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@axiochrono >destroys your country as job just so he can get paid a good salary, got by manipulating people into believing his lies
Why do people dislike these people?
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I must admit I don't really understand why British people seem to unanimously agree that being a "career politician" is a bad thing. Being a politician is a job like any other. You couldn't just drop Jeff from the local pub into parliament and expect him to do a good job.
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@BovrilG My most charitable reconstruction of Boomers goes like this: they mistakenly believe theyve got to the top in a free system, & rightly identify a lot of leftist people wanting to redistribute their money. Realizing theyre beneficiaries of unfree UK is too much for their old souls
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I’ve been trying to be more understanding to Boomers over the last few days so I feel I’ve earned the right to say this to them.
You are an electoral bloc whose power peaked in the late 2010s and will start to decline more and more precipitously as the oldest Boomers start to die off. Being asset-rich and cash-poor, you are INCREDIBLY vulnerable to a confiscatory government. Unless you can build some sort of working social contract for younger people, you will almost certainly spend the last decade of your life in a cheerless State care home being occasionally slapped around by surly West African carers.
Rosie@rosie_eats
The replies to this show us why the British right is doomed. Complete inability to show empathy or solidarity with young people. Almost makes me want to vote green!
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@SamBuntz How do I know I know what things mean as opposed to merely the syntax?
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Why is this so hard for people to understand? I've made this point to tech bros on various occasions, and it does nothing to sway them. They tune it out or do a bunch of handwaving.
Big Brain Philosophy@BigBrainPhiloso
John Searle: "The computer has syntax, not semantics." It can rearrange symbols perfectly. It has no idea what they mean.
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@GillibertLuc @SamBuntz Based, surprisingly Anglo Instincts given your name. I'm impressed.
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@SamBuntz Because it is an empty sophism without any predictive power. It sounds nice, but you can't use it for predicting anything about the actual capacities of LLMs.
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@GillibertLuc @SamBuntz Philosophy isn't about problem-solving or "doing something with it in real life" only.
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@gmiller No, I think this leaves the most important part out. It’s like saying we can only know what a toaster is by its relation to other words - “toast,” “bread,” “electricity,” etc. But you actually learn what a toaster is by making some toast. That’s the semantic key.
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@kunley_drukpa Nick Land had a post where he says what matters is the highest welfare, not the average welfare. Likewise, what matters is the country with the whitest whites, not the country with the highest whiteness.
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Uruguay is Whiter than Britain
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URUGUAY PLAN Stardate 2066: If the Uruguay Plan has been engaged then it may already be too late for Britain. Britain has been overrun by Third World Mole People. But it is not over. In 2023, a secret contingency plan to settle Uruguay with Saxon stock to develop a New Britain…
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Dear philosophy friends: I'm toying with the idea of completely overhauling my Philosophy and Popular Culture syllabus. Could you recommend me pairings of good films and philosophical classics that you think would go well together?
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@visakanv Even if everyone agreed that x was beautiful, that would determine that it wasn't subjective...
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there's a widespread pretense that beauty in architecture is subjective
people drop this pretense when it's time to take wedding photos
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@rosie_eats after reading the v intelligent responses from our old friends in the replies, frankly I think your nan should be getting at least double your income
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@shylockh Because it's an annoying, long process that demands your time, with possible kids who decide to contact you--which, may I add, may not go down well with your future gf/wife
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The lack of interest in sperm donation is a truly bizarre mistake from an evolutionary perspective. Genetic million dollar briefcases of cash sitting on the sidewalk, and almost no men pick them up because "it's weird" or "it might lead to an awkward conversation in 20 years".
Daniel@VoteLewko
"She said she was told she could only choose from six local options in NSW and they were all of Asian heritage."
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@PeckingOrder03 Quite frankly, I consider anyone to the East of Bristol or North of Cambridge at least vaguely ethnic
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@ACDAFC Oxbridge needs to be more selective, not fewer Oxbridge politicians is the truth of the matter
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We need more Oxbridge educated politicians not fewer.
Philippe-Antoine Hoyeck@PAHoyeck
What's everyone's most elitist opinion?
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@BovrilG im hearing women like stairs they could have plausibly fallen down
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“I DON’T WANT TO HAVE SEX IN A BEIGE CARPET BUNGALOW”
Dani@manlikedani
Middle class people homes are not sexy! Only RICH and RATCHET homes are SEXY! I DON’T WANT TO HAVE SEX IN A BEIGE CARPET BUNGALOW. The bed remind me of my secondary school friend’s parents bed!!
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@BovrilG African leftist leaders will really be like “We must choose between champagne for a few or drinking water for all” and then choose (in a brazen way I kinda respect) Champagne For a Few.
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African leftist leaders will really be like "you believe in providing champagne for a few? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, providing drinking water for all" and then not provide drinking water for all
Antifa_Ultras@ultras_antifaa
“We must choose between champagne for a few or drinking water for all.” — Thomas Sankara
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@emergenteffects What proportion do you think? How much is due to demographic replacement via emigration/fertility rates of adventurous Anglos? How much is due to ethnic replacement now 1/4 of pop.? How much is due to ageing population? I think this would account for at least 50% of the story
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@ModescellarA While this is important, I don’t actually think this is the story here. There has been a bit of a crushing of the adventurous Anglo spirit and the introduction of tall poppy syndrome since the Attlee regime. This has only solidified over time.
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We produced Francis Drake, Robert Clive, James Cook, and David Livingstone. Now a quarter of the population wouldn’t even visit the Moon if offered. The mentality shift we’ve undergone in the last 80 years has been profound and must be reversed.
YouGov@YouGov
Among the half of Britons who say they would turn down an opportunity to visit the Moon, a simple lack of interest is the most common reason to not want to go Not interested: 23% No point: 8% Reject idea of safe return: 8% Would be scared or anxious: 7% Nothing to do: 6% Too old: 6% Places on Earth I want to visit first: 5% Happy on Earth: 4% Claustrophobic: 3% Would damage environment: 3% Waste of money: 3% Fear of flying/heights: 3% Health issues: 3% yougov.com/en-gb/articles…
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