Rise above it, if you can. Find someone to help if you can't. We are not in this alone.
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Saying people people should apply critical thinking is like encouraging children to learn a musical instrument. And then they choose the drums, and start practicing in your basement. I’m in your basement right now… :-)
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Religions shake the world, and in practice a religion is just a fossilized philosophy - a philosophy with the questioning spirit suppressed.
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Simon Blackburn on Plato's Republic
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Learning a second language... my brain won't retain the meaning of a new word unless i learn its etymology, which is often completely dislocated from its use in actual practice.
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Brave New World: genetic uniformity. Star wars: the clones. Even the Foundation series. In dystopia, genetic diversity is a danger the authorities seek to suppress.
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Imagine asking an innocent question and being treated like an idiot by your interlocutor, the expert in the domain. Is the Emperor in fact not wearing any clothes?
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When I see dust float in the sun beam coming through the window, I realize I'm breathing in those invisible swarms of pollen, dead skin or microplastics. None of these possibilities seems great, but I sure hope it isnt the latter.
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In coding, comments are lies. The code is updated but the comments remain unchanged. Variable names express intended use and meaning but then changes with time. Names only express what was thought at first. The atom means indivisble. No one bothered to change the name.
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Current mental model for how people interpret news/information is trying to minimize cognitive dissonance... how can I explain new information in a manner that doesn't require me to change my previously held opinions. Cognitive dissonance to be avoided at all costs...
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Dwight Houweling retweeted
Every conference and other event I’ve ever spoken at, this person appears:
Lenin and Luther, my two parallel biographical audiobooks right now. I didn`t choose them, they chose me, these are the times we live in.
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Oh the irony… eastern Canadians have always kown what’s best for Albertans.
“Smith said the province would not impose counter tariffs on energy exports, calling it an essential product for American consumers and businesses.”
That is 💯 the point. Shameful that Alberta refuses to join other provinces on #TeamCanada in imposing maximum pressure on US.
"Especially downweight comments designed to raise or lower various individuals in status, they are a kind of epistemic poison."
“What do I think of the Trump-Zelensky dust-up?” - marginalrevolution.com/margi…
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Is the increasing use of graphical abstracts in research papers a sign of dumbing down of science? Mostly am in favour, but I do wonder. Also, in a future where LLMs increasingly write and interogate literature for us what is the utility of the graphical abstract?
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Quality of grammar used to be an indicator of draft progress. Now, with tools ensuring perfect grammar throughout, judging a text by its ideas, not its polished phrasing, is more important than ever.
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