wu-ikkyu

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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
It seems you are using "moderate" as a euphemism for "censor". The definitions are extremely similar. What do you see as being the key distinction between the two?
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>Any site today that doesn't have iron-clad moderation (like this one!) devolves into an inhumane freak show. It seems having a relatively small user base with specialized knowledge on selective topics on a site designed for balance
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
I think they meant "normal people" as in not a corporation or a celebrity
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
What do you mean?
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Why is that statement so frightening to you?
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Of course no one can predict the future perfectly, but we can at least think about it with some degree of accuracy based on tests and trials. As our technology is becoming so much more powerful and evolving at exponential rates, don't
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>hyper-moralising over google's business decisions People are hyper moralizing because Google is hyper powerful. "With great power comes great responsibility". >google employees' attempts to sabotage the company&#x
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>Sure Google stores a lot of data about me, but why should I be worried? They haven't done anything malicious with it. >All user data from Google stays on Google No, there is no company who cannot be hacked, whether from an insid
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>The war crimes and multitudes of unspeakable injustices? Playing Devil's Advocate here, but moralizing such things is indeed the product of subjective human imagination. Nature doesn't moralize, though it does appear to seek b
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>Let me offer a better question: is the universe finite or infinite? What is the concept of infinity but the outer limit of our mind's ability to conceptualize?
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Sounds like sponsored content.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
You're generalizing in the same way you accuse. Meeting people is not limited to either social media or alcoholism.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>the other is unsubstantiated racism that has been known as wrong for a century or more. No, the popular, "politically correct" opinion has not been in favor of interracial relations for "a century or more". 50 years
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
There is also no proof that mental illness is solely produced by the brain and not at all influenced by the social environment
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
The media is not supposed to simply parrot government talking points, at least not in a free society. Even if Saddam did have WMDs, so what? So does North Korea and other hostile regimes, and so does the US. Couldn't the media have que
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>The iron law of prohibition is a term coined by Richard Cowan in 1986 which posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases.[1] Cowan put it this way: "the harder the enforcement,
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>Ultimately it still boils down to you and your own brain, not anyone else. Are you really suggesting one's social environment has no effect on one's social behavior? Because that is obviously false.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>Could be true, I guess. Everyone has "perspective" about what is important. That still doesn't seem to be a reason to disbelieve a fact checker It gives reason to doubt based on a known political bias. >How exactly d
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Perhaps if the entire mainstream media had reported things differently (instead of seemingly all of them being blindly in favor of it), then yes, maybe it wouldn't have happened. That is assuming of course that the US government actual
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
"Fantastically reasonable" is an interesting way of describing the legal system punishing the greatest number of prisoners in the world.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
How many examples do you need of "treating the symptoms rather than the problem" before you concede it's an actual issue? Let's not just blame this on doctors. Heart disease is the number one killer in the US, and it&#x2
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>messed up serotonin pathways, antidepressants are the cure. Just like for a diabetic an insulin shot is. We should be careful when saying psychiatry is "just like" biological science, it's not . "psychiatric diagnos
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
If it's been more than 2 months and you get sick you can't just automatically sign up and be covered. You have to wait until January 1rst of the next year for your coverage to start.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
I'm not exempt. What laudable goal could there be for such a fine?
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
That's Joseph Campbell's theory, that myth plays a critical role in the health of a society. It seems we no longer have a prevailing/guiding myth or set of values that society as a whole genuinely believes in.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Coordinated human rights movements have made major improvements to the human condition. That's of course not to say they are easy or always successful, quite the contrary. The Enlightenment/democracy, abolition of slavery, civil r
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
I remember my worst bout with depression, it was a downward spiral. Work and school had me indoors 60+ hours a week, so lots of stress and no Vitamin D. I had little to no time for cooking, so I ate junk processed fast food for most meals.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>If doctors and drug companies have all the bargaining power -- and in the most important health care situations, they do -- why do you think a free-er market will give you a better deal? Much of that bargaining power has been given to t
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
The perverse incentives are what create the extreme cases. It's plainly obvious that the US healthcare system as a whole is an extreme case when compared to the rest of the world.
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by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Did you know Obamacare fined you $695 or 2.5% of your household's income (whichever is greater) if you went for more than 2 months without health insurance? That doesn't seem very laudable.

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