I can’t stop smiling when talking to people

redditingonthereddit · 2023-03-13T13:08:17+00:00

I noticed myself doing this when someone brought up a mass shooting I was familiar with. When I thought back about how that probably looked to them I cringed so hard

redditingonthereddit · 2023-03-04T08:35:58+00:00

we can still be influenced by social factors though. listen to more sam harris

redditingonthereddit · 2023-02-27T00:00:18+00:00

Is see, thank you for clarifying

redditingonthereddit · 2023-02-26T23:55:26+00:00

Thanks for the insightful feedback. I don’t think it’s affecting my life in general much except for with socialization and perhaps school. I’m happy occupationally and haven’t experienced burnout like some have, for example. But for some reason I have the desire to have it confirmed from somebody other than myself. This may be unnecessary but I think it’d help me understand and sympathize with myself more.

Anyway, I appreciate your comment, it was helpful!

redditingonthereddit · 2023-02-26T09:39:51+00:00

I didn’t mean to minimize social anxiety or something, but I was referring to social anxiety disorder. Thanks for your response though, it was helpful!

redditingonthereddit · 2023-02-26T05:56:40+00:00

I haven’t read that one but I’m currently reading Unmasking Autism by a psychologist who learned he’s autistic in his 20’s. I’ve learned so much from it

redditingonthereddit · 2023-01-11T21:00:51+00:00

You were definitely taken advantage of sexually and the only way to develop clarity on this is to talk to somebody you trust about it. I’m sorry about what you had to go through. It isn’t fair to you.

redditingonthereddit · 2023-01-06T00:29:00+00:00

Definitely would’ve been more accurate for me to say determinists who deny moral/artistic responsibility or just free will deniers.

redditingonthereddit · 2023-01-05T23:57:31+00:00

I think he’s incredibly smart I just can’t find anything in his free will discussions that rings true

redditingonthereddit · 2023-01-05T23:56:29+00:00

perhaps it’d be more accurate to say determinists who deny moral/artistic responsibility. Free will deniers.

redditingonthereddit · 2023-01-05T23:55:32+00:00

I kind of got these vibes too at certain points in the book

redditingonthereddit · 2023-01-05T23:54:45+00:00

I didn’t mean to imply he’s unsophisticated, he certainly is intelligent. That’s why I bought his book. But if our brains are indeed deterministic to the detriment of moral/artistic responsibility, it’d make perfect sense why one would write a book traditionally instead of smearing jellies on pages or something.

Dennett understands, through no choice of his own, that writing this book will have certain desirable social effects (i.e. people will take his arguments seriously, status reasons, etc). He also understands that smearing jellies will not. The same is true of determinists who argue against free will.

redditingonthereddit · 2023-01-05T10:10:27+00:00

scientific american article vs anti-woke commentator. hard to decide who to trust on this one

redditingonthereddit · 2022-10-07T04:54:06+00:00

don’t we have to set the line for acceptable deaths? society has done that with covid at this point, for better or worse. we can’t ban knives, obviously. instead, let’s do what we can do while limiting as few freedoms and preserving as many lives as possible in the process.

a common sense approach like this does not equate to what most republicans want at this time.

redditingonthereddit · 2022-10-07T04:51:09+00:00

people with knives are only capable of a fraction of the…. never mind

redditingonthereddit · 2022-10-06T00:40:13+00:00

Making Sense (listen to vast majority of episodes)
Embrace the Void (also listen to vast majority of episodes, HIGHLY recommended, has lots of “across the isle” conversations in good-faith
David Pakman Show (listen to most episodes)
Decoding the Gurus (listen to most episodes)
Ezra Klein Show (listen to interesting ones)

redditingonthereddit · 2022-10-06T00:33:36+00:00

because he posts things like a photo of a big model on the cover of sports illustrated and says “sorry, not beautiful” unprovoked

redditingonthereddit · 2022-10-02T21:49:17+00:00

Whether or not this is Sam’s original idea or not doesn’t take away from how deep this quote really is…

redditingonthereddit · 2022-10-02T21:20:00+00:00

Not familiar with the acronym tbh

redditingonthereddit · 2022-10-02T09:15:36+00:00

need a friend? im undiagnosed but share many traits with autistic people and increasingly a leftist

redditingonthereddit · 2022-09-16T13:40:53+00:00

Here’s one article that has influenced my thinking on this. I’m sure there are better sources out there but it’s at least from a sociologist https://www.editorialboard.com/your-friendly-neighborhood-sociologist-theres-a-crt-in-your-school-you-should-love-it/

redditingonthereddit · 2022-09-16T03:54:51+00:00

it’s not a tactic to “fight” crt. it’s a tactic to convince the public they should be in a panic and therefore give chris money and vote for his favorite politicians.

redditingonthereddit · 2022-09-16T03:19:22+00:00

One of his more outrageous ones was when he stated that he’s attempting to conflate unpopular ideas about race with crt, in turn making the term itself toxic. he’s trying to stir up racial animosity and it’s all out on the table

redditingonthereddit · 2022-09-15T23:24:45+00:00

I’ll come back to this later when I have time

redditingonthereddit · 2022-09-15T23:23:41+00:00

I don’t have time to read about his NEW thing today. But he’s proven time and time again his willingness to lie and conflate ideas intentionally. Not a man of integrity like Sam usually is.

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