim based on? > They were students a
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by tomlock 8y ago
I think its time to pin down what fields you believe are in "grievance studies" which is just name calling since... > A single calculation error is not the same as a whole field that eschews scientific methodology. Which isn&#x
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by tomlock 8y ago
> If anything, the sinking of the (as another commenter called it) "wokeness" ship is driving an even larger fraction of that group of people into administration, as their prospects elsewhere dwindle. >The concern, as I have

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