symian

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by symian 3mo ago
Over the last 50 years Israel has killed, jailed, maimed, and forcefully removed from their homes far more Palestinians than vice versa. The Palestinians have no navy, air force, tanks, or helicopters. The power differential overwhelmingl
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by symian 3mo ago
There is no obligation for others to evaluate the claims. The line quoted by the parent suggests that it was written by a mathematical crank. I doubt AI would make such an unecessary statement. This is not how serious mathematicians writ
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by symian 3mo ago
Ok, it’s the first mass extinction event caused by a single species in the last 1.99 billion years. We are shitting all over the planet. It’s not a matter of warm or cold but of toxifying the entire planet. It’s a matter of what type of
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by symian 3mo ago
Same for me. I wanted to major in physics and I quickly realized that I have no intuition for physics. Math made sense to me and I went to graduate school in math and still don’t understand anything in physics. Differential geometry, no pr
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by symian 3mo ago
He has interesting perspectives in math which is an area I know about. I assume the same for physics. People should read his answers.
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by symian 3mo ago
We are in the midst of a great extinction event. It’s the only extinction event caused by one species. We are quite bad for the planet’s ecosystem and things like factory farming of cows and pigs cause great suffering. Having far fewer hu
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by symian 3mo ago
A system that prices in cost of negative externalities is better than what we have now. A system that caps how much wealth a person can have is a better system that what we now have. A system that prevents the exportation of pollution is
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by symian 3mo ago
That Xiaomi has been able to accomplish this in such a short time is quite impressive. The U.S. should allow Chinese cars to be imported. A car centric society ought to try to make cars more affordable.
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by symian 3mo ago
People used to jokingly say that the way to prosperity is for the U.S. to defeat you in a war. Soon people will jokingly say the way to prosperity is for you to defeat the U.S. in a war. The sequel to The Mouse that Roared is The Lion
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by symian 3mo ago
I think the essence of the question you responded to is: The U.S. has a gigantic navy and couldn’t force safe passage through Hormuz. Why is this the case? Is the U.S. wasting its money given this?