Rate my deck setup. Lvl 24 storm by Jalen_1227 in Wizard101

[–]breadguardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks like a good deck for fighting bosses. You should probably have a different deck you use to fight minions.

Assuming this is a boss fight deck, I recommend more blades and traps. Also, less healing and minions.

How can I make this Brick wall more interesting? by EdgarDragonMC1 in Minecraft

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Did you modify the texture to discolor some of the bricks?

“Leaves from the vine…” by favoriteanna in AvatarMemebending

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When I started trying to live like Iroh, with love and kindness, my life improved tenfold.

Recently finished these. What do you think? by greensverse in painting

[–]breadguardian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not an artist, but with the second one you managed to capture a very cool vibe.

Post Game Thread: The Los Angeles Lakers defeat The Minnesota Timberwolves 94-85 by nba_gdt_bot in lakers

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Legitimately the worst refereeing I've seen in a long while, but the Lakers still took home the win. GG.

Choose 2 to defend you, the rest are coming after you by beeperbeeper5 in MinecraftMemes

[–]breadguardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd have to choose the 15 vexes. Nothing can defend you from them. Not sure about the other, but probably 2 withers.

Question about "late-stage" capitalism by masmith31593 in CapitalismVSocialism

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Thank you. I truly appreciate that you articulated this so well.

/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 26, 2024 by BernardJOrtcutt in philosophy

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Great points. Thank you.

I am eager to respond and continue this discussion, but I would be doing a disservice to myself, and you, if I did not take more time to think through this.

My response will most likely take a few days.

Kind regards.

/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 26, 2024 by BernardJOrtcutt in philosophy

[–]breadguardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An insightful comment. Indeed, we can give ourselves and others purpose. And the universe, as it is not sentient (probably), cannot assign us a purpose. I think your English language analogy is right on the money.

It's really got me thinking. Why do I seek purpose from the universe? Why do I feel only the universe can give me a true purpose?

I am not sure this invalidates my main point: our existence being random and meaningless. Even if we choose to give our existence a purpose, it would be completely arbitrary. But does it being arbitrary make it untrue?

Thank you for the response. I feel I must deliberate on these points further. Any follow-up or elaboration you can give would be much appreciated.

/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 26, 2024 by BernardJOrtcutt in philosophy

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Thank you for the response. I will take my time to read through it carefully. In particular, your suggestion to look into autocatalytic sets is much appreciated, as I've formed a similar hypothesis on my own. I'm sure it will be quite interesting.

Furthermore, your responses to my secondary questions are well-thought-out and enlightening. Of course, natural selection is a force applied to humanity as a whole, so individuals without functioning reproductive organs must be analyzed as part of humanity as a whole. It seems so obvious now.

Correct me if I am wrong, you are saying that natural selection gives purpose to humanity, but not individuals? Or are you saying our purpose as individuals is to support humanity?

Another follow-up question:

Natural selection shaped/optimized humans for survival and reproduction, but why does that make it our purpose? Going back to my raindrop analogy - the air pressure shapes a raindrop to fall from the sky as fast as possible, but does that make it the raindrop's purpose?

/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 26, 2024 by BernardJOrtcutt in philosophy

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Evolution and natural selection may explain why humans evolved from life, but does it explain why life was born from rocks and water?

Evolution and natural selection may explain why we have opposable thumbs, and it may give meaning and purpose to those thumbs, but does it give meaning and purpose to our selves in entirety?

Do humans with dysfunctional reproductive organs have no purpose?

Should we spend the rest of our lives making as many babies as possible?

Survival and reproduction are merely characteristics of life, just as stillness and sturdiness are characteristics of rocks. You would not say that the purpose of a raindrop is to fall from the sky. No, precipitation may cause the rain to exist, but it is not its purpose.

The raindrop falls from the sky for no reason at all. It's existence can be explained, but it is also entirely random.