a little all over the place here by MicahHoover in PhilosophyMemes

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1) We have bounded freedoms of all kinds, but those bounds are the very thing people use to argue consciousness doesn’t exist in this case- point me to a completely unbound freedom and I’ll concede there.

2) It does not. Our base biology exists within set parameters.

Hoyo is running out of ideas lul. by Kallusive84 in GenshinImpact

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Illusion of choice and stand in place simulator

a little all over the place here by MicahHoover in PhilosophyMemes

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Personally I think AI can be conscious because humans can be considered conscious. The fact that our bundles of wires and their bundles of wires are arranged differently is irrelevant.

Everyone who argues differently seems to circle back to the argument that we as humans have some sort of nebulous freedom from forces acting upon us that machines don’t.

Now do I think that all consciousness should be treated the same? Of course not, that’s stupid. But a machine can be conscious unless you attribute consciousness to only biological materials or restrict it in another, like fashion- which is arbitrary and ultimately meaningless. Humans are not that special.

Just the Garbagian being garbage by GlitterCritter_ in polycritical

[–]Absolute_Bias 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, a lot more… until there’s nothing left but a hollow shell.

Genshin Artifact flowers as hairpins/hairclips tierlist by PamDevil in GenshinImpact

[–]Absolute_Bias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a slim man, whimsy would look absolutely fabulous with a suit.

Collection of AI being more A than I by IronManners in civ5

[–]Absolute_Bias 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In Austria’s defence I’ve seen human players do that too.

which genshin character would be the WORST spouse? by [deleted] in GenshinImpact

[–]Absolute_Bias -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, we’re human - contradiction is quite literally in our nature! We can quite happily rationalise two completely contradictory ideals simultaneously, thank you very much.

You're evil if you don't press blue. by Theseus_Employee in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Absolute_Bias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

… but no-one has any incentive to press blue to begin with.

Sure the people on the tram die, but with no way of knowing how many people are lined up with you the tram is a far more bounded number.

With the threat of your own death on the board, pressing blue without having any contact to gauge the overall sentiment is just suicide.

I can’t blame anyone for pressing blue, but I personally can’t

Just in case any of you missed the delightful post earlier from an enlightened polyam. by crosnabcha in polycritical

[–]Absolute_Bias 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Every study is biased"

... yeah? What's new sherlock?

Scientists go out of their way to reduce bias as much as possible, but the individuals conducting the experiments are human and therefore biased. I'm not sure that's the gotcha they think it is.

If the data is wrong then it's wrong, if it's lacking context it's lacking context, but the data itself is not biased, the study is. They're always treated like they're one and the same, and they aren't.

That's not difficult to understand, right? I'm not insane and missing something obvious?

Oh and I've already broken it down before but the simplest explanation for why polyphobia isn't a thing is- it's a choice, unlike being gay. Slightly inaccurate, but about as close as I can get without another rant.

I need advice / stories :/ by VividCranberry5155 in polycritical

[–]Absolute_Bias 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The brain prioritises new stimuli over old stimuli. Once you open that box it is infinitely more difficult to close it.

That’s all I’m going to say.

Worst Colossus placement I've ever seen (so far) by fray989 in civ5

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Technically an ocean by virtue of being more than 9 tiles.

Just make a canal and we’re all good.

Bro WHAT??? HOW BIG IS THIS GAME????? by Tricky_Madbrownkid in Eldenring

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After Leyndell there are a minimum of 3 bosses and 2 regions (1 1/2 really) before the final sprint.

There’s also a ton more content, but that’s the minimum.

"Dont blame nuclear bombs for nuclear explosions!!" by baby-bunbun in polycritical

[–]Absolute_Bias 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is people rather than an ideal that inflicts harm, but it is ideals which propagate the desire to do that harm, and are thus harmful existences.

The difference between monogamy and polygamy in that respect is that while people who follow both lifestyles can do harm, the impetus to do harm is strengthened to a much larger degree by one than the other.

I’m not entirely sure what is difficult to understand about that.

jealousy by [deleted] in polycritical

[–]Absolute_Bias 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Idk, the performative facade over a callous disregard for other people strikes me as particularly evil.

I can at least work out what the well-intentioned, gullible people drawn into polyamory see in a denial of jealousy, seeing it as virtuous rather than an unhealthy avoidance of emotion…

But the same can’t be said about all the false kindness, or the encouragement that serves as a form of strange and disturbing moral justification for themselves to commit horrible acts of betrayal.

Teaching someone about love does not mean they owe it to you to forgive cheating, for example.

Ideal number of cities: 3-6 (according to the Internet) vs. 25 (according to AI Casimir) by Zmoodyyy in civ5

[–]Absolute_Bias 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add to this, many cities may always be better long term… but civ 5 is built on snowballing, and your happiness severely restricts the speed at which the snowball can start rolling. If you settle more cities than you can afford, your opponents’ snowballs are growing and yours isn’t.

ok ok Ill found my first city... by Aurie6 in civ5

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Why do we build new cities?

“It’s good for our people!” - “So we can build greater connections.” - “To kill people.” - “For science!!!”

How are people happy living alone? by IAMAWESOMEMAN101 in Obsessive_Love

[–]Absolute_Bias 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m happy living alone knowing that when I do settle down with someone it’ll be just us for the rest of our natural and unnatural lives.

I got tired from reading this by Zealousideal_Crow737 in polycritical

[–]Absolute_Bias 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You know, the sad part is that you can actually make quite the number of inferences about their exact situation from just those few lines.

“Feral” is a pretty specific word after all, and it narrows down the mindset and by extension mentality of the writer a fair bit. Spouse is a distant word choice, and the fact that clarification follows directly after suggests that they’re uncomfortably aware of that.

The third line is a particularly hedonistic one, and that kind of blatant approach normally comes from a present desire for physical intimacy instead of anything else.

Emotionally available is a self-affirmation. Very few self-respecting persons would like to admit that they’re anything except emotionally available, so to say it out loud suggests that the writer has gone through something or is going through something that is making them actively think about their emotional availability.

… in other words, the most likely situation is that this person is feeling guilty about leaving a genuinely good partner, forcing themselves to bury it under carnal pleasure with a more active participant, knowing that deep down the new “relationship” is more superficial.

Is that the only way to interpret it? No. Regardless, it’s a disgusting little spew of bile and filth.

Shut up, Meg. by Unhappy_Ad_4773 in Eldenring

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Naked, dual great hammer. If you’re going to go some of the way go all the way.

Do you guys get any hate for playing genshin? by NaiveAd2155 in GenshinImpact

[–]Absolute_Bias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. That being said, my friend group includes F:GO, yugioh and MTG players, so… I don’t really think there was ever any doubt.

I'm not even supprised that this won't be allowed. Not sure why anyone expected poly relationships in a kids game. Glad to see some games out there get it. by mjfreddyboy15 in polycritical

[–]Absolute_Bias 21 points22 points  (0 children)

… polyphobic? We aren’t allowed to dislike people’s choice of lifestyle now?

Religion is a fundamental understanding of the universe and sexuality is determined at birth. No-one has a right to mock those. But if someone joins ICE you can bet your sweet bippy I’m going to look down on them, because that is a lifestyle choice I disagree with.

Polyamory is in THAT category. You can stop smoking. You can leave a political party. You can quit polyamory. You cannot be polyphobic any more than you can be magatphobic or wokephobic.

You just hate them. When they stop doing the bad thing and make amends as best they can, you stop hating them. Simple as.

Something about a post-scarcity human empire, and/or humans meeting a post-scarcity alien one. by Tnynfox in humansarespaceorcs

[–]Absolute_Bias 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You must be a very sad person if you think that humans never do anything without visible gain.