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The war was started by Iran 47 years ago and against the usa and their allies in the mideast. They have been preparing for the battle we are now having. After they had time to regroup and continue their goals of creating nuclear weapons including a delivery system. The oil problem is just another example of how the terroist regime intends to attack the western nations by any means necessary. Should we have allowed Hitler to destroy Europe and say its not our war. Like the chickens in the Democrat party want. Their attempts at appeasing Iran has made us the laughing stock of the world.

The US launched a war in Iran without preparing for the predictable oil shock. It is now forced to lift sanctions on both Russia and Iran just to stabilize the market. It is a textbook example of catastrophic strategic planning. Trump is an idiot!

@Grand_Ole_Evan It would be better if poor people didnt exist. I dont mean kill them. I just mean nobody should be poor. But poor vs rich is a relative term.. if everyone was rich. Then who would work?

Billionaires gave me same day delivery and the phone I’m using right now. None of these people have ever, or will ever, do anything to improve my life, much less the lives of millions of people.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but when I read those posts about astronauts going to space and suddenly realizing humanity is “living a lie,” I kind of pause and think… wait, how did we get from point A to point B there? Because I try to imagine it honestly. You’re up there, you’re looking down, and yeah, I get it, it probably feels surreal. The Earth looks continuous, no borders, just one surface. The atmosphere looks thin. I can see how that might hit you in a certain way. But then the leap happens. From “this is one planet” to “humanity is living a lie.” And I’m sitting there thinking… is that actually in the experience? Or is that something you’re bringing with you? Because if I picture myself up there, I don’t immediately jump to “everything we’re doing down there is fundamentally wrong.” I probably just think it’s beautiful. Or strange. Or small. Or maybe I just get quiet about it. I don’t know if my brain suddenly reorganizes into a political philosophy. And that’s the part that nags at me a little. It’s like the experience is being treated as proof of a conclusion that doesn’t actually follow from it. Almost like we’re supposed to accept the chain: space → insight → therefore true. But what if the insight isn’t coming from space at all? What if it was already there, and space just gave it a better backdrop? I guess what I’m really questioning is whether we’re confusing intensity with truth. Just because something feels profound doesn’t mean it’s revealing something new. It might just be reinforcing something you already believed, but now it feels undeniable. And maybe that’s fine. Maybe everyone does that to some degree. But calling it a “great lie”… I don’t know. That sounds less like something you discover by looking at Earth, and more like something you already suspected before you ever left it.

🚨: Astronaut says humanity is 'living a lie' after spending 176 days in space “I went to space and discovered an enormous lie.” Former astronaut Ron Garan reveals the "enormous lie" of global division after witnessing Earth's fragile biosphere from the International Space Station. Ron Garan spent nearly six months orbiting the Earth, a journey that permanently altered his understanding of our world. From the International Space Station, he experienced the "Overview Effect," a profound cognitive shift where political borders and social divisions completely vanish. Looking down at the planet from 250 miles up, Garan was struck by the shocking thinness of the atmosphere—a delicate blanket of gases that serves as the only shield against the lethal vacuum of space. This vantage point replaced the concept of separate nations with the reality of a single, fragile orb suspended in the darkness of the cosmos. This perspective led Garan to conclude that many of humanity’s greatest challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss, are actually symptoms of a "lie" we tell ourselves: that we are separate from the environment. Instead of seeing competing economies or political factions, he saw a unified, interconnected biosphere supporting nearly every living thing. He argues that our survival depends on shifting our collective mindset to match this orbital reality, treating the planet not as a resource to be divided, but as a rare and finite life-support system that requires urgent, global stewardship. source: Big Think (2024). I went to space and discovered an enormous lie: Astronaut Ron Garan on the Overview Effect. Big Think Media.

Cause begins from an origin point and unfolds through sequence. One thing leads to another. The structure is generative. The later state depends on the earlier one because the earlier one actually produced it. A simulation is different because it does not need to be bound to lived causal flow in the same way. It can replay the chain forward, reverse it, pause it, accelerate it, or slow it down because the system is representing the process rather than being the process itself. It is operating on a model of causation, not necessarily inside the same irreversible causation.

If the laws of physics don’t prefer a direction of time, why does everything we experience act like time has a preferred direction?

@elonmusk "Would like to?" Or "Will do it?" Saying it is nice. Doing it is better. Whats stopping ypu?

I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country

True. We should recognize how close nazi Germany was to Iran today. Iran's leaders were like Hitler. Its good Trump removed them. And the IRGC is similar to the SS. Its good they are being removed too. The SS led by Heinrich Himmler, evolved from Hitler’s personal guard into a powerful organization that operated across military, police, and state functions, effectively becoming a “state within a state.” It ran the Waffen-SS, a parallel combat force that fought alongside the regular army, controlled the Gestapo (secret police) and SD (intelligence service), oversaw concentration and extermination camps, and enforced Nazi racial policies, including the Holocaust. The SS also managed internal security, suppressed opposition, and administered large parts of occupied territories, combining ideological enforcement, policing, and military power under one centralized structure loyal directly to Hitler. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a powerful branch of Iran’s military that exists primarily to protect and preserve the country’s Islamic political system rather than just defend its borders. It operates its own ground, naval, and aerospace forces, oversees Iran’s missile programs, and conducts intelligence and internal security operations, including managing unrest through affiliated groups like the Basij militia. Beyond Iran’s borders, its Quds Force carries out foreign operations, supporting allied groups and extending Iran’s influence across the region. The IRGC also has significant involvement in Iran’s economy and politics, making it not just a military organization but a central pillar of the country’s power structure.

To have agi ypu need a prefrontal cortex or equivalent function. You need more than an llm. You need at least video processing and audio processing To have real world experience. Plus u need recursive self learning. Without that it cannot operate in the real world. ..but the llms can still be very useful without being agi. I see gpt using some sort of preprocessing that has improved its responses.

Which company is most likely to fumble AGI from a pure product and execution standpoint? A. OpenAI B. Google C. Anthropic D. xAI And no, “Meta” is not a serious answer yet

Well if you believe that truly. It would need to be challenged in courts. And a lot of the lower courts believe in welfare as being allied. You would end up in the Supreme Court where its not sure what it would decide. Like it or not ..they are the final decision makers. But.. I would argue that we could have had welfare without debt. Or much lower debt. Our debt is a systemic error in the economic system. We made bad choices

@Erickschultz11 @iluminatibot The items in the Constitution that "promote the general Welfare" aren't charities. They're things like coining money, establishing post offices & roads, & patent & copyright offices. The "welfare state" goes against founding principles.

“Bastiat proves beyond all doubt that the proper function of government is to protect the lives, liberty, and property of its citizens, but not to provide for them.” “For in order to provide for some, first it must take from others, becoming the mechanism for legalized plunder.”

@MorphineEndo @Kekius_Sage Well.. I am not convinced. I do believe religions were created because if drugs and mankind does use drugs. Obviously. But.. I don't think it gave us the best conclusion. However we cant go back in time and try it differently. We are stuck on this timeline.

@Erickschultz11 @Kekius_Sage real or not its exercising cultural preservation techniques social architectures &drugs as the “algorithm”. Fungi Cebil/YOPO snuff admixtures/kambo & san pedro cacti/ayahuasca/bechete etc etc are their simple &not so simple tools of inner and outer navigation (hunting)

🚨 Scientists think our ancestors’ use of magic mushrooms have influenced human consciousness

@cow007 We have had that discussion.

@Erickschultz11 But remember if you’re reaching for psychology that’s showing you where the blindspot in your model is. You have to work from the incentive structure forward not the model backwards because if it doesn’t fit within your model, then your model is not based on that.

What is Russia up to? youtu.be/vnO0NYqzd7w?si…

@cow007 Lately. I am starting to think..a lot of people..even in power.. are a bit crazy. 😜 I don't like thinking that way though. 😕 Maybe I can return to what my pop use to say. " ignorance is blissful " 😊

@Erickschultz11 I suppose that’s the question that Putin wants people to be asking.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. That clause is often called the Taxing and Spending Clause. It reads (in part): “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes… to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States…” There’s also a similar phrase in the Preamble (“promote the general Welfare”), but the Preamble isn’t a source of specific powers. The enforceable authority comes from Article I, Section 8. BTW. Don't think I support this. I am pointing out where its supported. And its been challenged and affirmed. The broad interpretation of the General Welfare Clause (Hamilton’s view) has been taken to the Supreme Court and affirmed, especially starting in the 1930s. The Court has repeatedly upheld Congress’s power to tax and spend for the general welfare, even when the spending isn’t tied to a specific enumerated power. The key case is United States v. Butler (1936). In that decision, the Court explicitly recognized that: The “general welfare” clause is not limited strictly to the other enumerated powers (rejecting the narrow Madisonian view). Congress has a separate, substantive power to spend for the general welfare.

@Erickschultz11 @iluminatibot James Madison stood irate on the floor of the House & said, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article in the constitution that authorizes congress to spend the money of their constituents for the purpose of benevolence."

No. Not really imo. I think its government stupidity. Which is worse than fraud. Waste yes. Abuse yes Incompetence yes Fraud ? Thst implies intent Fraud is intentional deception for gain. It requires coordination, concealment, and a clear motive to mislead. If the $40T debt were primarily fraud, you’d expect to see a relatively tight group extracting value in a controlled, deliberate way. At the incentive level, the system is almost designed to drift this way: Politicians are rewarded for short-term benefits, not long-term balance Voters often prefer benefits without immediate costs Costs are deferred through borrowing, which feels less painful than taxation No single actor bears full responsibility for long-term debt accumulation That creates what you could call structural irresponsibility, not necessarily intent to deceive. In a way, that can be worse than fraud, because fraud can be prosecuted and stopped. A structurally misaligned system just keeps reproducing the same outcome.

I suspect our entire almost 40 trillion dollar national debt is due to fraud. I actually suspect the amount stolen from us is way higher. We are being robbed blind and absolutely nothing is done about it

I see these "what if" posts. A lot. What is their purpose? Are they collecting advertising info or engagement attempts?

@JohnDen98975832 @iluminatibot The government can pass such laws as long as they don't violate the constitution.

@Erickschultz11 @iluminatibot Charity is a good thing, & to be encouraged, but it's the realm of Church, not State. It's all about separation of Church & State, right? There is no provision in the US Constitution for State charity.

@sciencegirl What about meta meta cognition? Or meta meta meat cognition? Or is there an end point

Metacognition, the ability to think about your own thinking, is considered the highest form of intelligence.

Fuck it. We don't need no artificial fertilizer. Farmers can use tons of natural organic fertilizer. Or. We have tons of oil. We can produce the artificial version. So Fuck it. People should now be aware of what a horrible threat to the planet Iran is. And not keep trying to appease them ... Sometimes ypu have to take a stand and not let a bully keep bullying people

NOBODY IS TELLING YOU HOW FUCKED THE FARMERS ARE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW. NOBODY IS TELLING YOU HOW FUCKED THE FARMERS ARE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW. The Agriculture Secretary just confirmed it publicly. 1 in 4 American farmers has NO fertilizer secured for spring planting. No fertilizer. No crops. No food. Farm bankruptcies are up 46% in 2025. 160,000 farms closed since 2017. Less than half of all farmers will even turn a profit this year. They're not struggling. They're being wiped out. And the media is busy covering everything else.

@SamaHoole Not only that. But a cow converts grass to edible food and drinkable milk. No need to synthetic versions.

Activist: "The water usage for beef is obscene. Thousands of litres per kilogram." Farmer: "That's rainfall." Activist: "What?" Farmer: "The figure includes all the rain that falls on the pasture. The cows drink from the stream. The rain falls whether there's a cow here or not." Activist: "It's still water consumption." Farmer: "Should I stop the rain falling on my field?" Activist: "Grow crops instead. More efficient." Farmer: "This is a 35-degree slope in the Welsh hills. Show me the crop." Activist: "Technology..." Farmer: "To make tractors climb mountains?" Activist: "There must be a solution." Farmer: "There is. It's called a cow." Activist: [checks phone]