BasedGroyper99

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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
> No, "good" is an evaluation, and exist only inside human minds. I think we fundamentally disagree on that. But it was an interesting conversation.
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
> The assumption that "higher good" should be important to me more than my own life is laughable. I don't think it is laughable at all. People across the planet, history and culture all identified a highest good, which cle
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
I see. It seems rather reasonable to me. If there is a highest good and it is not myself, then sacrificing a lower good (me) for a higher good is the correct move, as long as there isn't an even higher rule that prohibits me from doing
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
based?
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
It's ultimately a philosophical issue about the nature of consciousness. Some people think that consciousness is a phenomenon that emerges when we introduce enough complexity to some amount of matter. After all, if we are just atoms in
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
I'm saying the tracks are on the same level as roads. Not riding the trains.
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
But a fountain is something that naturally occurs. It is used in that way because it gives more water than anyone can use, but enough water for everyone in reasonable amounts. It's not just some kind of lesser evil. Trains and railroad
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
I don't think I'm misconstruing these two definitions, because I didn't talk about the definitions you just brought up. I also think it is quite clear that I'm talking about what the government should or shouldn't p
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
I'm neither an individualist nor an American. I'm actually from Germany and experienced how the 3 months of Deutschlandticket affected the people around me.
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
> If I drink water from a public water fountain why is that in the public's interest? If there were no fountain, then many people would get water bottles and that's too big of a hassle. Defining a public good is quite hard, and
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
It may be the case that I cause a lot less externalities, but I don't think that affects the definition of a public good. If I visited my friend by using a motorcycle, I'd cause less externalities too, but I don't think motor
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
>public parks, public litter bins, public roads These examples are permanent things, that only need to be maintained, and it's easier to just let the government handle them instead of letting the individual pay or having a subscript
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by BasedGroyper99 3y ago
Why is it a public good? It only benefits the individuals who are travelling. If I take the train to visit my sister, I don't see how that is in the public's interest.
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by BasedGroyper99 4y ago
Your calculator can fool thousands, but only because you can fool others, it doesn't mean that it becomes the thing it is pretending to be. My point was quite limited to saying that you won't get actual intelligence, even if the
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by BasedGroyper99 4y ago
Yes. The same way the best magicians are just using a complex construct of illusions to fool the audience. Or if two children stacked under a trench coat deliver a very, very, very convincing performance of an adult and manage to purchase a
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by BasedGroyper99 4y ago
> Nobody, except people with legitimate mental health issues, thinks killing is a "good" thing. But what if a woman wants to kill her unborn child?
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by BasedGroyper99 4y ago
You're opening a can of worms, but that's basically what every debate does. The idea of "sex work" has other, larger implications. For example, in my country, if you are unemployed, the government gives you some money,
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by BasedGroyper99 4y ago
Yes, but imagine having that service 24/7 available from everywhere and for almost every product imaginable?