cymian

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by cymian 7mo ago
May the science gods smite down their enemies.
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by cymian 2y ago
Could you elaborate on how human power structures are seen more as bridges?
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by cymian 2y ago
Blind people are no more able to understand* (as qualia) "green" than a sighted human is able to understand* gamma rays. The confusion is between working with abstract concepts vs an actual experience . A picture of bread provides
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by cymian 3y ago
only 20% of India is vegetarian: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/08/eight-in-...
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by cymian 3y ago
Then maybe the Palestinians should oust whoever fires thousands of rockets into their neighboring country forcing their neighbor to respond in self defense.
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by cymian 3y ago
And how many Jews live in any of the neighboring Muslim ruled countries? As you say "if my brother ... killed my children I will fight him just the same". The very reason for the wall between Israel and Gaza is because people from
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by cymian 3y ago
The primary reason a government in control of a strong military (e.g. U.S.) wants to restrict private gun ownership is so that they can scare the populace indirectly by means of rampant crime, riots, etc. which they tacitly permit (or secre
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by cymian 3y ago
not pleasure centers but getting there: - https://consciousness.arizona.edu/sema-lab
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by cymian 3y ago
A variation of "divide et impera" divide and rule - a strategy probably as old as the concept of an empire.
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by cymian 5y ago
Bingo
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by cymian 5y ago
Exactly.
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by cymian 5y ago
Sick for a week like flu. Still under the weather for second week. Lost taste/smell which both returned. Had 8 relatives with similar experiences and 1 was bedridden for 2 weeks. Ages: 20 to 45.
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by cymian 5y ago
It has nothing to do with compassion and everything to do with raising their social status in front of their peers (e.g. look at me I'm so wealthy/powerful I can live in place with theft etc. and it doesn't even effect me, i.
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by cymian 5y ago
Using a term like concept instead of "linguistic" to denote a mental representation (which could be "auditory", "visual", "kinesthetic", "feeling", etc). Then you are absolutely correct.
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by cymian 5y ago
CFR (Case Fatality Rate) is very different than IFR (Infection fatality Rate). Many many more people have been infected but only the more severe cases tend to end up and be counted in the hospitals.