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Lindrosn

['Member']Joined: May 13, 2020 at 15:12Last active: May 22, 2020 at 17:12None discussions9 comments

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It might take many years for one whose only impetus is to finally become honest, but in the scenario you mention one who already had honest beliefs co...
May 17, 2020 at 13:35
If reality contradicts your beliefs then you change them or expect them to be ridiculed.
May 17, 2020 at 13:17
While the entire situation is impossible what's interesting is that the part that considers that many would maintain their views despite the dynamics ...
May 17, 2020 at 11:11
You're person A with perspective a and you refer to yourself with words like "me" and "mine" for various reasons, one reason may be simply so that eve...
May 17, 2020 at 10:48
TheMadFool, there are hardly any instincts in a person towards preservation of his species, rather instincts towards preserving some level of genetic ...
May 15, 2020 at 11:47
It seems that enormous resources are being devoted to it. Likely fully immersive VR boxes will be mass produced within 20 years and most people will b...
May 15, 2020 at 11:26
Eugen, likely a large percentage, maybe most, people throughout history have not wanted more technology than they already had and when someone in thei...
May 15, 2020 at 08:04
Personally, I do eat meat - and it seems like any defense of eating meat is necessarily speciesist - i.e. it elevates and considers humans as just inh...
May 15, 2020 at 07:30
One might wonder if the major impetus behind the effort to legalize recreation marijuana was populistic or based on other interests. Assuming it was a...
May 15, 2020 at 06:40