phantom_of_cato

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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
That has nothing to do with the ridiculous argument made above.
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
It is, for the most part. The replication crisis supports that statement. [1] Quite a few results you may have read about in "Thinking: Fast and Slow" probably won't replicate. [2] There are at least two factors at play: what
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Sandy Hook Families Seek $2.75T from Alex Jones(bloomberg.com)
19 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|27 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
> What is the point of making this comment? The point is that if we don't resist internet censorship here in the west, for which the pressure is building up, there won't be a free internet Iranians could connect to using a VPN.
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
We all know that many public libraries carry holocaust denial books, right? It's time to do something about that. /s
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Euclidea: Geometric construction game with straightedge and compass(euclidea.xyz)
2 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|0 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
The military-industrial complex [1] on full display. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military–industrial_complex
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Why I think there's a one-in-six chance of an imminent global nuclear war(lesswrong.com)
49 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|119 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
> As I stared up into the heavens, I had this deeply profound realization that our planet is traveling through space like all the other planets. I genuinely don't understand what would be sad about that. The possibility of the next
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
Well, maybe he should have sponsored a loved one (or even just a random person) to go instead. Most people would probably be filled with wonder and joy.
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
That really sounds like a lie, they are probably just responding to the backslash.
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New Policy Lets PayPal Pull $2,500 from Users’ Account for ‘Misinformation'(dailywire.com)
10 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|0 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
First of all, the entire field of psychiatry is very dubious. It's nothing similar to a mature science. They aren't really doing objective evaluations. For example, very often, if you really want to take a medication, you almost c
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Woman, 23, who survived 2016 Brussels airport ISIS bomb euthanised in Belgium(dailymail.co.uk)
12 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|9 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
Harmful and "false" content shouldn't be censored by tech platforms either. There's no API for truth. There's some role for courts, through libel/defamation lawsuits. And even then, the general criteria is fals
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The Hottest App in China Teaches and Tests Citizens About Their Leader (2019)(nytimes.com)
2 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|0 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
Will the author be willing to dispose of all the tokens of enslavement in their possession by moving them to my bank account? I will not charge them anything for that.
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Police use DNA phenotyping in unsolved sexual assault(edmontonpolice.ca)
2 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|0 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
> Not all ideological disputes are about rational argumentation, many are based in a fundamental misalignment of values. On one hand, you are acknowledging that some values are not based on rationality, and on the other hand you think th
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
Out of all the censorship tech companies do, this is probably the least harmful.
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
But also: "An expeditionary detachment of US Navy ships led by the universal amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge days ago was in the Baltic Sea It was 30 km from the site of the alleged sabotage on the Nord Stream-1 gas pipeline and
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Polish MEP Thanks USA for Sabotaging the Nord Stream Pipeline(twitter.com)
12 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|4 comments
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Hobbits and the Hard Right: How Fantasy Inspires Italy’s Potential New Leader(nytimes.com)
3 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|1 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
Paywall bypass: https://archive.ph/mZpk5
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The Mozart of Modality(city-journal.org)
1 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|0 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
I would have a lot of sympathy with this if "banned" books meant books "banned" in one's surrounding community. Reading a book "banned" in Texas doesn't take much courage or curiosity if you live in N
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Two Bombings in One Night? That’s Normal Now in Sweden(commonsense.news)
44 points by phantom_of_cato 4y ago|75 comments
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
Throwing an ad hominem is not cool.
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
But that's beside the main point. You guys are essentially the "single point of failure" for half the internet. [1] Being competent and smart doesn't really help too much, as demonstrated by how you guys had to give in t
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by phantom_of_cato 4y ago
This is a stupid "hot take", no matter the stature of the person who said it. They may have a point, but they aren't making much of an argument with a single tweet.

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