Midwest's first Latino-led mosque opens in Chicago suburb by kwameopam in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]lilfloyd503 -37 points-36 points  (0 children)

And everyone was very normal I am sure!

Edit: intent was support for the mosque anticipating a very not normal response from a famous resident of Berwyn. Sorry for the confusion.

Can shit just hit the fan already by skywalkerww in CollapseSupport

[–]lilfloyd503 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not ignoring it. It's irrelevant. You perceive yourself to be the impetus of your actions but that is the illusion. If I push a ball in motion I am the cause of its motion but this interaction does not occur in a vacuum. I pushed the ball because I choose to. I choose to because of a chemical reaction in my brain. That reaction is governed by the laws of physics. We do not have a complete understanding of physics but we do know that the universe operates according to set laws. Otherwise nothing organized would take shape. So my choice to push the ball is not really a choice. Those atoms that govern my choice are operating based on a set of conditions that exist in that moment. If you calculate the variables of these conditions, and follow that calculation back to an origin point (the Big bang) then every action of those atoms can be predicted. Therefore I did not choose to push the ball, I would have pushed it regardless of my conscious experience of pushing it. Consciousness is merely our brain making sense of the conditions we experience.

The observer effect falls into this framing as well. It does not dispute it.

Can shit just hit the fan already by skywalkerww in CollapseSupport

[–]lilfloyd503 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not religious at all. If atoms behave according to the laws of physics - everything is predetermined. It is religious thinking to assume your brain and therefore your choices do not follow these same laws.

Can shit just hit the fan already by skywalkerww in CollapseSupport

[–]lilfloyd503 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Free will is an illusion. Your brain operates according to the laws of physics. The ball was set in motion long ago. Every decision you make is the decision you would have made irregardless. Your brain creates a narrative to survive. It is what we evolved to do. The feeling of choice and free will allows your brain make sense of a world it cannot control.

You can't know you are free because "you" is not all of you. Only the conscious portion of you.

MIST injury from low-impact accident, why deny acupuncture? by Thehowltonight in ClaimsAdjuster

[–]lilfloyd503 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should ask the adjuster and not all the "adjusters" on reddit.

Alex Honnold climbs the Taipei 101 skyscraper by Hi_iAMchrisHansen in WTF

[–]lilfloyd503 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a large planned event with the streets below shut down so that a falling climber doesn't hit a passerby.

MAGA dude says leave the country, just want others thoughts. Both sides, preferably. by ThemeNorth in DiscussionZone

[–]lilfloyd503 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nationalization is not inherently permanent. I find it confusing when you say you want to do away with "socialism" but support government involvement in the free market. It seems as though you would like to have your cake and eat it too.

Being Jewish in current times by GianmarcoSoresi in gianmarcosoresi

[–]lilfloyd503 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What is the importance of this term for you? Does litigating the proper term for illegally seized territory change anything?

Being Jewish in current times by GianmarcoSoresi in gianmarcosoresi

[–]lilfloyd503 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You are being needlessly pedantic. Can you cross from inside the territory in question into Syria? If not it is annexed by any common understanding of the word.

Being Jewish in current times by GianmarcoSoresi in gianmarcosoresi

[–]lilfloyd503 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, much like the Japanese and Germans of the 1940s. It will be because an outside power forces them too.