DrQuickbeam
@DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world
Humanitarian technologist & big data wrangler, on a quest for evidence-based policy. Rational optimist, post-statist, contemplative humanist, mystery enthusiast, bardo tourist.
- Comment on Bloodborne now goes in-game via ShadPS4 emulator 2 months ago:
Praise the sun!
- Comment on This Italian "newspaper" wanted to depict the "indian heritage" of an US candidate. Chennai, Cherokee, the same. 2 months ago:
American in Italy here! I am not justifying this, just explaining it from an Italian perspective. First, the paper is not mixing up her Indian heritage here with Native American. They took the idea that she is seeking a white male VP running mate and wrote “hunting for a white man”, which conjured up a funny (to them) homage to native Americans in spaghetti westerns. Second, this paper is a sensationalist rag sold in grocery store checkout lanes, with no expectation for the stories to be good, or free of any number of unsavory isms.
- Comment on Is everyone so depressed now partially because modern science has probably proven there is no god / afterlife? 3 months ago:
Belief is a feature that humans have that can give you confidence both in proven outcomes and in the unknown. It stems from our prefrontal cortex survival capabilities to remember past experiences and simulate future experiences. Aka imagination. We can believe in anything we choose to.
Yes belief is psychologically comforting. Certainly a lot more than worrying about the unknown. It’s even more comforting if the belief is shared by a social group, reinforcing it to each other.
Other aspects of religion make life easier too. Rituals, traditions, stories and social ties.
Those things can help with depression, but depression is a cognitive-affective response to a body that isn’t living the way our bodies were evolved to live. Socializing, getting the right nutrients, sleeping well, getting enough exercise and sunlight.
- Comment on What are some of the best mini-games youve played? (games inside games) 9 months ago:
All of the Yakuza games are basically, collections of well made mini games that turn each beat-em-up campaign into a hundred hours of fun. But among those, the Cabaret Club and Pocket Circuit RC race-car games from Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami, are probably my favs.
- Comment on The PC Cursed 98 game jam gives you the full warped '90s magazine experience | Destructoid 9 months ago:
Coconut Monkey thinks: this very, very good idea!
- Comment on My ex wants me back 9 months ago:
Yup, and in my case they started sending door-to-door salespeople. They’re spending all the money to kill Google Fiber where I’m at.