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  • Write-in votes. Anyone keep track?
    ↪Sir2u


    Yes indeed.

    And you're from somewhere in time I see.
  • Antisemitism. What is the origin?
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  • Antisemitism. What is the origin?
    Anyone else think they could give Palestine/Israel to the UN and have them run it? No religious skin in the game, no residents, just religious sites to visit. Like a big nature preserve.

    Either that or kick everyone out and bomb the hell out of it so it's radioactive for generations so nobody can fight over it.
  • Antisemitism. What is the origin?
    ↪baker


    Native Americans also don't integrate much into American society. They don't get the abuse Jews do.
  • Antisemitism. What is the origin?
    Should there be any country that is controlled under a single faith? Hamas of course is evil and has terrible tactics, but Israel being a Jewish state hasn't really helped the middle east? I think this recent war has killed as many Israelites as Palestinians. They really do seem to want to eliminate one another.

    This is a lighter view of it all from 8 years ago.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ECscKICzsJ0
  • Is it ethical to hire a person to hold a place in line?
    Who knows. Perhaps they wouldn't wait in line at all if they couldn't pay someone to do it for them.
  • Post removed.
    ↪fdrake


    So what do you think super intelligence could mean?
  • Post removed.
    The stakes of the question? I just wanted to see if "super intelligence" is a fathomable thing. I have no idea what it is other than a term used by some in AI. Perhaps when referring to aliens the term could be used too. But I don't know what limitations to our human ability the term refers to besides processing power.
  • Does the future affect the past?
    ↪Count Timothy von Icarus


    Thanks. Will give it a looky lew.
  • Anyone in the forum get an appendectomy?
    ↪Nils Loc


    I think my digestive system physically can't comfortably handle fatty meats like it could before. The taste in my mouth is the same, but causes a nausea instead of affinity towards those flavors.
  • Anyone in the forum get an appendectomy?
    Hmm. I heard of one other person that had long term changes in tastes.
  • Conservatives buy lower quality products (when not status symbols)?
    ↪Philosophim


    Maybe it was an incomplete study. But I imagine it is easier to ask a person their political stances than asking how much money they have.
  • Conservatives buy lower quality products (when not status symbols)?
    ↪unenlightened


    I'm not saying the produce that lacks good symmetry is bad or that those that does isn't breeded for appearance primarily. But assuming people aren't growing it themselves this is the choice.
  • Conservatives buy lower quality products (when not status symbols)?
    ↪jgill


    They kept price equal though.
  • Masculinity
    ↪Moliere


    I would just keep it simple. A man has masculine physical characteristics and functions physically. Their style of communication can be anything. Their interests can be anything. I would try to extract sex from common societal roles which are more subject to change.
  • Best weather to buy pizza?
    I personally am not a fan of melty foods when I myself am being melted.
  • Best weather to buy pizza?
    ↪Jamal


    Pizza is popular during football season which are generally colder months.
  • Juneteenth as national holiday.
    ↪BC


    I wouldn't have the Emancipation Proclamation as a holiday because it only freed slaves in states that opposed the union. Many northern states continued having slaves until the 13th amendment.
  • Juneteenth as national holiday.
    ↪T Clark


    I know a few black people who had never heard of the holiday until it became national. Largely celebrated in Texas.
  • Should there be a cure available for autism?
    How is the cause of autism described? I think depression can be linked to hippocampus size and communications with other brain parts. Perhaps drugs or brain stimulation can improve brain function in major depression which is a disease. If there are brain scan hallmarks for autism maybe a therapy could help address it as well if brain manipulations like that become a possible therapy. If the condition burdens a person than I see no reason not to call it a disease. Maybe not high priority as Parkinson's or cancer but still should be studied to find treatment.
  • What is everyone's favorite Spring/Summer weather?
    ↪Jack Cummins


    Definitely hate heat waves. Stay inside to conserve energy. Only after it passes can I be productive again. In the winter it is largely overcast. They say the clouds keep heat in, but honestly would rather see sun even if it were colder. In the summer definitely prefer medium temps. Lots of more mediterranean people seem to want their skin to start on fire. I honestly wonder if they have fewer nerves at the surface. Lol.
  • Does the future affect the past?
    ↪180 Proof


    Surprised so few have approached this experiment like Sabina. So basically the data is interpreted wrong? Sensors 3 and 4 are wrongly not considered together for comparison?

    I think Sabina actually did do a video suggesting that reverse time travel at least for information might be possible without causing paradox.
  • Micromanaging god versus initial conditions?
    ↪Jamal


    I didn't mean to put this in lounge.
  • Micromanaging god versus initial conditions?
    ↪Jamal
    This is a post about religion in an analytical sense. Why wouldn't it belong in this section? It is related to infinite power. It is no small topic.
  • Right-sized Government
    ↪Vera Mont


    My focus is more on electric companies and things that literally are ridiculous to have redundancy. Basically a government regulating monopoly. As far as intelligence there should be less redundancy, but I fear one big intell agency without any groups that can investigate them as a safe guard.
  • Right-sized Government
    ↪Vera Mont


    I worry concern over size is driven by paranoia over being watched like China watches its citizens, or at least AI does. If the government programs get things done more efficiently than individuals can than all the better.
  • Right-sized Government
    ↪Vera Mont


    Politicians that talk about oversized government definitely don't talk about what size they'd be comfortable with. I suppose if there could be a politically unbiased group of business people that try to increase efficiency in places that are designed to make money versus to help people survive which is a main purpose of governance. I suppose it is hard know the exact benefit of certain government investments in the shorter term.
  • Life is more than who we are?
    ↪180 Proof
    So a person's identity is all that matters? Life isn't about more?
  • Life is more than who we are?
    ↪180 Proof
    Is it really obviously true though?
  • Karma. Anyone understand it?
    ↪Sir2u
    And what decides the value of what we give? Many do things that to many might seem bad and get back what many consider good. If you ask Conan the Barbarian how to behave he would say to be bold and war like because his god favors that behavior even though it doesn't benefit many.
  • Life is more than who we are?
    I assume it means maybe we invent stuff to be important when maybe our identity is actually all that really matters? But society forces us to work within the confines of priorities that may actually be hollow?
  • Karma. Anyone understand it?
    ↪Sir2u


    Where is good versus bad determined without a conscious being to decide?
  • If there was a God what characteristics would they have?
    ↪Vera Mont
    What about the concept of humans being made in the image of a god, but far short in abilities? And if a god were in fact all powerful would the term "scale" even mean anything? They couldn't then work with the very large, very small, and everything in-between at the same time without compromise to the choosen ends?
  • If there was a God what characteristics would they have?
    ↪Vera Mont


    So you agree that a single god with unlimited knowledge must be sadistic, or indifferent in terms of morality?
  • If there was a God what characteristics would they have?
    ↪180 Proof


    Well I assume any such god would need to be different than that of any religion in the sense of having very serious limitations that many may not find reassuring.
  • If there was a God what characteristics would they have?
    ↪180 Proof


    Oh I don't care about street cred. No diety gets worship from me, and thus far none have made their desire to be worshipped let alone presents known. So that isn't a requirement for me. I guess I would start with immortal, and able to set very large or very small scale things into motion.

    ↪Tom Storm


    I can't speak to original sin or if that's a real thing. But biology is just how energy changes forms. If a deity is limited you can't really be sure what options they have. I'm not even going to assume this god created us or started anything from scratch.
  • If there was a God what characteristics would they have?
    ↪180 Proof


    What are the prerequisites of being a god? Humans create stuff that we set into motion that reach scales we cannot manage anymore. Gods need not be grand. Just have superior means than us, which isn't a tall order.
  • If there was a God what characteristics would they have?
    ↪180 Proof


    Perhaps, but assume they exist and aren't sadistic. Can we assume they aren't omnipotent?
  • Better but not superior?
    ↪Vera Mont


    How do you mean? If I could have an apple and an orange or just an apple it couldn't make sense to chose the latter?
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