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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Charismatic Leaders |
| cyberdora |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 5:41 pm
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| when I think of all politicians across history in the Anglosphere. charisma (or integrity for that matter) isn't the first word that comes to mind :lol: But in terms of leaders, if I am being entirely objective only Malcolm X comes close to being charismatic. African leader Patrice Lubamba and South... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of yall ever lived or been to a dry place??? |
| cyberdora |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 5:29 pm
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Tim_Tex wrote: Even though Prohibition ended in 1933, Oklahoma and Kansas were dry states until 1974.
I assume moonshine continued to have large-scale demand until 1974 in those two states? |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 1:28 am
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| Must be the time difference but we are getting minute by minute updates, the death toll has now surpassed 100. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of yall ever lived or been to a dry place??? |
| cyberdora |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 1:25 am
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| Islamic countries have a black market for illegal alcohol too, so I'm not sure that would solve the problem. Islamic countries have a complex relationship with alcohol. In Saudi Arabia its "haram" across the country but you can purchase liquor within specific designated areas where expats... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of yall ever lived or been to a dry place??? |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 6:04 pm
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| In Australia there are three dry zones 1. Public spaces (including construction sites) https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/safety-and-health/liquor/dry-areas#:~:text=Liquor,-Information%20for%20parents&text=A%20dry%20area%20is%20a,indicator%20of%20complex%20social%20issues 2. Dry r... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do Not Harm the Little Green Men |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 5:51 pm
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Replies: 54
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| They will decide whether we are worth keeping. Whether we will advance to the next level. My best guess is they will let us decide our own path. Human selfishness and greed is an irrational and primitive characteristic where individuals act in their own self-interest at the expense of the rest of t... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 5:42 pm
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Also becoming a regular occurrence in regional Australia. Flash floods, fires, cyclones and storms. Not so much the weather events themselves but the extreme severity is what's changed.
Condolences to Texans who have lost family. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
| cyberdora |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 4:27 am
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Replies: 86
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| Not just students, because those students eventually leave school. Those people are the same way in their careers and private lives too. That's what I meant by saying it isn't only relevant in the context of universities. You've been involved in interactions where those sorts of people have been pa... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 12:48 am
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Replies: 86
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| That sounds like it might be effective at reducing reliance on LLMs in that context, but there's a lot of other contexts where people might need to rely on their ability to understand things, as well as their ability to tie together what they understand and draw conclusions based on those understan... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 12:22 am
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Replies: 86
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| You say LLMs can't make intellectual laziness much worse, despite them allowing for laziness of a whole order of magnitude greater because they'll pretend to understand the content instead of mindlessly regurgitating it. Universities have come up with novel solutions to get around simply handing in... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Quiet Reflections on a Growing Polyamorous Community |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 12:18 am
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| ^^^ And that's why being in an open marriage is so controversial and subject to harsh judgement... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 12:03 am
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| So, which is it? It's too early to conclusively conclude brain rot is a real consequence of outsourcing one's thinking to AI, or brainrot is a widely documented phenomenon? :scratch: You seem to espouse a lot of Schrodinger's opinions. too early...anyway I am somewhat doubtful chatgpt will make muc... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 6:48 pm
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| An AI like Grok can even tailor writing to specific styles. Perhaps chatgpt can too, I've not tried. But basically, I could tell it to analyze the collective works of earnest hemmingway, and write a persuasive paper comparing hemmingway's outlook on life with the philosophies of emmanuael kant, bas... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 6:27 pm
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Replies: 86
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| That's why we have a topic about how colleges are cracking down on chatgpt usage as relates to cheating and plagiarism. Ghatgpt can create entire papers, just based on some prompts, with minimal user interaction. this is an entirely different matter as it pertains to demonstrating the application o... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 6:13 pm
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| Certain people don't even verify their sources even when they don't use chatgpt, so why would they start checking them now, with chatgpt? Anyways, chatgpt is a lot more than just an advanced google search. Actually brain rot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_rot as endorsed by Oxford Uni Press ht... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Quiet Reflections on a Growing Polyamorous Community |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 6:04 pm
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| In other words, once you get past your prime fertility period, marriage or long-term relationships become more about love & companionship rather than raising children!! ! The reason why many people get married early is because they are looking for someone to procreate with If you get married (o... |
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