I think I might be too much of a weirdo for a classification mechanism like that. đ
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I think I might be too much of a weirdo for a classification mechanism like that. đ
Wayyy off for me. I couldnât care less about consumerism. In fact I dislike shopping, Iâd rather fix what I own so it doesnât get wasted. The school subject choices were either not interesting at all or mildly interesting, so it was hard to pick the one for me.
Itâs not that you canât prove a negative. Negative/positive is just framing. Itâs that you canât, in practice, prove a statement thatâs *universal* in scope. We just donât have access to enough information.
This is making me think that maybe they *should* get kids to read the Bible in school, weâd get more atheists that way. Just kidding of course, thatâd be a huge waste of school time⌠better to just teach kids critical thinking skills.
That a lot, even by Christian standards. Most people in my church growing up had only read it cover to cover a couple times. The main consumption was cherry picked scriptures read in church to support whatever point they were trying to make at the time.
There isnât just one way⌠over-ellipsing, speling corrections, grammar policing, andâlast but not leastâem-dashing
Great blue heron just after sunset
Wonder how she can explain the mechanism being used to produce a wide variety of dog breeds to the point that many of them physically canât breed with each other.
Itâs like saying, if houses exist, why are tents still a thing
Nice advance in origin-of-life research: scientists get RNA and amino acids to spontaneously attach to each other (RNA aminoacylation). Also, @404media.co is doing good work! www.404media.co/scientists-m...
This had me laughing, thanks for sharing
There are way better pictures of the night sky out there, but this one amazes me because I took it with my phone without a tripod. Really amazing how far the phone cameras have come
#photography
Inspiring story
Yitang Zhang bided his time teaching calculus. Then he solved a 150-year-old math problem.
Good one, nice symmetry
Woo, nice photo
It was the last morning of camping today and we were treated to the beautiful artistry of an orbweaver. #photography
To save anyone the trouble, the âjaw-droppingâ transformation is simply a 74 year old not continuing to dye her hair.
This is fascinating!! Researchers simulated a social media platform populated entirely by OpenAI chatbots and found none of their interventions could stop the platform itself from turning into a polarized, hellscape full of echo chambers. futurism.com/social-netwo...
Man, if every paper had a video abstract, I think thatâs all Iâd watch
Isnât pretty much everything from almanacs just made up? My religious parents used to swear by the farmerâs almanac. Then whenever it was wrong, they were like, âitâs not always right, but it usually isâ
This is sort of like how alternative medicine thatâs been proven to work is just âmedicineâ
Whoops, I got that definition of a blue moon wrong. Canât have 3 in a month. Meant to say â2ndâ
I can see why you think itâs stupid, why give a name to something thatâs not observable and entirely based on our arbitrarily chosen delimiters on calendar months. Sort of like calling the 3rd full moon in a month a âblue moonâ, or really any of the various named full moons.
Another comparison to Obama who is 6â1â Seems like he might be slightly shorter than Obama. And with Melania standing 5â11â, Trump being actually more like 6â0.5â makes sense.
Yet Wikipedia says these two men are the same height Wonder which one is accurate
Seems like a recipe for disaster, but luckily Iâm also averse to violence, so angry outbursts are limited to yelling, or storming off. Very infrequent, so itâs not been a problem in my life, but still I donât like the fact that Iâve lost control in the first place. 4/4
So while I feel very little anger and thus donât need to control it for the most part, Iâve noticed that this has resulted in a lack of practice with anger management and when I do get angry (rarely⌠like a once a year sort of situation), I canât keep my emotions in check. 3/4
For me, Iâm usually most motivated to do things for others. And if people do something that would make most people angry, it usually makes me feel sad that the situation exists. 2/4
Very inspiring stuff thanks for sharing! There is one thing that I, personally, canât relate to well. Harnessing anger as a motivator. For whatever reason, I donât often feel anger, which is actually a different problem because it makes my âpressure tankâ (to borrow your analogy) very small 1/4
Hmm, I think, in this case, ignorance might be bliss for me đ
Pretty cool advancement scitechdaily.com/2-one-drop-b...
Exactly! I avoid mowing to promote biodiversity. My lawn is greener without extra watering, makes for homes for local insects, frogs, and even the odd snake. I get that well manicured lawns look neater, but to me they just look like they have less life.
What is this moderation list thing all about?
But FWIW, youâre one of the few people from Twitter that I remembered the name of, and one of the few people Iâve recommended to others that youâre worth following. I donât think Iâm alone, seems that youâre making a positive difference for a lot of people.
Yeah, it was⌠it still seems to be, though not as bad as before. Heâs doing great now, though. He describes that experience now as helping shape him into the kind, empathetic and emotionally aware individual that he is todayâthat allows him to succeed in his current life.
Ah man, that too bad. Like, why couldnât they have just rejected the post and not banned you, since you were also a traumatic brain injury victim? Also, youâd think theyâd embrace researchers who share their experience to help advance treatment options.
Including our own parents. Only myself and our sister remain in his life from his childhood. I ended up cutting out my parents from my life because I could see that maintaining a relationship with them, even passively, continued to hurt my dear brother who did nothing wrong.
But my brother, on the other hand, has experienced something at a more widespread level. We both grew up in a religion that taught ex-communication as a form of punishment for people who âwillfully sinâ, and he happened to turn out to be gay, meaning our entire community cut him out of their lives.
Still though, it really hurts to be completely cut out of your community. I have only experienced this myself in social media circles when prominent members had decided to block me without notice or any reason (that I am aware of). Fractured the group dynamic. Not nearly as bad as your situation
I could see how thatâd be disheartening. To feel rejected by your in-group is tough. But it seems to me it could have just been a small subset (or even a singular person) who complained loudly to the mods. So from what youâve written it doesnât appear conclusive that your âown peopleâ reject you.
Iâve noticed the same, purely anecdotal, of course. Did your grad school thesis get any traction? Though Iâd love to go to grad school, it didnât seem to be in the cards for me at the time, so Iâm unfamiliar with how a thesis written at this level is received.
Exercise is also the most effective, least invasive antidepressant. It's no coincidence that as the rates of obesity have increased (69% of Americans are overweight/obese)...that rates of anxiety/depression have correspondingly increased.This is why I incorporate exercise into every client session.
And for general mental health! I have epilepsy from a brain tumour extraction and the symptoms produced by my anti-epileptics are severe if Iâve lost even a few hours of sleep, and I have an increased risk of seizing, but with a well maintained sleep routine I basically have no symptoms.
Thatâs incredible! I guess doctors are used to patients who donât get regular exercise. Goes to show how much healthy we all could be if we made time to exercise. I personally have had to make sure to do more to help me sleep at night. Makes a world of difference.
Whether itâs bad is between you two. But I personally think watching something alone is never as good as sharing it with someone else. That way you can talk about it together between and during episodes without worrying about spoilers.
Wow sorry to hear about that, but inspiring recovery story!
Clever name, âtrickle down economicsâ. Immediately makes a person see lower income people as a source of gravity for money. Yet if that were true, the wage gap wouldnât be ever increasing. If anything itâs the richest that are a source of gravity for money.
And when they do cover these sorts of âhold power to accountâ topics, they really refrain from bringing up facts of the matter that would make the person holding power look bad. And even when they do bring up these facts they usually find some way to spin it to soften the blow. Just my observation
Iâve been listening to every episode of the NYT âThe Dailyâ podcast for years, and noticed a marked absence of pieces holding power to account during this presidency compared to the previous two. They seem âmutedâ. Mainly just not covering topics they would have before.
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This was an excellent article, thanks for sharing. In the past Iâve engaged on various platforms trying to dispel misinformation, thinking that someone has to spread accurate info in case any fence-sitting lurkers might read it. My many experiences seem to mirror the writerâs description.
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I always find science that gives insight to abiogenesis and interesting frontier scitechdaily.com/nasa-unveils...
I suspect youâre right There is another force at play I think too. People who have little time in the day may be too preoccupied with doing necessary tasks to keep them alive that with the little free time they have they may opt for a mental break. Consuming instructive material is not a break
But there does seem to be a lack of interest in this type of information by the general public. If thereâs a market (interest) entrepreneurial people will fill the need.
I love consuming good-quality science communication. I personally donât find itâs lacking. Like for example I canât keep up with the content being produced by just one excellent science podcast by @seanmcarroll.bsky.social (Mindscape). Iâm probably 100 episodes behind rn listening to e199.
Looks like you made yourself a coffee mug
Thanks, I knew I was over simplifying! Also, good to see you on here đ
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And since the goal is deterrence, the difference in punishment between income brackets would be more about how tolerant a person is to financial discomfort. Addressing this remaining inequity seems much blurrier since itâs so subjective.
If we frame the fine punishment in terms of how financially uncomfortable it makes a person, then a proportional fine by some qualitative metric of financial comfort would be equitable.
Seems similar to income level should have no bearing on the length of a prison sentence. And indeed, assuming all lawyers had the same level of competence, both the rich and the poor would serve the same punishment for the same crime.
Seems the issue is more about the finer details of how itâs implemented, not with the general concept.
I followed a psychologist back in the old place, @nick-carmody.bsky.social, who took the time to explain to me once that many conspiratorial thinkers have a drive to feel special and belief in conspiracies often fill that need. (Please correct me Nick if I got any of this wrong)
Sense of personal victimhood linked to conspiracy thinking in large international study
This is a good idea. Itâs an equitable way to approach fines. The static amount approach disproportionately punishes those below the poverty line and leaves those far above it with a lack of real consequences.
Honestly, this is a refreshing admission that is rare to see. Good analogy as well. I could see someone saying âI believe I will be alive tomorrowâ and that being perfectly acceptable, but someone saying âI will be alive tomorrowâ and some people responding, âyou canât know thatâ
Ah man, weâre losing a good one
Good luck Byron!
This all seems like a thinly veiled excuse by the anti-science crowd to cherry-pick who/what they want to trust. Theyâre putting anyone they disagree with into their âout-groupâ.
The difference is expertise. I canât have a legitimate fringe theory in any science without also knowing all of the facts/evidence that would immediately falsify my fringe theory. Experts in their field studied that background knowledge so their fringe theories align with existing evidence.
In a capitalist society without adequate protections from lies, business opportunities exist to exploit the average personâs biases to keep believing that which matches their worldview. Fox might be a symptom, not a cause.
Only carrot I canât think of is reduced cognitive dissonance, but most people deal with theirs through compartmentalizations and fact spinning.
I donât think we could convert people to atheism even if we tried. I grew up in a religion that actively tried to convert people to join it, and people needed a carrot to be drawn in before you could show them what they had to give up. Atheism doesnât have much of a carrot.
Nice job!
One of my kids when they were learning to talk pronounced âblueberryâ as âblue babyâ
For some reason it often autocorrects âtheâ to âTheresaâ on my phone, and âTheresaâ to âThereâsâ I canât get it to stop
*everything (Not sure why autocorrect added a space there)
Praying for others is always something I canât help but comment on⌠Itâs very presumptuous that a lowly human would think they have the right to ask a supreme being to change their âplanâ that, by definition, is perfect and accounts for every thing.
And yet all the Christians seem to think theyâve won regardless. Iâve had calm/cordial debates end where they asserted that I have my logic and reasoning and they have their own and I canât shove my logic âdown their throatsâ.
I, personally, think his decisions line up with someone who wants what he considers âthe weakâ to die of disease.
Sun looked nice this evening, enjoy
I can see why, just got through like 4 or 5 videos now. All excellent
Oh hey, this is off topic from your post. I was just thinking about you and others who seemed to enjoy debating theists back on Twitter. Found this old video breaking down fallacies in arguments against atheism. It was pretty great. You might enjoy it youtu.be/BaVIOCsJPjM?...
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Sobering physics-of-democracy finding: attractors in social-media dynamics seem to be "networks of outrage."
This was amazing Loved the fallacy by fallacy breakdown
The more I read what this person wrote to you the more I think it was a self-own.
I have a good friend whoâs really into music like I am and heâs a huge Dylan fan. So I gave it a good solid chance by listening to a recommended best of album twice over. I tried to find something, anything, that I could put my focus on so I could enjoy it and I came up short.
Me too But Iâve come to recognize that different people put their focus on different dimensions of any art form. Iâm not someone who readily pays attention to lyrics in songs, and from what I can tell it seems that lyrics is where Dylan must shine.
Setting sun last night through some mild wildfire smoke. No filter
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Worst 40 minute uber drive had the driver playing some Christian radio station. Didnât immediately notice until the commercials where some company said people should update their houseâs soffits and fascia to bring glory to god.
CaveatâIâm not sure this last example is air tight, Iâm not in their heads, just trying to guess at what a non-conflicting reasoning might be to illustrate the point.
Like perhaps some people know that media influences their thinking too, but they are aware that certain outlets are more influential than others, so theyâre upset at the really influential outlets but arenât so angry at the less influential ones, which is what they try to consume.
Which brings me to the final flaw in the reasoning, which is about the assertion of the contradiction in the first place. Itâs possible that both viewpoints could be rectifiable with one or more takes that donât present a conflict.
For the part of the remaining overlap, where there is a real contradiction, people are also capable of holding two conflicting beliefs, not that they shouldâitâs more of a compartmentalization problem for those individuals.
It hasnât been established that the same people on here who believe [X] are all exactly the same people who believe [Y]. The amount of subset overlap (or lack thereof) usually explains the contradiction.