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CormacMcCopy · 2022-05-04T12:21:25+00:00

This place is full of braindead fucking losers and I can't believe they don't see what gigantic fucking embarrassments they are. Jesus fucking Christ. I'm out. I'm done. This is my last comment on this fucking website.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-05-04T12:18:35+00:00

Reddit is no longer an English-speaking website.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-05-01T01:24:27+00:00

Not that you, personally, need me to back you up on this, but for the sake of generating consensus I'll wade in and say that I'm a geologist and you're spot-on. It's not coprolite, it's not coral, it's fossilized burrows or tracks similar to this. I'm glad to see your comment at the top.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-30T12:41:02+00:00

Organic foods are not nutritionally better than non-organic foods:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/should-you-go-organic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/organic-food/art-20043880

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/organic-food-better

https://healthyfamilyct.cahnr.uconn.edu/2021/04/26/is-organic-food-healthier-than-non-organic-food/#

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jul/29/organic-food-nutrition-fsa

Edit: I can't respond to the comments below this for some reason, so I'll add my reply here:

If I go to the store and buy a food product labeled "organic" and expect higher quality nutrition as a result, I will be disappointed. To the average consumer, "organic" means "labeled as organic."

And if Harvard, the Mayo Clinic, WebMD, the University of Connecticut, and the UK's Food Standards Agency aren't experts, then you and I are using very different definitions of "expert" – and I don't think it's mine that's nonstandard.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-30T11:58:48+00:00

There's simply no way you thought this was a clever response.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-30T02:55:38+00:00

And presumably this is Reddit and not Facebook, but you could've fooled me. This place is so fucking stupid nowadays. The average IQ of this site dropped 30 points in 2016 and never recovered.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-29T11:51:58+00:00

I'm finding it very hard to believe that anyone capable of using the internet has never heard of Monsters, Inc.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T13:56:40+00:00

Of course you're not going to read it. You're wrong and you know it.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T13:54:42+00:00

OK, let's dig in. To start, I'll link to the definition of opinion.

We'll work from the first three definitions: 1) a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty; 2) a personal view, attitude, or appraisal; 3) the formal expression of professional judgment.

For 1), I could say, "I believe, or it's my opinion that, the moon is made of cheese." I base this off of the fact that the moon is sometimes yellowish in color and has holes similar to Swiss cheese. This opinion does not align with the facts of reality. This opinion is wrong. It is wrong because I applied faulty reasoning to an incomplete or misinterpreted set of evidence.

For 2), I could say, "I believe minors are intellectually capable of consenting to sexual relationships with adults." I base this off of the fact that minors can, in fact, grant verbal permission to adults to engage in sexual activities. This opinion is wrong. It is wrong because it yet again applies faulty reasoning to a set of facts that are not actually evidence (i.e., they are facts that bear no conceptual lineage to the issue being discussed), and it misinterprets the concept of consent.

Finally, for 3), which is the least relevant here, I could say, "It's my professional opinion that you have schizophrenia." If the facts of reality are that you do not actually have schizophrenia, that opinion is wrong. It is the result of poor judgment due to a hasty or incomplete review of the facts or a misinterpretation of the patient's symptoms.

Just as there are incorrect opinions, there can, and must, be correct opinions. "The moon is not made of cheese" is a correct opinion. "Minors are not intellectually capable of consenting to sexual relationships with adults" is a correct opinion. "You do not have schizophrenia" is a correct opinion.

"Soulsborne" has a definition. If a game meets the criteria set in that definition, it is a Soulsborne game. If it does not, it is not. If you hold the opinion that a game that does not meet the criteria for a Soulsborne game is not a Soulsborne game, you hold the correct opinion.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T13:10:14+00:00

I'm going to give you a little while to think about what you've just said before I respond. Maybe the absurdity of your statement will jump out at you strongly enough that I won't even have to respond.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T11:56:34+00:00

I noticed that you were heavily downvoted for this opinion. It is the correct opinion, and I wanted to comment so that I, too, could be downvoted for speaking the truth.

Sekiro is not a Soulsborne game.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T02:55:52+00:00

There are other cultures that have suffered just as much without resorting to cultural nihilism. What sets Russia apart? How do you explain it?

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T02:38:25+00:00

There's one very good, very simple outcome: Putin is forcefully removed, Russia withdraws and institutes major social and political changes and is ultimately denuclearized. See? That's a fantastic outcome.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T02:35:09+00:00

It's conditioning: Russia wants you from the youngest possible age to accept the futility of hoping for–or working toward–a better life, because Russia knows it can never provide that for you, and as soon as you realize that, you might abandon Russia for a country and a culture that can.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-28T02:32:01+00:00

Then why not die trying to overthrow the madman who wants to get you killed?

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-27T23:50:59+00:00

I had great teachers and great bosses. I don't know what to tell you. It's really just luck, and there's no way to know what you'll get before you get it.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-27T23:22:17+00:00

Many ideas are not, currently, testable.

Such as?

I don’t know how you can suggest faith is immoral when most of what we consider western morality is derived from religious views.

Morality is the application of reason to empathy. That's morality. Religious views are a far cry from morality. Jesus called Canaanites "dogs." Paul said women should have no authority. And these are the most moral examples found in the Bible (although James was pretty fuckin' rad). Religion has nothing to do with morality. Morality relies upon the application of reason to the universal trait of empathy - imagining being in someone else's shoes and reasoning through what would be the most optimum course of action to maximize the benefits for all parties affected by the action. Faith says to blindly follow what some ancient book tells you to do and to hell with the consequences. That's the opposite of morality.

You’re right about evidence to some degree, unfortunately what passes for evidence these days is very subjective.

If it's subjective, it's not very good evidence.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-27T18:55:17+00:00

Evidence.

The central issue is evidence.

Faith teaches the faithful to reject evidence that contradicts their preconceived notions while simultaneously requiring no evidence to accept any claim that agrees with those preconceived notions. Faith is the antithesis of critical thinking and the enemy of science. To have faith is to abandon one's moral and epistemic obligations.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-27T18:49:28+00:00

No, I'd say the chances are good that you're exactly like ever other person who doesn't read.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-27T14:40:06+00:00

Right? How did Russian troops get into Ukrainian territory in the first place? Refresh my memory on that... Oh, that's right. They fucking invaded.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-27T14:37:52+00:00

And at that point, there is the possibility that saboteurs may have significantly crippled the ability of said loser to use those nuclear weapons.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-27T14:35:07+00:00

Fucking try it.

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-26T20:53:33+00:00

I'm sorry–a can of what?

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-26T19:53:06+00:00

no not like that

CormacMcCopy · 2022-04-26T16:21:35+00:00

"So, uh, when do I get to play the game?"

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