And we can’t other the Oligarchy.

Why is populism bad exactly? Switzerland is populist to its core and it does very well. Why is it a good thing that our government in the US no matter what party they are in failing to do things all American want a good thing?

Like when elderly widows blindly trust someone to manage their money and the next thing you know they’re savings are gone.

Me too. Especially if the point is worth discussing.

Wait so you’re saying that there is almost certainly hidden variables? Because every experiment so far has failed to reveal any hidden variables and it really does appear that particular states really do randomly fall within a probability distribution. So yes the past and state of the universe does limit the possible future states but only within the probability distribution.

It’s good that we live in a probabilistic universe, id hate to live in a universe where your fate is sealed before it even happens

I was being sarcastic both with the glasses joke and the deterministic worldview of the glasses man.

Oh I know. Was both poking fun at the glasses and the deterministic view most people who argue against free will hold (and yes I am aware free will could be an illusion in a probabilistic universe as well)

Free will or not. I still think we should punish people who do bad things. Also the very concept of “now we can forgive those who do bad things” seems like a decision to me.

I personally am 50/50 on whether free will is real or not. Since QM means there is no determinism in the universe there is a possibility that conscious beings could have some influence over the probabilities. Not saying that is the case but it’s not 100% case closed on free will. If the universe was completely deterministic then yes, but the universe is inherently random

Well I guess moping around feeling powerless about not being in control of your life or decisions is ultimately something you do not have a say in. I am just glad my non free will is set up in a way that I can still “make” choices.

Every sub atomic particle interaction since the Big Bang has predetermined that not only would someone design those glasses, but someone would buy it and wear it just to tell you he had no say in the matter, it wad preordained by the forces of the universe.

Alpha brain

$200: “this headline is designed to piss you off for click through ad revenue”

100% happens on Reddit and it’s worse than Twitter in that regard. Post an article on FOIA release about gain of function funding post gets removed, mainstream publications alluding to Lab Leak removed.

Honestly I support the vaccines so I don’t like disinformation regarding them. But when it comes to the origins of Covid I hate the censorship

Labor is insignificant when it comes to the costs associated with chip production.

It’s less his technical ability that I question, it’s his advice for designing maintainable code bases. How can someone who has not worked on large code bases or large teams have the experience of trail and error know how well his methods work in practice. It’s like if a person wrote a book on commanding an aircraft carrier yet has no experience in the navy.

Worst code based I have ever encountered where people with a Clean Code book on their desks. Uncle Bob has no real experience in software development he just does the conference circuit and gives lectures.

Ah yes uncle Bob a guy who has not done any software development in decades is the perfect person to listen to.