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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Stoicism and your needs |
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Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 3:46 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 686
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| By not following stoicism. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: AI operated drone ‘kills’ human operator in US test |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2023, 9:09 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,670
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Quote: He said that they then trained the drone to not attack humans, but it started destroying communications instead.
Fake headline, but still interesting that we're already bumping into the paper clip problem. Less an issue in ethics amd more an issue of logic. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I am going to make a Nazi comparison |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 9:40 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 2,588
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| Progressives should learn to stop poking the bear on these issues. What do you mean by poking the bear? What bear? It's better to let the march of progress move itself than try to propagandize the masses. Please elaborate on what sort of progress you believe to be happening. Avoid their children, s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I am going to make a Nazi comparison |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 9:01 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 2,588
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| Progressives should learn to stop poking the bear on these issues. It's better to let the march of progress move itself than try to propagandize the masses. Avoid their children, stop crass virtue signaling, stop mocking their faith. Treating them without respect will result in the right treating yo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Intense depression advice? |
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Posted: 23 May 2023, 11:01 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 493
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| My policy is to act 100% honestly. How can you be wrong if you speak only the truth? However, it does mean you need to cut out people in your life who don't accept you or the truth, or at least keep healthy distance. Don't know what you said, but if you can't change this guy's opinion of you, then m... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Snowflake conservatives |
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Posted: 23 May 2023, 10:19 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,008
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| Two problems: A. Woke stories often (but not always) portray an absolute good vs absolute evil - the good are destined to win by virtue of their goodness, the bad the opposite. While entertaining, these stories lack depth, the acknowledgement in the real world, few sides are perfect and the right an... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Controversial "vigilante" NYC killing of autistic black man |
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Posted: 11 May 2023, 9:32 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,743
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| “I don’t have food, I don’t have anything to drink, I am sick and tired. … I don’t care about going to jail and getting a life sentence. … I am ready to die.” This was an act of self-defense. Should have been softer, but Neely is more responsible for threatening other people's lives than the people ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and empathy |
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Posted: 09 May 2023, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 184
Views: 8,825
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| Unfortunately, two different terms are both labeled under "empathy". One is immediately feeling the emotions of another person by virtue of being a person, while the other is feeling emotions of another person by understanding that person's condition and its similarity to your own. Autists... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What are you playing right now? |
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Posted: 05 May 2023, 11:03 am
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Replies: 4,434
Views: 259,131
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| Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. I'm at a wall where all three of the hunts available are kicking my butt. I miss how many armor abilities were in Monster Hunter World. Not cpunting Decorations, you could get 11 abilities on your hunter. My Tetsucabra Armor gives me 2 buffs, 1 DEBUFF. Hard to keep motivat... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Will Apologies always make up for past wrong-doings? |
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Posted: 05 May 2023, 10:48 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 514
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| Apologies are a bad way to "fix things". You might not entirely or have nothing at all to do with the problem you're accused of, but apologizing removes all doubt of responsibility. In fact, by admitting guilt, they're less likely to accept reasonable, mutual terms and more likely to bolst... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Fox Poll Shows Republicans in for a Brutal 2024 Election |
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Posted: 02 May 2023, 11:32 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 463
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| Gun rights were a noble idea, but unfortunately Americans can't handle and don't want the responsibility that comes with the authority of gun ownership. Once assault weapons go, our futures will be left in the hands of the state, regardless of its whims. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are Christians Projecting? |
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Posted: 01 May 2023, 4:59 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,344
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2023, 2:49 pm
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Replies: 150
Views: 10,535
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| The left's primary belief is in equality. "Woke" = Awareness of inequalities and believing they are unjust. The right's primary belief is hierachry. Hierachry = Awareness of inequalities and believing they are just. If you are right wing, you will naturally question the absolute equality o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Its a cold war between the right and left.... |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2023, 9:03 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,578
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| I think we're going to get a totalitarian one-party state within this century, either right wing fascism or left wing pseudo-fascism, whoever seizes total power first. Democracy only works if each person generally likes the other, like a small hunter-gatherer tribe. If one side hates the other, that... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why nearly all guns have to go |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2023, 1:54 pm
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Replies: 117
Views: 5,282
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| Imagine we are on an island where everybody wants coconuts. Mr. A has no coconuts, but has a gun. Mr. B has a coconut and a gun. Mr. C has a coconut, but no guns. If Mr. A is willing to go any lengths for a coconut, would he steal from Mr. B or Mr. C? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why nearly all guns have to go |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2023, 1:01 pm
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Replies: 117
Views: 5,282
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| Guns are the last line of defense against tyranny. If the state decides to threaten your life with their guns, you can protect yourself with your guns. To remove all guns would essentially give the state free reign to be as violent and oppressive as it wants. Gun control is a short-sighted solution ... |
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