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Comment · 1 year ago
Doesn’t this mainly affect people who might otherwise choose to end their lives but are unable to do so because of a disability or similar limitation?
Comment · 1 year ago
this kind of freedom, once possible, is now gone.
Comment · 1 year ago
How did you get a DB of all books?
Comment · 2 years ago
Possibly a dumb question: How do you determine the accuracy of the most precise clock? You don’t have anything more accurate to measure it against, right?
Comment · 2 years ago
I am curious: do people with aphantasia dream?
Comment · 2 years ago
> Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards.

I wonder if they also compensate them to the highest standards.

Comment · 2 years ago
I find myself paying for an illegal IPTV service, just so I can watch soccer from my home country while living elsewhere. I'd genuinely prefer a legal, reasonably priced option, but the only alternatives are these expensive, big-name services that insist on a set-top box. So, reluctantly, the 'less legal' route ends up being the more practical service for me.
Comment · 2 years ago
100%

The author themself appears to be unclear about the specific stance they are opposing. While it doesn't seem like they are strawmaning intentionally, they are arguing against positions that no reasonable person actually holds.

Comment · 2 years ago
> For, there is clearly bound up in such arguments the assumption that those being reasoned with are free to change their minds based on the merits (or demerits) of the evidence presented.

I understand that the author is arguing sincerely, but certain statements raise concerns about whether they fully grasp the concept of determinism.

Why is it necessary to assume the existence of free will for a person to be capable of evaluating new evidence and have a subsequently revised opinion based on this new information?

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I am so tired of it. I wish there was an AI filter for social media that let me block out this stuff.
Comment · 2 years ago
Once everything is downloaded and archived, will this enable me to play the game without it having to talk to the steam servers?
Comment · 2 years ago
Most 16-year-old don't have rich parents.

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