It is also just plain old human nature.
I'm talking about the commentariat as a whole. It has become polarized and negative and absolutely infused with groupthink, which is a very specific concept. Too bad you can't accept the truth. And speaking the truth to…
FF on Debian and Ubuntu.
Not on my boxen. Never again.
What was old is new again, embrace and embed may succeed where extinguish failed.
Dunning & Kruger's work is far from petty; I merely gave him a dose of his own "How's that for nuance" attitude. He is wrong and his confidence is perfectely explained by D&K's groundbreaking work.
The article was about a cheater and their regrets. It is very appropos for people who look around the world and see what is happening and who is running it. Donald Trump has much to regret and the day will come when…
Wisdom states that there are things we like that are bad for us and things we don't like that are good for us. The young man that reneged on his deal felt the pain of that selfish decision his entire life, until, 15…
And the result is that the comments are really of very little use anymore. Time was they used to be enlightening. Too bad Paul Graham doesn't give a rat's ass. He has the opportunity to create something beneficial to…
The negativity on this site towards people who express any opinion beyond the herd is making this site a groupthink echo chamber. This karma system has failed.
So Microsoft has the chutzpah to create a github repository trying to dupe people into contributing enhancements to components of their for-profit spyware?
Only a fool thinks that America's participation in WWII was unnecessary. ETA: You're full of shit. You are saying that participating in WWII was not an act of compassion. What, are you a holocaust denier? Creating peace…
We are currently at unprecedented scale, but it is illogical to think that society and the power structures inherent in them were devised solely by the amoral. How long have societies been too large to keep the amoral…
And related: "Know your enemy."
How would Gandhi have fared against the Nazis? We must have more compassion for the persecuted innocents than for the brutal oppressors. Compassion requires discernment and, at times, vigorous action. ETA: Not all human…
I didn't say any previous time period was better than today; I said that our societies being created by the most ruthless is absurd, and it is. Humans at their best work cooperatively and it happens all the time and has…
The corporations have bought our governments and are destroying the environment for their short-term enrichment. The obvious positives of technology and capitalism must be weighed against their long-term drawbacks. The…
That's a really nice try. I'm sorry no one has ever told you a joke that made you laugh or treated you with concern and kindness when you were down or gave you a gift. The chain only ends when one link is left…
Because our Creator is the ultimate loner, utterly peerless, absolutely Unfathomable. We alone can choose to contemplate It and Its incredible Majesty, and we, as creatures, can only grasp tiny aspects of its Being. It…
No, in the US. It's a crappy small cage, maybe 20' square.
He mentions in the Horizon "Fermat's Last Theorem" documentary that Taniyama was "not a careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes, but he made mistakes in a good direction, so eventually he got [to]…
The excellent Horizon documentary, "Fermat's Last Theorem", about Wiles' proof has some great interview footage with Shimura where he even discusses his sadness and being perplexed at Taniyama's sudden suicide. When…
Reading is fundamental. Let me quote myself: >> Happiness is an upwelling feeling in our being.
Yeah, we have one (or maybe two?) at our local zoo and the setup is such that I was able to be eye-to-eye with one of them from less than two feet. That thing held my gaze with zero fear whatsoever of me. Unbelievable…
Happiness : Pleasure :: Unhappiness : Misery. The former of each are karmic, the latter of each are physical. Happiness and unhappiness are not "chased"; they are earned as a result of one's treatment of others.
It is also just plain old human nature.
I'm talking about the commentariat as a whole. It has become polarized and negative and absolutely infused with groupthink, which is a very specific concept. Too bad you can't accept the truth. And speaking the truth to…
FF on Debian and Ubuntu.
Not on my boxen. Never again.
What was old is new again, embrace and embed may succeed where extinguish failed.
Dunning & Kruger's work is far from petty; I merely gave him a dose of his own "How's that for nuance" attitude. He is wrong and his confidence is perfectely explained by D&K's groundbreaking work.
The article was about a cheater and their regrets. It is very appropos for people who look around the world and see what is happening and who is running it. Donald Trump has much to regret and the day will come when…
Wisdom states that there are things we like that are bad for us and things we don't like that are good for us. The young man that reneged on his deal felt the pain of that selfish decision his entire life, until, 15…
And the result is that the comments are really of very little use anymore. Time was they used to be enlightening. Too bad Paul Graham doesn't give a rat's ass. He has the opportunity to create something beneficial to…
The negativity on this site towards people who express any opinion beyond the herd is making this site a groupthink echo chamber. This karma system has failed.
So Microsoft has the chutzpah to create a github repository trying to dupe people into contributing enhancements to components of their for-profit spyware?
Only a fool thinks that America's participation in WWII was unnecessary. ETA: You're full of shit. You are saying that participating in WWII was not an act of compassion. What, are you a holocaust denier? Creating peace…
We are currently at unprecedented scale, but it is illogical to think that society and the power structures inherent in them were devised solely by the amoral. How long have societies been too large to keep the amoral…
And related: "Know your enemy."
How would Gandhi have fared against the Nazis? We must have more compassion for the persecuted innocents than for the brutal oppressors. Compassion requires discernment and, at times, vigorous action. ETA: Not all human…
I didn't say any previous time period was better than today; I said that our societies being created by the most ruthless is absurd, and it is. Humans at their best work cooperatively and it happens all the time and has…
The corporations have bought our governments and are destroying the environment for their short-term enrichment. The obvious positives of technology and capitalism must be weighed against their long-term drawbacks. The…
That's a really nice try. I'm sorry no one has ever told you a joke that made you laugh or treated you with concern and kindness when you were down or gave you a gift. The chain only ends when one link is left…
Because our Creator is the ultimate loner, utterly peerless, absolutely Unfathomable. We alone can choose to contemplate It and Its incredible Majesty, and we, as creatures, can only grasp tiny aspects of its Being. It…
No, in the US. It's a crappy small cage, maybe 20' square.
He mentions in the Horizon "Fermat's Last Theorem" documentary that Taniyama was "not a careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes, but he made mistakes in a good direction, so eventually he got [to]…
The excellent Horizon documentary, "Fermat's Last Theorem", about Wiles' proof has some great interview footage with Shimura where he even discusses his sadness and being perplexed at Taniyama's sudden suicide. When…
Reading is fundamental. Let me quote myself: >> Happiness is an upwelling feeling in our being.
Yeah, we have one (or maybe two?) at our local zoo and the setup is such that I was able to be eye-to-eye with one of them from less than two feet. That thing held my gaze with zero fear whatsoever of me. Unbelievable…
Happiness : Pleasure :: Unhappiness : Misery. The former of each are karmic, the latter of each are physical. Happiness and unhappiness are not "chased"; they are earned as a result of one's treatment of others.