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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden In "The White Man's Burden", Kipling encouraged the American annexation and colonisation of the Philippine Islands, a Pacific Ocean archipelago purc
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
> For example, Christians turning a blind eye to certain negative character traits of God as he appears in the old testament. If I were to extend your analogy, the problem in modern world has become aggresive. E.g. you have committed a c
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
> the number one way to avoid corruption is to pay public servants handsomely such that the job rivals the private sphere if this is true, then the public servant would earn only till he becomes rich equivalent to private sphere job. but
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
A world where everyone is a Giver is not a stable world. Ask Gemini or Claude to explain. Cheating by definition works only in minority. If everyone is in line to buy tickets, only few cheaters can get early tickets and it is a stable strat
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
Ed Witten here : "So first of all thanks very much. I'm very honored to have the chance to give this talk. Of course Nima and I both wish we could do more for peace than just to give talks at an online meeting for peace. Unfortuna
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
> Poor countries tend to stay poor not due to fundamental resource constraints Sometimes highly shrewd rich countries infiltrate the power structure of poor countries through N-pronged strategy to keep them stuck in a rut so that they do
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
Humans can have original ideas because they forget 99% of their input. I am of the opinion there are no original ideas. Most of what most humans do is just remix and reshaping like a potter shapes the clay.
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
Taste, Aesthetics, Gestalt Synergy now matter more.
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
Drift made me think of electron drift under applied voltage or electric field.
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Aim_at_the_Stars > Despite his moral quandaries, von Braun participates in the Nazi's V-2 rocket program during World War II to further his ambitions in rocket engineering. The f
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by clrflfclrf 9mo ago
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sharks-use-math-hunt A new study suggests that some sharks and other marine predators can follow strict mathematical strategies when foraging for dinner. The work, reported online Ju