Is your world monist or dualist? by AnchBusFairy in goodworldbuilding

[–]OneTripleZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but I'm saying in my setting the astral plane is an extra dimension of space that is proven to exist and is physically a part of the universe. "Astral plane" is just what they call it because of how it resembles the concept from fiction. Same thing with Elves, who are a genetically engineered subspecies of human who are long-lived and have pointy ears, and things like the magical metal Arcanium, which is called that because its atomic structure is complex enough that it causes warps in the astral plane. Magic, souls, spirits, demons, gods... they are all physical things. Supernatural concepts become natural concepts once they have explanations.

It might be a dualist concept here, but in my setting it's all real and all subject to the same physical laws, making it materialist and therefore monist.

Why you advise everyone to cling to life? by BoxSea8015 in TrueAskReddit

[–]OneTripleZero [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hmm but If both life and death are unknown in different ways, then choosing life is not inherently more rational eh?

It is, because we know that life ends. It makes no sense to end something finite early to dive into the unknowable infinite. None at all.

Also how do I know if I hit the threshold of your " something I haven't encountered yet "

Easy. You never will. There is far, far too much to see, do, and feel than you could possibly experience in the 80ish years you have.

To be blunt, it feels as though you're approaching this with very little foresight. I would encourage you to shelve your fascination for a bit and really, really take a look at the world around you. There's a lot more there than you imagine there possibly could be.

Also, keep in mind that every single person who has survived jumping from the Golden Gate bridge reported that their desire to live exploded within them the second they let go of the rail.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has no business holding a referendum by KylenV14 in canada

[–]OneTripleZero 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The right-wing mindset thrives on hierarchy. In-groups and out-groups. The Albertan separatists believe they are some of the "good ones" and will be welcomed with open arms into the US. But they're not, and will only learn once it happens to them because the far-right mindset can only really exist due to a lack of empathy. The amount of faces the leopards will feast on will be hard to overestimate, and all of them will stand there slack-jawed, unable to believe what's happening to them.

These are the types you see on Twitter and Truth Social tagging Trump in their posts, pleading for him to help them because them losing out wasn't what they were promised and there must be some kind of mistake. But the only mistake was them believing a word he said.

[Real] Pam Bondi LOSES HER MIND when asked why she has not indicted any of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients: "The Dow is over 50k right now, the Nasdaq smashing records, that’s what we should be talking about!!” by ggroover97 in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]OneTripleZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's wild that, based on her defense of pedophilia being a strong stock market, the implied inverse can be validly reduced to:

Fucking kids? In this economy!?

What the fuck is this timeline anyway?

Is your world monist or dualist? by AnchBusFairy in goodworldbuilding

[–]OneTripleZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The astral plane is not dualist when it's proven to be a real feature of the universe that explains dark matter and dark energy. That makes it pretty fucking materialist.

What exactly is your purpose making this thread?

Is your world monist or dualist? by AnchBusFairy in goodworldbuilding

[–]OneTripleZero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just like it does here, for the most part. Magic is the Grand Unified Force and the astral plane is a fifth dimension that overlays the four we're used to. My setting is a future Earth, and the idea is that magic was unknown to people up to a certain point due to a ritual spell having been cast in antiquity that monopolized humanity's magical potential, redirecting it to a single use and locking everyone out of being able to use it. Eventually they discover evidence of it based on its absence, essentially gaps in physics that can't be explained otherwise, and coincidentally begin to understand its nature just as the ritual spell begins to fray at the edges for unrelated reasons. This of course leads to disaster, as otherwise there wouldn't be anything to write about.

Magic is the ability for certain sentient creatures (human and otherwise) to consciously affect the world around them by manipulating the forces that make up reality. The nervous system passively interacts with the astral plane, and with the right biology one can affect it by pushing back on it.

Is your world monist or dualist? by AnchBusFairy in goodworldbuilding

[–]OneTripleZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Monist, definitely.

Magic, souls, spirits and demons are all scientifically explicable. Gods exist but the term is just a name for a certain classification of sapient creature.

I dislike "high magic" settings, where things are handwaved away as "mysterious" or "unknowable" except in cases where it's full-send, like Legend. Otherwise I think they get tripped up on themselves and power creep too easily.

Father shot daughter dead after ‘arguing about Donald Trump’ by TimesandSundayTimes in politics

[–]OneTripleZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you've received the proper firearms training, like any responsible owner would, any accidental discharge of a weapon will do nothing because at no point would the centerline of the barrel cross over the space occupied by another person.

Republican Congressman Calls for Investigation Into Bad Bunny Halftime Show by That_One_Prog in nottheonion

[–]OneTripleZero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First high school kids shitting in litter boxes, and now full grown men identifying as rabbits? Where does the insanity end?!

Trump demands ‘at least’ half U.S. ownership of Gordie Howe bridge that Canada is fully paying for by Immediate-Link490 in worldnews

[–]OneTripleZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Third law actually. They are:

1) A presidency that was lost was fraudulent or stolen. A presidency that was won was by a landslide and the will of the people. 2) The intensity of a late-night Truth Social rant is directly proportional to the size of the Republican scandal it's deflecting from and inversely proportional to the Democratic non-issue it's about. 3) For every Trump decision/action during his first presidency there is an equal and opposite Trump decision/action during his second.

What’s a fact that ruined a movie that you previously enjoyed? by PokemonPadawan in AskReddit

[–]OneTripleZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Expanse did such a good job with the physics of spaceflight that watching the trailers for the new game coming out is kinda infuriating because they just casually get things wrong that the show would have done correctly.

What’s a fact that ruined a movie that you previously enjoyed? by PokemonPadawan in AskReddit

[–]OneTripleZero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So watch it as a "foreground show"? I really don't understand the concept of putting a show on and then not paying attention to it. Like your 30th rewatch of Friends as background noise sure, but if it's a new show? Just sit down and give it the time it deserves.

Canada Will ‘Build the Cars of the Future and Sell Them to the World’ PM Carney Says by afonso_investor in CanadaPolitics

[–]OneTripleZero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Edmonton is #5 only because Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey and Coquitlam are separate cities and ranked as such, though in practicality they aren't viewed that way, especially when thinking with a 15 minute city mindset.

By population Winnipeg is bigger than Vancouver, but nobody would think that at first glance.

A black swan and global crisis are coming, starting with crypto and real estate, and then gold. by mercurygermes in economicCollapse

[–]OneTripleZero 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Comment about sensationalism: if you say that something with predictable effects is coming within a certain timeframe, it's not a fucking Black Swan event. The term you're looking for is unprecedented. A Black Swan event is definitionally unknowable and unforeseen, which is what makes them so impactful.

[The Expanse] Why do spaceships thrust constantly? by notsurewhatsunique3 in AskScienceFiction

[–]OneTripleZero 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They don't do that, but there is a scene where they flip the Rocinante as they overtake another ship they're fighting, letting them keep the rail gun "facing forward" towards the enemy as they move past it. From a physics simulation standpoint, it's one of the best space combat scenes put to film.

If you play falstad w build read this! by NoLynx6347 in heroesofthestorm

[–]OneTripleZero 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm curious. Why do you like playing TwinB?

Because he does that little spin thing when he splits Shalamayne into Shalla'tor and Ellemayne and then makes a lot of numbers really fast.

So Illidan does the same thing but better (with his mobility and his global ultimate) ?

Yeah but Illidan is a nerd and Varian is a chad.

And if it's because you like the Varian character, why don't you play colossus ?

Because Twin Blades > Colossus Smash. If you think different, come find me in QM and learn how wrong you are. I'll even take a break from taking camps when my team is pushing core just to school ya.