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• Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

  Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

• Post #1768632

  After this conversation, I assume so.

• Post #1768399

  What’s a viewpoint? Can you define it? What does it mean to refute something? Can you define it? Why aren’t you answering me? You must know what these words mean if you’re using them. Say whatever you like. I’ve put up with your shit long enough and I’m just going to keep doing this. Go ahead, say I’m acting in bad faith for doing exactly what you did.

• Post #952019

  2013 international Gallup poll: “Which country is the biggest threat to world peace”

• Post #661732

  Um actually, you shouldn’t rely on the media, and you should just assume every geopolitical rival of the US is evil based on nothing.

• What's your choice in Newcomb's problem?

  Newcomb’s problem is a thought experiment where you’re presented with two boxes, and the option to take one or both. One box is transparent and always contains $1000. The second is a mystery box. Before making the choice, a supercomputer (or team of psychologists, etc) predicted whether you would take one box or both. If it predicted you would take both, the mystery box is empty. If it predicted you’d take just the mystery box, then it contains $1,000,000. The predictor rarely makes mistakes....

• Post #585511

  Was Libya also populated by Chinese bots?

• Post #467494

  while I don’t approve of the method Is it safe for you to say this? If you say something they don’t like, they could do the same to you, no charge, no trial. And criticizing that practice might be something they don’t like, even if not today, then maybe tomorrow. You’re probably fine for now because you justified the actions by attacking the victim, but this might be as critical as you’re allowed to be. I think we need to start getting some reliable, neutral outside polls on Europe to s...

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• Post #136962

  Obviously it’s really about oil but this is a shitpost. FFIV’s great opening

• Post #48572

  I’m aware that in many cases the answer is simply, “they don’t,” as many people don’t seem to have the historical or theoretical curiosity to investigate it. However, I genuinely want to encourage more cerebral discussion around here, so I’ll give a brief rundown. The Second International was a big federation of socialists/social democrats with lots of different perspectives, the largest being Germany’s SDP (which still exists today). The aim was to foster international cooperation and solidar...

• Post #28944

  We all know the meme, but most of the time it’s referenced about someone shitty saying something you already agree with. What I wanna hear about is a time when someone who you broadly disagree with actually gave you some kind of new insight about something - even if you didn’t end up coming around to their point of view. Maybe they gave you a piece of a puzzle that you were missing, but then you built on that in a completely different way. Doesn’t have to actually be “the worst person you know...