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Nobody's been working on it. I think the drill bits will melt before you get to the mantle.

We just need fusion reactors. We'll have them eventually.

Nietzsche's TSZ

Wayfarer says it's better to just respect one another's viewpoints. You can show respect for Apo's views.

:lol: The whole thing is a racket, from McDonald's to Merck.

Excellent. Keep up the good work.

Unlearning happens. All it takes is a global crisis.

You actually directly disagreed, that's more than just "putting another view."

But even if that happened, things could easily return to present level emissions in the next generation. Short term doesn't mean much, does it?

They're still debating?

I don't agree with F's interpretation, but I don't think this sort of attitude is called for. There's no reason we can't just exchange perspectives in...

You can only observe their effects, like black holes.

True, but there's no one to pressure the US, and it's not headed toward limiting emissions in any sort of meaningful way. The Democratic party is weak...

https://cdn.britannica.com/s:1500x700,q:85/90/215390-004-8C394370/American-actor-Harpo-Marx-circa-1935.jpg

Educated people practice orbiting the hinges properly.

drink more bourbon butthead

IQ

When you learn a new language, a rule is to translate thoughts, not words. Direct translation of words gives you garbage. Most students grasp that int...

It actually makes sense once you understand what he's saying.

You know how people waltz in and start criticizing some well worn bit of physics in a way that's just stupid, and you just shake your head and move on...

I think most people are ok with that.

I'd be curious to know what kind of debate there was in Japan before they decided to build a bunch of coal burning plants.

I think they just say "unlikely” in the near future. It's on the table because the conditions for it are developing now. It wouldn't kill off our spec...

You're saying I'm deep into a sauce delusion. It's possible. I really don't throw things out until after the food poisoning subsides.

Aquinas said God is the only necessary thing. If you include "being" it's just going to make it harder to understand the medieval mumbo jumbo because ...

God is the only necessary thing. (cut out being) Why the only one? How is God being defined here?

You looked at decline. I said shutdown. Look up Younger Dryas. That's what happened the last time it stopped. It's kind of obvious that you don't know...

:grimace:

Guess what happens if the AMOC shuts down.

I knew Socrates. I worked with Socrates. You sir, are no Socrates.

It turns out to be really difficult to get that message across, though. High speed dying doesn't make a mass extinction, though. Some essential part o...

I agree. I spent a while immersed in the Bronze Age collapse, which was probably a result of natural disasters, war, and civil unrest. In a short amou...

Based on what we understand now, this is true. How would you reframe the issue to give it a little punch?

For Freud, the goal is better functionality. We aren't trying to cure the psyche into a perfected state. There is no innocent angel down in there wait...

Well, let the dopamine flow then. :grin: Nobody's taken Anselm seriously since Aquinas gave him the thumbs down. Do Descartes's ontological proof. It ...

True, but their god isn't the simple-minded object of superstition targeted by a positive atheist. I think you'll find that atheists who understand th...

What bothers me is this atmosphere of self congratulation as if you idiots really think you're better than religious people some how. You're not. You'...

Stop thinking of blame and look at it mechanistically: Religion is anesthesia. People reach for religion because it helps. It keeps mom and dad standi...

In politics, constructivism is opposed to realism in this way: A political realist talks about influence (like the influence of the US on the rest of ...

If I could just point out something to all you enlightened heroes. The greatest argument for atheism is penicillin, not some dubious bullshit about ra...

I have that website on my bookmarks bar. I came across it on Reddit. Is that where you found it by chance?

It's yummy tho. Just don't overdo the Sriracha.

Good question. It might be a Pavlov situation. I started making this sauce. It's equal parts lemon juice, Greek yogurt, and tahini with salt and Srira...

I have a time machine and I go visit Porphyry sometimes. The other day he was saying this same thing, and I was like, damn you crazy people never chan...

It's not true. I do creative listening all the time every day.

The whole idealistic spectrum, I think: subjective and objective. He's saying idealism is part of a large scale turn away from reality. He's saying it...

Thank you.

I think that might have been sexist.

Hard to say. The human psyche is tricksy.

You may be right about that. :up: