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so you're saying it's a matter of perspective? There's an easy way to resolve that: if you were assigned the task of, say, building a navigation system for ships or airplanes, or building and deploying satellites, or building long-range cruise missiles, etc, would you do this assuming the world...

what is complex about flat earth?

beard is growing

I think it's because when there's 3 elements to a structure, it's perceived in the human brain as a solid structure. E.g. if you want to put up a tent, 3 sticks is the minimum you need in order for it to not collapse. So it's the simplest structure which is "solid". the question then, I guess...

@CatGoddess the avatar depicts a robot; however the robot is not merely extra-human, but rather super-human – an idealized and empowered human being, with all the biological weaknesses stripped away. this signifies a desire to gain power, and a rejection of one's flaws and weaknesses. the...

@higs the cat is a dual animal – it's both a predator and potentially prey due to its small size. that way the behavior of cats appear funny to us by oscillating between being comically paranoid and admirably majestic. so when the cat is used as an avatar, it signals the same sort of duality...

Cog, you gotta recognize the strategy of forum users like Adaire and redbaron. They will rarely give coherent arguments on anything, or justify any opinion they hold, or even clearly state any opinion at all. Whenever they disagree with you, they usually engage the interaction with some...

a part of my plan is to gradually build a stock portfolio. If done right it does give you a solid return and doesn't need to entail large risk. It's also good insurance against inflation as someone who works in asset management, I would say the best strategy for generating high returns is to...

if you inject a rat's brain with a few shots of dopamine, it too will be given a notion of "happiness" – some physiological state it will keep pursuing all of its waking hours. The only difference between the rat and a human is that by means of our imagination and general lack of clarity, we've...

ok, let's say you're right. Sometimes you get a glimpse of certain aspects of the actual person. So what? We have determined that no one is perfect. What a revelation. you seem very determined to make people believe they are somehow negative or toxic at their very core, or that this forum is...

I know people on this forum have a habit of trying to infer a lot about people from mere posts – I guess it's a MBTI tradition. And I'm sure you can learn certain things about a person, e.g. their political views or whatever.. but the actual person? and how it would be like to interact with...

why does it have to be so complicated? Can't it just be people expressing their opinions on things? why do we have to ascertain the motives, sentiments and causes behind forum posts? It's just a goddamn forum on the internet.. where random people write whatever shit comes to their mind

who needs actual learning, understanding and immersion in a subject when you have condensed info doctored by some random on the internet

I personally prefer older women. Women in their 20s have no personality.

1 in 4 people have an IQ below 90

I mean, I know what you're getting at. It seems there used to be clearer expectations and stricter norms when it came to dating, which presumably made things easier. Trust me, I would agree if I could – I live in the worst cultural-relativist cesspool on earth, namely Sweden. If some asshole is...

when it comes to physical contact (and would say all aspects of sexual/romantic relationships), there are already cues, naturally emanating from the counterparty, as to how to proceed in various circumstances. There are loads of them, but you can sense e.g. whether the person gets uncomfortable...

yeah, if financial independence is the goal, exclusively working a dayjob as a means of income is probably not going to work. Let's say you make $100k per year – a pretty solid salary. So that's $8333 per month. After tax, rent, food, and other expenses like utility bills, clothes, etc, maybe...

that's true, actually. I think the problem is that you project certain sentiments, onto posts, which are not really there besides... how come the messenger of luv & positivity sends nothing but negative shit my way

See, one cannot really "leave" a forum. Because it's just a website. You can close the tab, and you've left. Reopen the tab and boom – you're back again.

Thing is – in order to have shame, one has to learn what to have shame about in the first place. That's probably a matter of upbringing. How are people brought up nowadays? Well, they are taught some abstract principles created by academics, the Frankfurt School and whatnot, but very few values...

man.. I think this thread saved my life a few days ago I almost agreed to having a friend of mine move into a room in my apartment. It was only after writing in this thread that I realized just how badly that would fuck up my life. Being around people 24/7 without any means of escape? We all...

the more sophisticated technology becomes, the easier it is for the smart to exploit the dumb. E.g. social media – arguably the most soul-sucking, vapid, cesspool of shit ever invented by humankind – where algorithms optimize the content to make the average zombie idiot out there waste as much...

it's the usual story – we live in the times of weaponized political correctness. Same as the Tim Hunt case. In the early 20th century, academics were obsessed with biological explanations of differences between peoples and races. Nowadays they are obsessed with explaining everything in terms of...

I certainly struggled with burnout from that kind of thing when I was late teens, early 20's. And when one starts to get burnt out, one becomes even more introverted and asocial. I needed ways of getting away from people in order to recharge my batteries. As one gets older, however, one becomes...

To finally become free from enslavement (I mean employment). I have been working day and night on this project, besides work, for the last 2 years now. It is almost done. I'm not yet sure whether it will work, but that's a scientific question. Prototypes have worked well in test scenarios. But...

You have a point

The onluøy purpose of VR chat is clearly to explore various wacky sexual fantsasies. Definotely looking forwsrd to when intpf becomes that.

this is what I watch on youtube:

when we work, we reconfigure matter in a way which serves some purpose. Just the reconfiguration itself has no purpose. One can configure matter in a very intricate and complicated way but which nevertheless is useless (e.g. work produced by bureaucrats). So I would disagree that the purpose of...

Can I wear eye cat as a man?

it was a series. It got stopped due to being too offensive or something like that. word. I mostly watch complete trash on youtube, because that's what it's made for.

If you have passion for teaching young children, what does it matter what your peers think? Are you looking for your own passion or something to please other people? If you have a passion for philosophy and history, why do you need a degree in it or get a job working with it? If you really have...

Conclusively... the problem here is confusing success with elitism. Being a useless slug is not the only alternative to climbing the corporate ladder. I would also say one should be careful about this "whatever floats your boat" stuff. I've seen a lot of people in my life who just fade away...

How can a birthday be complete without existential dread :cool: But not to worry – it's just that the issue needs to be attacked philosophically and scientifically

I think age is a factor. One becomes less impressionable, less energetic, more bogged down in the bullshit of life, more influenced by the robotic and luke-warm existence of other people.

Guys, do you know where I will be spending all my christmas money this year? It's at Voogueme – where you can get stylish eye glasses at affordable prices.

fulfilling my swedish duty :D: clearly a 10/10. Any swedish dude is afraid of admitting ABBA is the best shit ever, but it is. Gonna be listening to Happy new Year on repeat in a few days.

To me this looks like just swapping the meaning of words. I think reality is made of cheese.

I personally have had a bad case of cynicism over the past weeks due to having been fucked in the ass by fate in multiple ways.

a lot of people nowadays, I suppose incentivized by whatever is going on in the cesspool called social media, are under the impression that anyone really gives a shit about where they have traveled and what they have experienced. Traveling and collecting sensory experience is a purely...

Algorithmic Game Theory – Nisan et al.

Is it not possible to replace the fetish for subservience with something else – say, BDSM? edit: this was a very insensitive joke. I'm underslept.

people who walk slowly in busy places should straight up kill themselves. Or move out to the countryside. But.. no need to be rush either. Just follow the rhythm of the city, you plebs.

thanks for all the work, man. Good song too

hellhole in what way? I imagine it's sort of like that city in Blade Runner, which looks kinda cool