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Daniel Dennett's theories of consciousness and the self won me over in undergrad. our thoughts are ultimately a string of narrative spewing from our b...

I would say studying philosophy definitely made me "weird" As a child I was pretty conventional, a theist, athletic and popular and well liked. Taking...

so what do you think is going on here? Why are you being pressured to do so? I'll admit I find the conspiracy theories that covid is being manipulated...

do you feel the same about the johnson vaccine which is a more traditional one and I'll admit freaks me out less?

I am with you, but as you have experienced novel perspectives on choosing death face a lot of resistance. Maybe in 10 years we will be closer to the m...

i mean the sports performance is just one aspect of the overall deterioration that will significantly diminish my enjoyment in life

yup I imagine life expectancy for savages like me is lower, because if you aren't into the arts and intellectual pursuits, then as your body breaks do...

[reply="Todd Martin;507451" it's more like I can see that the party is going to get old and no fun anymore and so want to enjoy the last hour or so

living for the happiness of another (not matter how much I love her) is I think a recipe for disaster I can't suffer through simply for her sake, I wo...

yeah I am a pretty basic dude my reasons for living are sex, good food, driving sports cars, playing sports, lifting weights, being in nature and shar...

interesting, sounds like more people think this way than they reveal

my brother! my wife also hates when I talk this way and I also love the sense of freedom that comes with conscious recognition of the choice to choose...

appreciate the perspectives. we all have different tolerances for suffering and I fully recognize I have very little tolerance, so as things break dow...

yeah I was raised a theist and my brain became a little hard wired with the God gives meaning and purpose to everything and now that's been taken away...

[reply="Dharmi;506647" I disagree, there comes a point where the balance sheet shows more suffering than happiness, and then it's time to leave

your reasons are much less selfish!

\ no such thing as choice in randomness

that's a definite possibility I suppose, but not sure about the higher wisdom part, I am pretty convinced this is all just a random mess

yah it's all relative, and that's exactly my point, I only see my level of happiness relative to my own prior level of happiness declining as my body ...

ha ha yes I have, is the suggestion that weed might give me a reason to want to stick around longer than 10 years?

Actually I think we have a good sense of what would happen if we are able to properly and fully insulate the vulnerable (and those who choose to ident...

I actually meant my reply to be at you, I don't think it actually is all that complex....

So no one has really pointed out flaws in the risk based covid policy approach suggested by Katz? I do wonder why no region has actually tried this ap...

this suggested surgical approach to covid policy makes a lot of sense to me https://davidkatzmd.com/coronavirus-information-and-resources/ base restri...

I am sympathetic to a more surgical approach to covid response policy, i.e. protect the vulnerable but otherwise allow the virus to spread amongst the...

agreed the logic escapes me

. I am sympathetic to this, but it will never take hold and I think it's a huge function of the fact that the significant majority of people still bel...

I tend to agree, while places without restrictions do seem to have higher death and hospitalisation rates, I am not sure the decreases that restrictio...

I am sympathetic to the idea that the current mainstream policy response might not be the best (particularly because of the massive collateral damage ...

yup no easy answer to that, but I would suggest it's not mere preservation of life (survival) at the cost of lots of collateral damage

so basically we're fucked with covid, no way around it fucked if we do restrictions (all the collateral damage) fucked if we don't (covid will kill an...

yes I can see that there will likely be more cases in densely populated areas but this does not mean that our hospitals would in fact become over-run....

interesting I think what is meant by good is "human flourishing" coined by Sam Harris, positive states of consciousness of humans.

I don't think it is predictable, given what happened in Sweden and other areas with little to no restrictions, where they were also providing care to ...

huh? I am not advocating for it, I am saying restrictions and lockdowns should only occur if we get to such a state...which I don't think we will if w...

yes it's complicated, but I think you know what I mean are you a theist?

I mean there is no question it is a hard difficult choice to make but this virus is forcing is into this position, do you honestly believe that the go...

the hospitilization RATE does not alter with the amount of infection, my argument is that the hospitilization rate is low enough in those under 80 tha...

I'll admit it is hard to find clear information on this (I wrongly assumed based on the lack of reporting of such complications that it was very rare)...

umm, no, half of the hospitalisations are those over 80, take away half the hospitilizations and there is no issue with hospital capacity

I used the adjective "real" before the word threat, the odds of covid causing the kinds of additional complications are so extremely rare (how many un...

if as you suggest this group belongs to the race "white" then the discrimination that you refer to must be based on characteristics other than "race",...

Jane Elliot points out how long she has been doing the same exercise. Interestingly she herself ends with the point that there is only one category of...

but they are not different, and the language you use highlights that that's where it all begins if we truly teach them the reality that there are no r...

the fact of non-race based discrimination does not mean we should not make efforts to eliminate race based discrimination.

you can retain benefits for certain historically disadvantaged groups through cultural identification. Clearly people belong to distinct cultures, but...

Oh I recognize that people will find all kinds of other reasons to discriminate and treat each other differently, but we can at least remove one categ...

The point is the error can't even be made if you don't see the difference case in point look at all the physical differences between people who are cu...

look at Carlos Hoyt's writings, he more completely lays out the approach we would have to take it's not a perfect approach by any means, and some grou...

no one would dispute that people have differing physical characteristics but it is archaic and unscientific to describe these physical characteristics...