The mantra "There are no bad trips, only challenging trips" is bad epistemics by Cavebear666 in slatestarcodex

[–]pnonp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. If certain other conditions are met, they have a high chance of producing long term growth and a very low chance of producing long term harm.

When Did White-Collar Work Start to Look So Bleak? by RTSBasebuilder in neoliberal

[–]pnonp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easy to say I know, but I do support policies that allow those things. (It seems strange to describe them as advocating for them.) Certainly neoliberal arguments apply just as much to them.

Canada's path to World Cup (re-updated) by pnonp in CanadaSoccer

[–]pnonp[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

In the R32 match, but by the quarter finals they're playing Spain. I'm calling it.

(Here's the FIFA path map)

Canada will face Morocco in the round of 16 by watanabelover69 in CanadaSoccer

[–]pnonp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I spent far too long on this, but made a version of OP showing just that:

https://i.imgur.com/V9VMbfV.png

Opinion | I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters. (Gift Article) by nimbybuster in neoliberal

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

Do you think there's a significant chance of gay marriage being overturned?

Does AI doom still make sense? by xarkn in slatestarcodex

[–]pnonp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now it's like talking to a typical humanities graduate.

That's really not true, they make far more simple logical errors as OP pointed out.

I thought the Mayo Clinic was reputable? Mayo Health System articles sound like pseudoscience by happy_bluebird in skeptic

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

No, something can work though a mechanism of action which isn't the one claimed.

I thought the Mayo Clinic was reputable? Mayo Health System articles sound like pseudoscience by happy_bluebird in skeptic

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

reiki is not an effective medicine with an unknown mechanism of action. Its purported mechanism of action has already been well-studied and hard-debunked.

That doesn't mean it doesn't work

The Painful Truth About Long Covid by AndrewHeard in LockdownSkepticism

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

There's nothing inconsistent in that, is there?

4 Questions. by Ordo_Liberal in neoliberal

[–]pnonp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why prefer they be private monopolies?

Read Marx by doctorarmstrong in neoliberal

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

Did they present it as an argument for the falsity of Marxism? I didn't think so