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1) If they thought they were a moron, I would not expect them to. 2) If they thought that they were intelligent, then they should at least realise that the point of not trying when the game is rigged, is because there isn't anything more you could do in 100% of circumstances. So to say that...

What is fair, seems to be argued about a lot. So it seems to be still in dispute. I gather that left-wing people think it's a right, by the way they go on about social justice. We were talking about your freedom to live in the type of society you want. That freedom doesn't extend to "staying...

Imagine if someone makes a Terminator. AI could then replace soldiers. Imagine if someone mounts an AI on a drone with a gun. Then AI could replace the police. Of course, the big thing that is coming is automated cars. Once automated cars are legal, we can have automated trucks. Then AI can...

Most sites seem to be pro-western, feminist, pro-lgbt, anti-conspiracy and anti-religious views. INTPs are like, 6% of the population, and so there's probably tons of INTPs on those other sites. If you think all of them are balanced and open-minded, and most of the ones here are not, why on...

Then you haven't chosen your values yet. You haven't examined your values and decided which ones you value and which you don't, as you ascribe them to the culture you were raised in, and not yourself. As Socrates said "the unexamined life is not worth living." There is a saying in my country...

You didn't consent to be BORN. But from then on, you had the choice to end your existence by throwing yourself off a cliff, or walking in front of a bus, or by a myriad of ways. Your choice is thus to continue your existence or not, and you are clearly CHOOSING to continue that existence. As...

I thought that was the objective of making such claims about a being one also claims to have never met. How is that wrong? If your currency was "Freedom dollars" or "freedoms" for short, then you exchange "freedoms" for food, which means you end up having less "freedoms", the way you exchange...

I'm a little unclear here. It sounds like you are suggesting the following: 1) That power decides morality. 2) All morality of all theistic religions are based on the principle "might makes right". 3) That "might makes right" is something we should view negatively. It sounds like you think...

Maybe. But this isn't consistent with the following: Is there anything in the religion of atheism that says "If thou be an atheist, thou must have a moral arbitration that comes from thy conscience and thy understanding of moral philosophy and believe that thy guiding principle is that in...

Sure. I often have conversations with people. Sometimes people disagree. They usually end one of 2 ways: 1) They give me an answer in 1 or 2 sentences, that provides common knowledge I was unaware of, that means that I have to be wrong, and I have no choice but to change my views. 2) They keep...

Then what ARE you saying? I can make pretty pictures on my computer as well. :laugh: That's why people say that we have to demand evidence for your claims, or reject them as being made-up. Never heard anyone claim that Freud or Jung were post-modernists. Also not really heard of any...

Are you saying that someone who has original ideas based on reason is far from the ideal? Or are you saying that most forum posters on this site are not people who have original ideas based on reason, either because they don't have original ideas, or their original ideas are not based on reason?

So you're basically saying "if it doesn't work, we won't use it, and if it works, then it doesn't matter if there's no evidence?" I'd happily buy into that principle. But it would be applicable in every field of science. So then there would be no need for scientific evidence. So clearly, the...

They make good scapegoats. As Nietzsche pointed out, Western values include looking after the poor and the helpless, which gives a moral self-justification for blaming themselves. White people abolishing slavery, gives self-evidence that white people did some bad things. So that gives white...

The Donna Reed Show was shown between 1958 and 1966, when most married fathers were portrayed as competent, capable, intelligent and mature, and having dignity and respect that they earned and deserved. So IMHO, @birdsnestfern is suggesting that men and women should be encouraged to perceive...

In theory, immigration from China and India solves this problem. True. But if the money goes into retirement funds, which then is invested in businesses, then the hedge fund managers and the business-owners get a lot of that money. Thus the rich get richer. 20 years ago, the conspiracy...

I read that Rishi Sunak said that the UK should just get in lots more immigrants. The human species advanced by increasing their useful knowledge (wisdom). This was accomplished by doing and observing which things worked. This only worked for a single generation. So in order for the...

If you are always right, then your process of deduction can never improve. In that case, neither can your decisions. So your likelihood of getting a better life than you already have drops drastically. If you think your life is perfect, then that's a good thing. But if you're far from happy...

It's a pretty clear review, when someone has paid $15.50 AUD (£8.57 GBP) to see a film at the cinema, and they walk out half-way. It's like paying for a pint that costs £8.50, and then it being so bad, that you pour half of it down the sink. In that case, I suppose that some arthouse...

That's an extremely powerful statement. There's no point in controlling people unless it makes them do the things you want them to, and not do the things you want them not to do. So if this claim is true, then it means that narratives are the secret to controlling motivation and behaviour...

So between which 2 films would you place it in a list of films to watch in order of preference?

I can see that you respect traditions, and so you seem to have some appreciation for Si/Se. If you are older, like in your 30s or 40s, then even if you were an intuitive, you would probably have developed your tertiary and/or inferior functions enough to see the value in them. Or, if you're...

Nice to see this place is back. I have noticed that nowadays, most forums are mostly mouthpieces for common attitudes that would benefit the elites, and social media are mostly either spouting such mouthpieces or showing cat videos or Youtube videos advertising new pop starts, or Instagram...

How do you know that would be a good idea, or if it would make things worse? Have you carried out any Te practical tests of your theory? What were your experiments and what were their results? The heyday of the factory workers was in the 19th Century. Nearly all factory manufacturing moved to...

You've basically described the way the world already is, and has been that way since before you were born. In most of the Bond films, the Bond villain comes up with an incredible innovation, from the super-powered laser satellites, to underwater cities, to adapting plants to make new organisms...

It's used as a universal bartering medium. The basic assumption is that since money is used to purchase all goods and services, then with enough money, you can get hold of anything you want. With money, you can buy SSRIs and pay for psychotherapy. If you're contending that money cannot fix...

Begging the question is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. I was repeatedly saying that it's not reasonable and not fair to assume Musk is guilty of things without proof. That's the exact opposite of begging...

MCU are caught between a rock and a hard place. If they portray a woman character with flaws (NOT a Mary Sue), then some feminists will complain that that's an example of Toxic Masculinity, and plenty of other feminists will come to support their fellow women. They can only make a woman...

You made some claims about someone firing too many employees, and were repeatedly defaming the person. Half my extended family died in the Holocaust, because someone started saying that the Jews controlled all the money, and made everyone's life a living hell, until enough people were persuaded...

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What "highways"? It's a software company. All it produces is a piece of software that goes on the web. If you mean that Twitter already had standard protocols & standards, then why didn't they follow the standard protocols & standards that already exist in most long-term successful software...

That's why I asked you how you would even tell if Twitter had too many employees or not, so we would have a valid proof that would determine the truth, one way or the other. But you refused to even suggest any sort of physical test. So you have no way to tell if you're honestly telling the...

Then let's consider your claim versus the other person's claim. Suppose when Musk took over, BEFORE he fired anyone or did any changes, he offered you a billion dollars to prove if Twitter has too many employees, or if it doesn't have enough employees, so he would be in a good position to decide...

The internet. Apparently, you're everywhere on the net. You must be famous.

The Chinese tech industry is being crippled? They're moving into cloud tech and green tech, and making more money than ever. Do you have any evidence to support your claim? So Ughyurs in China are being allowed to do whatever they want? These days, with globalisation, even what affects other...

Then let's consider your claim versus the other person's claim. Suppose Musk offers you a billion dollars to to prove if Twitter has too many employees, or if it doesn't have enough employees. How would you conduct a physical test that would prove the answer for certain?

Boris gained the household name of "BoJo the Clown". Liz Truss did far worse than Boris did. Edison convinced everyone in his time that Tesla was a hack whose inventions would kill them all. Do people still think that Tesla's AC is too dangerous to be allowed? They LIKE Musk, because he makes...

In that case, given how China is so heavily investing in AI and tech, I would expect that Australia will end up becoming victims of China. For one thing, because your country is going to be one of those groups. For another, once China has spy satellites that can see everything that Australians...

All modern vehicles have USB ports and sensors, which are designed to work with software that can be purchased from the car's manufacturer. When a mechanic at a garage gets your car, he literally plugs a laptop with the software into the car's USB port, and then the laptop tells him what's...

I recall that Al-Quaeda terrorists bombed a train station in Spain by connecting the detonator to a mobile phone. IIRC, AQ terrorists had not done that before, and so had managed to come up with that themselves. So it could be quite possible for terrorists to do. Scratch that. IoT has become...

Were you aware that Liz Truss is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? It sounds like you don't like ANY billionaires. So I don't think you ever liked Musk. I am talking about the rest of the world, who don't say they hate most billionaires, but...

6 years ago, I thought that Tesla and Musk had been well over-hyped. As you can see, Thunderf00t was criticising Musk 6 years ago. So I was not the only one. Likewise, all those people who thought Twitter was a curse on humanity in 2014, and still think that, probably didn't change their views...

OK. Then consider this: Can you explain that?

Then clearly you believe that it's affecting you. Clearly you are acting about category #3 of people as if acting like that towards them is NOT affecting you. You say it's a problem. But you're just not acting on it, which is what makes it continue to be a problem. Act on it. Einstein said...

I agree with the question. I gather that's the general understanding of the Flynn Effect. But that is what we've been told. In science, we go by evidence. But how would anyone survive without their mobile phones?

If you don't mind, I'll respond. Logic became popular in the Age of Rationalism. People had plenty of evidence then. But they didn't use logic very well, and so came to very irrational conclusions, which led to mass murder, genocide, and many other horrible things. So people realised that "to...

They're breaking the law. The US has a constitutional rule that humans have a right to privacy. All laws that violate constitutional rules are invalid. They are simply not laws. They think that the law doesn't apply to them, because they think that if you're doing something that you believe is...

That's what happens when you stop using logic. You have to convince people that they want to be logical, before they would be willing to change the system.