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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do Americans consider Canada to be a left wing country? |
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Posted: 09 May 2020, 4:32 am
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Some confusion could be the US use of the word Liberal has diverged from the original meaning and in the US the Liberals are the left.
In Australia the Liberal party is more Conservative even monachist, but with some classical liberalism (albeit with strict immigration policy). |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do Americans consider Canada to be a left wing country? |
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Posted: 09 May 2020, 4:17 am
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| Canada is considered Left because Trudeau is or aims to be. He plays this left identiarian 'progressive' politics that is ever popular. But it is not really progressive or liberal at all. His father was just as much a populist. Authoritarianism exists on both sides of the political divide. You can u... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do Americans consider Canada to be a left wing country? |
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Posted: 09 May 2020, 3:59 am
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| I think US citizens have little idea of what socialised healthcare is because they have never experienced it. Yet many are quite happy to back other public institutions like a bloated military, who have almost carte blanche funding and are well known for wasting money (even if you support a strong m... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Atheism in Europe vs Atheism in America |
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Posted: 03 May 2020, 10:39 am
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| In Westen Europe there was long standing religious conflict due to religion being a state affair, which wasn't resolved during The Reformation. As a consequence of that, religious minorities went to the New World including fundamentalist puritans. In fact sometimes they were forced to go. While the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Myth of the Stupid Believer |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2019, 5:09 am
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| My anecdotal experience is religious autistics either like the rules, structure and ritual of religion or have schizitotopal traits or combination of both. Also rigid thinking can be a factor, especially if been engrained from.a young age. Another aspect is social isolation and parental influence ca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Myth of the Stupid Believer |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2019, 4:46 am
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| IQ doesn't prevent cognitive dissonance and magical thinking. I agree with Robert Sapolsky Magical thinking is within the schizotypal spectrum. This doesn't nessisarily mean clinically mentally ill. This could be more common than not in general population, by definition 'normal'. There is some evide... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia study |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019, 1:14 pm
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| I agree let's stick to the subject. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia study |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019, 8:14 am
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| Just to put this to bed redundant /rɪˈdʌnd(ə)nt/ 1. adjective not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous. 2. BRIT.ISH English. no longer in employment because there is no more work available. 3. ( of words or data ) able to be omitted without loss of meaning or function. I think in schools somet... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia study |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019, 7:18 am
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| Naturalplastic not to be a stickler but there is also a variant that means surplus to requirements. E.g. being made redundant or losing your job. That doesn't mean the job still exists in the entire economy. In IT redundancy means additional copies (whether or not they are all currently used). As we... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia study |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019, 4:51 am
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| A worry I have is that Aphantasia may become a fad. I don't wish to be a gatekeeper and I am sure it is a spectrum, however I don't want for it to be trivialised especially not the learning/cognitive challenges as a result of having it. Maybe I am being silly, I don't know. Anything about perception... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia study |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019, 4:27 am
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| With me it's no images,smells,sounds,taste or touch. I had known I wasn't able to visualise for years, but had thought that was the norm. Same. In 2005 I did a guided imagery relaxation course at the mental health centre. We had to listen to a tape of a beach scene and imagine the sounds etc while ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia study |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2019, 4:36 pm
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| I have aphantasia and a UK citizen. I described it in detail to doctors and others way before I had heard the word aphantasia. None of them were interested, Including the Maudsley Hospital that diagnosed me as AS. I described it on WP years ago, some of my earliest posts. I described it to neuropsyc... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Describe Your Ideal Partner |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2019, 6:42 pm
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| I have my ideal partner. However, I think topics like this can be somewhat counter productive if taken at face value. Only experiencing a stable relationship can give you a sense of who is a good fit. Many people have plenty of experience but they haven't had a sense of balance in their relationship... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I professional zoned him |
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Posted: 19 May 2019, 6:42 pm
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| We are somewhat beating a dead horse here twilight had every right to report the behaviour, and as a customer not have to deal it I'n the interests of understanding there seems be some confusion between criminal and civil definition of harassment. In most places the crime of harassment involves a re... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I professional zoned him |
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Posted: 13 May 2019, 5:07 pm
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Fnord wrote: The_Face_of_Boo wrote: 0_equals_true wrote: This forum is not a court. You're obviously not active much lately here. This is the Court of Aspie Opinion, where nothing is completely settled until a mod locks the thread.
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I professional zoned him |
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Posted: 13 May 2019, 5:04 pm
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| Why are you attacking ME? I don't make the rules (well, not all of them, anyway). I'm not attacking you. Why do you think that? Couldn't be further from the truth. Just replying Btw the point was actually about: Just because it is common for upgrades to requiring approval doesn't mean you know if t... |
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