There's a big difference between trying to be true and trying to be right. You can "be" the latter while failing to be the former, and that's not good -- reality doesn't care that you won a debate if you're just objectively wrong about something.
It's tough to be humble though, because you have to admit you were wrong when what you thought was right doesn't turn out to be true. Folks who work in hard science and engineering end up taking their licks at some point even if they're really good.
It's tough to be humble though, because you have to admit you were wrong when what you thought was right doesn't turn out to be true. Folks who work in hard science and engineering end up taking their licks at some point even if they're really good.
I'd be pretty good with a return to pre-ww1 size government, where most governments didn't even have an income tax.
When one of every two dollars spent is spent by the government and the biggest companies on earth are specifically ones that manage to get their foot in that door, it seems clear to me we're at a point where there's too much government.
It isn't like these mass increases in government spending have corresponded to an increase in the wealth of the people. Far from it.
When one of every two dollars spent is spent by the government and the biggest companies on earth are specifically ones that manage to get their foot in that door, it seems clear to me we're at a point where there's too much government.
It isn't like these mass increases in government spending have corresponded to an increase in the wealth of the people. Far from it.
https://www.theonion.com/starving-bandaged-bin-laden-offers-u-s-one-last-chanc-1819566261
Nikki Haley has this sort of energy.
Nikki Haley has this sort of energy.
Even geological timeframes on earth are essentially incomprehensible to humans.
The white cliffs of dover in England are made out of chalk consisting of the shells from thousands of dead microorganisms that collected over millions of years and eventually was driven up into the air. We can tell this by looking at the material under a microscope and we can see the little shells compacted together, it's incredible.
So the idea that universal timescales are even more incomprehensible is self-evident. Our bodies are made out of dead stars, yet our own star still has a long way to go and in the history of the universe will be considered somewhat insignificant.
The white cliffs of dover in England are made out of chalk consisting of the shells from thousands of dead microorganisms that collected over millions of years and eventually was driven up into the air. We can tell this by looking at the material under a microscope and we can see the little shells compacted together, it's incredible.
So the idea that universal timescales are even more incomprehensible is self-evident. Our bodies are made out of dead stars, yet our own star still has a long way to go and in the history of the universe will be considered somewhat insignificant.
tbf, scientific articles have little to do with science and everything to do with academia.
In a universe where most people feel like they're completely unimportant but at the same time have delusions of grandeur, I feel like the awe of being such a torchbearer promotes a sense of real importance but also a sense of humility. Every one of us has been given the same task, and over geological timeframes nobody may even know about anything you personally did but might see the line you continued regardless, and if you don't then it ends with you.
There was a sentence I wrote, "Many of your deepest-rooted fears and ambitions are written into your blood, in a library that was passed down by millions of generations of successful creatures going all the way back to the single celled organisms that first spawned within the primordial ooze." that really helped me realize we are the holders of a torch that goes back billions of years, and it almost feels like a violation against nature to selfishly and willfully extinguish that flame. Who are you, such a tiny speck of dirt almost indistinguishable throughout history, to make that decision for such a long line?
This viewpoint makes us both incredibly important right now but just one little pixel on a line that goes back further than we can imagine.
This viewpoint makes us both incredibly important right now but just one little pixel on a line that goes back further than we can imagine.
I switched from gmail to mxroute, and it was a good decision. I recommend it for anyone who wants decent email where you're the customer instead of the product. I believe they're on the fediverse as well.
At least when it was airports all we got were ball scanning machines and much slower lines at security...
It becomes self-evident. There are very few drugs a pregnant woman is allowed to use at all. The reason? It isn't considered medically ethical to test drugs on a pregnant woman since you're putting a baby at risk.
This isn't a fight between the right and anyone else. It's a fight between marie-antoinette figures in the elite class and reality.
We're just on the sidelines screaming "brioche is made with flour too!"
We're just on the sidelines screaming "brioche is made with flour too!"
It's a difficult balance. On one hand you don't want to go the Canadian route and have a disabled olympian athlete being told by the government to die because she wants a chair lift installed. On the other hand, there's a lot of bags of meat and suffering filling hospital rooms being kept alive due to the guilt and weakness of surviving family members who don't want to make a tough decision.
protip about chatgpt: There's a section under settings that says "how do you want me to reply to you?" and if you put some stuff in there correctly you can make chatgpt much less of a cunt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhuSDRIDHE
Pretty sure the first time I saw this was on a CRT. It, and I, am old.
Pretty sure the first time I saw this was on a CRT. It, and I, am old.
How exactly are you going to conscript from a generation thats either fat or crazy? (No offense intended gen z, it wasn't something you chose as much as had thrust upon you by people who claim to be your superiors... often in my damned generation)
Tbf, most Americans are too wise to do so as well. Also too broken because it wasn't that long ago you'd mock someone for buying a 60,000 dollar pickup truck.
One can hope. He lacks the piss and vinegar to get in there and actually tell the truth about things though.