multifariace
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- Comment on Texas approves Bible-infused curriculum for public schools 1 day ago:
Now children, please turn to Ezekial 23 20.
- Comment on flouride 2 days ago:
Weird. The only argument I heard, and successfully made it to policy in my area is that it costs tax money and takes away choice. All thus smart stuff is for those damn yankees.
- Comment on Feral Science 2 weeks ago:
That’s the kind of scientist I want to be. I wish it paid.
- Comment on Tiny pp 2 weeks ago:
I can’t handle stupid right now.
- Comment on Capsaicin 3 weeks ago:
I enjoy this.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
Thank you for the correction. It can be applied in the Socratic method. I ask questions to understand someone’s position and continue into how they came to those conclusions. At no point do I pressure for answers though. The idea is just to keep the person talking so you can understand their poimt of view to the best of your ability. It has a side effect of healthy personal reflection for all parties involved.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
Just look at the other responses to my comments.
In real life it can be better or worse. Some of the closest people in my life get immediately defensive. It’s sometimes easier to talk with strangers. More often than not, I will find a passion point that is the limit of conversation. At those times I just listen as much as possible. How much I engage depends on how they rect to my questions.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
I have conversed with quite a few vegans and none of them have pushed their morals on others. Some of them have been very upfront about their veganism. I am wondering where you are that you see vegans being so revolutionary.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
I was unaware that my message implied a 100% requirement. That part of the comment was meant to be about how I see them trying to define the line between what is vegan and what isn’t. I see now how this is being interpreted and it is my fault for being unclear.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
I am not confused. I am curious and fascinated on how people come to their conclusions. I know exactly what epistomology means. I have used it for conversations with many vegans about their choices as well as on other personally held beliefs. I could be a lot better at it but it has helped me show that I am curious and respectful.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
Each vegan will have their own answer. If you are truly curious, and a vegan is sharing their mindset with you, ask them.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
The response to light color does not stand on its own. That is merely one parallel from many. It is true plants do not have a nervous system like animals, but they do have similar responses to stimuli. Parallels can be drawn to sight, sound/touch and smell/taste.
Sentience is another topic that is defined subjectively. From context it is clear you make a central nervous system a foundational requirement. I could also apply this to technology, so I would need clarification from you to understand what it means to you. I do not hold to a personal definition for sentience because I have found neither a universal nor scientific understanding of the idea.
As for the last paragraph: yup.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
There was no tone of judgement in my response. I hope that’s not what you got from it. I said I find it fascinating the way they think. This is not limited to vegans but it is easier to get someone to talk about this than other beliefs.
I have no doubt that minimizing suffering is the higher goal. I meant that if their goal is to to use no food or product that involves using animals (within their personal definition) that they will find nothing in this world that is without impact from or to animals. That’s what makes it impossible.
- Comment on Honey 5 weeks ago:
I find vegan intellect fascinating. I love hearing their responses to my epistomology. They all make it up as they go along. It’s very similar to religious beliefs in the way it is personal. Each has their own set beliefs on where to draw the line of what is vegan and what is not.
My personal understanding of the world is that plants aren’t so different from animals that they can be classified separately from other food sources. For example, how much different is r-selected reproduction from a fruiting plant. Plants react differently to different colors of light and so do we.
It helps to understand the goal of a vegan. The extent to which we are tied to every living thing on Earth means that many vegans have set impossible goals.
Just fascinating.
- Comment on Caption this. 1 month ago:
Is this showing us that we can experience more dimensions if we fuck up our base pairs?
- Comment on You're not you when you're dooming. 1 month ago:
I went on chatgpt and said “Write an advertisement that plays on the fears of gen z then suggests they eat a snickers”. It returned almost the same as above.
- Comment on Always you 3 1 month ago:
Don’t go lickin’ lichen.
- Comment on Always you 3 1 month ago:
Come visit Florida woods. We got the rainbow.
- Comment on Can relate. 1 month ago:
It is emotionally and intellectually painful using critical thinking while those around you are calling the other side Nazis.
1 Nazis are bad 2 The other side are bad 3 The other side are Nazis Optional: add an example that confirms bias
- Comment on more like stimulation environment 1 month ago:
So, we cut them off and nail them to a board?
- Comment on Y tho 1 month ago:
Pangean prodigies.
- Comment on Sorry to be a bother... 1 month ago:
If you were given me that attention, my gauge would go green.
- Comment on Let me at 'em!! 1 month ago:
That’s a 4D knife.
- Comment on It's Wednesday, my dudes. 1 month ago:
Why is there so much hate on bitter. Bitter is superior to sweet in every way. The best pastries are the ones that use cranberries instead of blueberries. Sugar is even added to blueberries and strawberries as if that made them more desirable. The best pastries are minimalist with sugar. Orange-cranberry bread is one of the best combinations.
- Comment on Square! 2 months ago:
Parallelogram.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 2 months ago:
Think the Koch brothers we are thoroughly
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- Comment on Bees 2 months ago:
I think wasps and hornets are beautiful, fascinating creatures. Most of them don’t mess with me even a few inches from a nest. There are one or two species that are looking for war and get the spray.
- Comment on brown recluse 2 months ago:
Aww, it’s Lucas!
- Comment on America's Energy Divide: How Democrats And Republicans Feel 2 months ago:
72% decline by painting one blade black.