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dePonySum

['Member']Joined: May 14, 2019 at 21:14Last active: April 04, 2020 at 09:334 discussions12 comments

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I'm not sure I follow, perhaps you're addressing something slightly different.
May 23, 2019 at 03:01
"This is just Gettier warmed over. " That's the point. I'm explaining the Gettier argument to start the conversation as an example of an intuition. As...
May 23, 2019 at 02:16
Most decisions are made by committees selected from the adult population through sortion. These committees may utilise expert advice as appropriate. T...
May 22, 2019 at 22:17
The character of harm OCD isn't that of sexual desires (some people with harm OCD falsely believe their compulsions represent real desires- sexual or ...
May 22, 2019 at 22:09
I would strongly advise chatting to a professional if you have the means. Harm OCD is one of those mental illnesses where it can be very hard to go it...
May 22, 2019 at 22:07
Re: Adviser, there's a whole saga there. My initial advisor got removed during a round of staff cuts. Both of my advisors were good, but changing advi...
May 22, 2019 at 22:05
I actually think the linguistic/conceptual stuff itself is super important- we need a cartography of important concepts, and how and why they can vary...
May 22, 2019 at 22:02
Quantifying this would be extremely difficult, and whatever system or counting metric you built to quantify it would probably front load your answer i...
May 22, 2019 at 08:25
I'll try resubmitting. Cheers all.
May 16, 2019 at 00:59
Generally speaking, when someone resists a thought experiment by trying to argue that actually you have further options, it's possible to modify the t...
May 14, 2019 at 21:53
I would argue that an opinion: 1. Which is poorly considered and researched AND 2. Which is likely to do harm through your holding it AND 3. Which you...
May 14, 2019 at 21:45
I'm interested in why you think it is immoral to break the law, this seems controversial.
May 14, 2019 at 21:36