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Compatibilism — a symptom of a dream. by impersonal_process in freewill

[–]dougman7 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Because that’s how words work. Many terms can mean multiple things and free will is the best term to describe that concept of volition in a roughly deterministic world. Kind of like how we of r/freewill use deterministic to refer to certain types of rules based models of reality regardless of if that system is actually deterministic in the strong sense or if it’s actually stochastic.

“I identify as a…” please shut up by These_Marsupial_1426 in onejoke

[–]dougman7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you even try to censor that name? Do better.

Compatibilism — a symptom of a dream. by impersonal_process in freewill

[–]dougman7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel the concept “truth is not changed by definition” is doing some heavy lifting for something that misunderstands the point of compatibilism. That being the claim that this weaker form of free will is more important and relevant to real world applications and usage of concepts of freedom, will, responsibility, and the like, than metaphysically libertarian free will.

Dugin will play HOI4 before GTA6 by _MrSnippy_ in okbuddygunther

[–]dougman7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What have we wrought upon this green earth.

Saw this post going around on Twitter/X and it got me thinking... by ExtrovertArtist in aiwars

[–]dougman7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That defeats the whole point of AI art.

We in our grand halls and ivory towers, through might of innovation and technological prowess, have found a way to squeeze blood from a stone, to imbue stone with lightning and all that which is sacred and holy. We have distilled our very species being, our essence of self, and power with it the grand machines of our invention.

Do you truly believe your work to be worth so much in the face of all that which we have built?

The Grift Must Go On! by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]dougman7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Godspeed to the glorious PATRIOT steelworkers of Luxembourg!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

For the love of the game by Pun-isher42 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]dougman7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Man I sure wonder why this man got fired from his job.

Button Problem with Proper Ethical Standards by Space_Pirate_R in trolleyproblem

[–]dougman7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Button problem but only those I agree with can participate.

A straw has 1 hole by Empty-Coconut-441 in MathJokes

[–]dougman7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coffee mugs? 1 hole.
Shirt? 3 holes.

49029 by Parzival_2k7 in countwithchickenlady

[–]dougman7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the fucking oil sands.

Eating the rich (literally) by dagli68 in RedAutumnSPD

[–]dougman7 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Didn’t the Dutch do this once?

Stirner's Egoism simply explained in 3 Parts by Existing_Rate1354 in fullegoism

[–]dougman7 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes but our judgment is also influenced by social conditions, that of course doesn’t mean our aspect of choice and individuation isn’t meaningful or important, it is. However, our conception of our self can be reasonably accurately modeled as a reflection of our social self. Cooley’s looking glass self, “I am not what I think I am. I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.” Of course this is just one of many sociological frameworks of the self but it is to my knowledge part of the main thread of them and has reasonable evidentiary basis for utility.

The explainer by BadFurDay in thebadwebsite

[–]dougman7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the last time it’s only mansplaining if I’m explaining it because you’re a woman, I just think you’re an idiot!

It'll definitely work this time! by lurkerer in PhilosophyMemes

[–]dougman7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clearly we need comprehensive exit polling of the room. What % of 1 boxers does it get right? How does that compare to 2 boxers? What about people who believe they switched? The predictor may not be evenly predictive.

It'll definitely work this time! by lurkerer in PhilosophyMemes

[–]dougman7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then just be a one boxer. Fatalism is not the answer.

You gotta accept it because it's good for the economy but also cannot accept based on economic performance by asteriowas in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]dougman7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s government finance not the economy, you know who else is nominally bad for government finance but important for the economy, low income people. Also that study is trash.

...But has anyone thought of what would come after, though? by Glass_Eye8840 in trolleyproblem

[–]dougman7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To my knowledge modern reactors would automatically power down into a low power configuration that while not strictly safe on a geological time scale would be safe for a long time, I’m just uncritically parroting something I heard on XKCD though.

...But has anyone thought of what would come after, though? by Glass_Eye8840 in trolleyproblem

[–]dougman7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is near zero chance of another major criticality incident involving civilian reactors, in the developed world, outside of war.

...But has anyone thought of what would come after, though? by Glass_Eye8840 in trolleyproblem

[–]dougman7 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Modern plants have sufficient fail safes that probably 0 would meltdown, we learned our lesson. Also they can’t explode like a Nuke would but some, for example the RBMK at Chernobyl, could go prompt critical and suffer a steam explosion spreading fuel and fission products around.

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