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by vacuity 3y ago
> I don't think there is a point where we were not already in societies. Society is what is natural to man. That's fair. I guess alien societies would also have problems of their own, so wishing to not be human probably isn&#x2
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by vacuity 3y ago
> This has ever been the great problem of Government. The powers of Government are of necessity placed in some hands; they who are intrusted with them have infinite temptations to abuse them, and will never cease abusing them, if they ar
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by vacuity 3y ago
For sure, and I think different people may understate or overstate its complexity. It's definitely worse than Go but it's not nearly a field of landmines like C++. I think it's quite feasible to learn the basics in a short pe
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by vacuity 3y ago
The history lesson is very much appreciated. I didn't know most of those facts about Prohibition. I agree with everything you said about morality. There is no real cure for the "disease"; critical thinking is lacking among th
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by vacuity 3y ago
Even if the universe is all of existence, that the universe holds no meaning is an axiom. If that means that I can't hold anything to a meaning, I reject that axiom because I do hold things to have meaning. I'm not mindlessly typi
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by vacuity 3y ago
I suppose so, but nihilism doesn't seem to mesh with religion anyways.
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by vacuity 3y ago
I wonder if there's a 90% compatible POSIX subset that's easier to get people to adopt. Like they say, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now. We have to do stuff and hope they work out, not twi
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by vacuity 3y ago
I'll get straight to the point. Abortion. Controversial topic, yes? People view it as a moral question, and it's a fairly direct reflection of one's moral values. Do you mean to say that a reasonable vision of the world based
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by vacuity 3y ago
The authors should at least note caveats such as that. It doesn't seem like they did in the "Limitations and future directions" section. The article seems to just take the conclusion as given. The initial description of conse
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by vacuity 3y ago
Apparently I'm not far off from some brand of libertarianism. I don't think the government should apply the law to regulate vices, and rather that such issues should ( must , to be a true solution and not a band-aid) be resolved b
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by vacuity 3y ago
Heh, that's the bare minimum. From what I've read, people who have bad family experiences (abuse, narcissism, etc.) tend to mirror that or find partners who do, and there are plenty of outdated norms besides.
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by vacuity 3y ago
I should've qualified that I meant "in political contexts". Although, people develop ideas of the world based on their own experiences and beliefs. People developing economic theories aren't exempt. It's especially
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by vacuity 3y ago
I feel like economics is glorified philosophy with historical analysis as an afterthought.
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by vacuity 3y ago
Do extended families or same-sex couples count?
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by vacuity 3y ago
I guess I have to join advertising or PR now. sobs quietly in corner
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by vacuity 3y ago
> No you aren’t, you are taking a stance against someone being shocked / disgusted at hearing 4 white men say they would never date a Black woman. Parent isn't taking issue with the blog author being disgusted but rather the qu
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by vacuity 3y ago
Objective, huh. Anyways, here's a problem in your last paragraph: We ?
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by vacuity 3y ago
I didn't say you could. GP didn't seem to either.
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by vacuity 3y ago
Ah yes, reject religion on the grounds that God is unfalsifiable and then proceed to...proclaim an uncertain, if not questionable statement as the objective truth. Sometimes what people call "science" should really be called a mir
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by vacuity 3y ago
This whole thread seems ridiculous to me. It just looks like "people needlessly complicating how they think about life". Why do you have to permit yourself to do anything? At least appealing to a higher power justifies why you w
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by vacuity 3y ago
> If the universe is meaningless, and all the things in it are equally meaningless (ourselves included) That is an assumption in itself. No one is obligated to act under that premise. > How is it possible to create meaning? I guess we
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by vacuity 3y ago
I'm an agnostic (absolute, textbook definition) but I disagree. As a human with consciousness and free will (whether that's an "illusion" doesn't make a difference from where I'm standing), I define meaning in
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by vacuity 3y ago
I'm not sure why parent involves abiogenesis, but as they go on to say, surviving and reproducing aren't really purposes (as in motivation) but self-evident truths. Something made to replicate itself into more things that self-rep
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by vacuity 3y ago
I think people should assume that authors don't provide balanced takes and read critically, but that might be asking too much. I don't really see the "I'm just asking questions" aspect. Do you have any examples?
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by vacuity 3y ago
I wonder how that would affect family structures. Children seem to need at least some kind of family structure that provides them with physical and emotional care, so it's worrying if this heralds less stability and greater neglect.
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by vacuity 3y ago
What is the issue and what needs to be done?
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by vacuity 3y ago
The blog author doesn't actually make it clear if the line > You are not entitled to sex with anyone, but people can have preferences that are problematic. is spoken from their perspective or the book author's perspective. It&#
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by vacuity 3y ago
The blog author doesn't actually make it clear if the line > You are not entitled to sex with anyone, but people can have preferences that are problematic. is spoken from their perspective or the book author's perspective. It&#
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by vacuity 3y ago
> The title starts with "The Right to Sex" and the article mentions sex a lot. I'm not saying dating literally means having sex. I'm saying in this context sex is a logical progression from dating.
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by vacuity 3y ago
Do you mean that sex ed classes should discuss how porn affects expectations of sex? That does seem reasonable.

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