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Forum: The Haven Topic: Rants |
| Fnord |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 12:59 am
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Replies: 9,251
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| People no longer think for themselves because ChatGPT is becoming the latest go-to 'expert' on any given topic, thus leading to many instances of Appeal to False Authority when debating any given topic. Never let an Artificial Intelligence do your thinking for you. For that matter, never let anyone ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Has 'Chat GPT' proven helpful? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 12:52 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,544
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| FYI: "ChatGPT" means "Cat, I Fart" when translated phonetically as a French phrase ("Chat, j'ai pété"). |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: We need EQUITY |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 5:38 pm
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Replies: 33
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| And there's a known fallacy - I forget its name, it basically says that if a person is deemed an expert, more credence is given to his/her assertions than it's logically justified to give. Appeal to [False] Authority: " Appeal to authority fallacy refers to the use of an expert's opinion to ba... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Deleting A Post On WP |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 5:07 pm
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Replies: 5
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| ^ Thanks, CF. Now it's more clear to me. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: CBS and Billy Joel's Performance |
| Fnord |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 9
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playgroundlover22695 wrote: Is anyone else livid at what CBS did to Billy Joel's 100th performance at Madison Square Garden? Nope. It was just another non-event featuring a has-been performer on a generic broadcast media network.
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Help with identifying Sci Fi movie |
| Fnord |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I am trying to find the title of a movie from the early 2000s. It seems that a couple of people weren't allowed to travel beyond a certain barrier at the edge of the city or so. They finally did and found themselves in a utopian future, being welcomed there by an older gentleman. Any idea as to thi... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Man LIGHTS HIMSELF ON FIRE outside Trump Trial |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 4:42 pm
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Replies: 21
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| FXE beat me to it. However . . . "T his extreme act of protest is to draw attention to an urgent and important discovery: We are victims of a totalitarian con, and our own government (along with many of their allies) is about to hit us with an apocalyptic fascist world coup, " -- Attribut... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: UK Smoking Ban |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 6:03 am
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Replies: 33
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naturalplastic wrote: "The road to Hell is often paved with good intensions".
Another good quote: "Smokers Suck Butts". |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: UK Smoking Ban |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 6:02 am
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Replies: 33
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| Personally, I wish for one of two things: 1. An immediate global ban on all tobacco and tobacco products. No exceptions and no excuses. 2. Someone would develop a bio-weapon that would target only the tobacco plant; either rendering it sterile, removing its ability to produce nicotine, or killing i... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Deleting A Post On WP |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 5:49 am
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Replies: 5
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| Why? Network or server load are the usual causes. Out-of-date hardware or software at either end are two more. As far as I know, the software running this website has not been updated since this website was first set up. The software is old, clunky, and prone to be glitchy. If this website was no... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: We need EQUITY |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 5:44 am
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Replies: 33
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| Maybe it's a minor point, but where in the world did you get your definition of the verb "gaslight" from, Fnord? Psychology Today provided this one: Gaslighting: An insidious form of manipulation and psychological control. Victims of gaslighting are deliberately and systematically fed fa... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: We need EQUITY |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 5:16 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Just so no one tries to gaslight their own definitions of 'Equity' . . . equity (n): (a) The state or quality of being just and fair; (b) Something that is just and fair; (c) Justice achieved not simply according to the strict letter of the law but in accordance with principles of substantial justic... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you think it will ever be possible to go back in time? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 17
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Jetso wrote: Do you think it will ever be possible to go back in time? No.Jetso wrote: Do we just live in a boring time? If natural disasters, wars, civil unrest, and the latest Trump gaffes bore you, then the impossibility of retrograde time travel should be the least of your worries. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Christian Science |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 6:04 am
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Replies: 18
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| No one is gaming the system. And wealthy people have blue blood. Why would somebody healthy game the system in most cases? For the money, of course. Sure, it isn't enough to raise a family on, but it is still 'free' money. Same for any collateral services the government might provide. And if you... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: No Prom... |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 5:51 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 330
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| Prom Night is a capitalist tradition of the western bourgeoisie. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: PPR GIFs, cartoons, jokes, funny pictures, etc. |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 12:26 am
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Replies: 6,919
Views: 401,676
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