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@CognitiveVerb @RanoCeros @naomirwolf

When somebody is subjected to a curfew against his will, that’s coercion.

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@CognitiveVerb @RanoCeros @naomirwolf

I saw that you asked the other guy that too.

You may assume that I know nothing about epidemiology. That doesn’t provide a moral explanation for why it’s okay to coerce people into caring for each other’s health. Such an explanation is required before coercing them.

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@CognitiveVerb @RanoCeros @naomirwolf

That doesn't mean it's okay to coerce other people into staying home for the health of that person.

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@dqking63 @naomirwolf

Isn’t the constitution there to protect the people?

Yes, to protect people from the government. Not to ensure people's health, much less coerce them into ensuring each other's health.

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@DKedmey @DavidDeutschOxf @paulg

Presumably because static societies enforce conformity and date back to the beginning of our evolution.

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@Quillette

Judging only by the quote, it strikes me as a variant of Popper's "who should rule" question. Might it be better to ask: how can we identify and correct mistakes in our concepts/theories?

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The first link has the same thumbnail as a shorter one of a similar title you may have seen already, but don't be fooled—this one is much longer.

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The YT channel Philosophy Overdose has been on a "Popper spree." The other day, they uploaded another lecture of his:

youtube.com/watch?v=LuMZ2H…

Here are all of their videos on/by Popper: youtube.com/c/Philosophica…

Especially his lectures are highly recommended.

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Our knowledge contains mistakes. We want to find and correct them, and seek to better understand the world by making new, better mistakes.

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.@AliceDreger is right to criticize relativism: it truly is a rotten ideology. But there can be no "reliable, verifiable knowledge," and it should not be "the common value of the learned"—or anyone else. twitter.com/SwipeWright/st…

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@paulg

It would also be interesting to know a non-refuted moral explanation for why it is okay to lock people and businesses down.

I suppose we won’t ever know such an explanation, either.

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@LarsWienand @Der_Postillon @BenjaminHoff

Wieso ist es „unerträglich“?

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Lots of good epistemology in the comments. twitter.com/FrancescoCiull…

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Plane about an hour delayed so far, no departure time yet. Reason: a Velcro strap that has to be replaced.

Replacement has long been done, but according to the pilot, FAA regulations require about 8 pages of paperwork documenting the change before liftoff.

#deregulate_airlines

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@RSocPublishing @royalsociety @Independent

First they said we only had one earth. Now they say we only have one moon...

"The problem is there's no law to regulate who gets to use the resources [in space]" GOOD. Keep government out of space.

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@gabepllrn @colorcodedlife @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

Not sure I'm interested in actually changing your mind. I just wanted to know if it's even possible. In any field, when that isn't possible, that's a bad sign.

Btw, distrusting another's opinion simply because it contradicts one's own is another anti-rational attitude.

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@mansfield_pablo

Yeah. Socialists never call what they do "theft" and "violence." Instead they like to speak of "free stuff" and "equity" and "justice."

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@gabepllrn @colorcodedlife @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

If one can't change your mind, why engage in discussion? It sounds like you're protecting your ideas in this area from criticism, which means you will have a harder time noticing mistakes, which means you will have a harder time learning and making progress.

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@gabepllrn @colorcodedlife @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

How could one change your mind?

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@colorcodedlife @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

I wasn’t talking about recognition. Did you see Burr’s video?

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@colorcodedlife @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

Fully agree however that people should think much harder before having children.

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@colorcodedlife @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

If it’s really the hardest thing women do, that tells you something about the comfortable lives many women live compared to men. Burr gives great examples of really, really difficult jobs typically only men do. Like working on an oil drill in the middle of the ocean.

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@scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl @WatchRatio

I’m sure your inbox is already glowing with this one.

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@colorcodedlife @peternotspidey1 @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

I suppose a woman who has had a limb shot off could settle this for us...

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@colorcodedlife @peternotspidey1 @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

I think suddenly placing emphasis on enduring pain is a dodge, because you initially placed more focus on things like pregnancy.

Even so, the prolonged effects of losing a limb, including phantom pain, every day are surely worse than a period once a month?

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@colorcodedlife @peternotspidey1 @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

How do they handle the pain of having limbs shot off in war?

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@colorcodedlife @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

There are women who think motherhood is the toughest job in the world.

youtube.com/watch?v=4Xp4z5…

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@peternotspidey1 @colorcodedlife @gabepllrn @scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl

Interestingly, that argument works both in favor and against men, depending on how you read it.

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— If feminine-hygiene products, why not food? Why not shoes? Why not housing? What shouldn't be "free"?
— Presumably, the Scottish taxpayer pays for this. Why are men forced to pay for products they will never ever use?
— Wait, is this a prank?

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I don't know the details, but some thoughts:

— They're not free. It's just not the consumer who pays for them. Somebody else is forced to instead.
— They say the vote passed unanimously. Assuming the votes aren't secret, who could have voted against and not be canceled? twitter.com/ScottishLabour…

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@scottishlabour @MonicaLennon7 @ScotParl @WatchRatio

!!!!

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@kreuzberged

Great street. Used to live nearby. I should go visit soon...

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@reasonisfun

I fell for it, too.

The thing is, even when real, no matter how sophisticated the knowledge in an animal, it may just have inherited it, in which case biological evolution created the knowledge, not the animal.

That fools roughly everybody.

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@Snusketeer @DavidDeutschOxf

Once infectious diseases are a thing of the past, our immune systems don’t need to shield against them anymore. And any other selective pressures would remain.

Or am I missing something?

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RT @andyblanck1:
A #ww1 battlefield, after 103 years.
#italianfront https://t.co/O74xdL19VR

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@paulg

Note that everyone who shows up agrees to take the risk voluntarily. So what’s the problem?

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@DHSCgovuk @DailyMailUK

It is nobody’s job to ensure the health of everyone else.

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@Frantischek9

Ja, esse ich auch heute noch sehr gerne. Kartoffeln erst mit der Gabel zerdruecken, dann geschmolzene Butter drueber giessen und dann eine Prise Salz drueber. Himmlisch.

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@lynz_h55

That sometimes the cold, hard realities of life require us to do something we don't want to do may be true, but it shouldn't stop us from seeking fun as much as possible.

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"We’re not here to promote American values"

I have recommended people not use Airbnb due to their support of the socialist BLM organization. Now you have another reason: they share your user data with the Communist Party. twitter.com/pnjaban/status…

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.@ChipkinLogan's latest and brilliant article on the futility and authoritarian nature of "truth commissions." Read it now: blog.dennishackethal.com/2020/11/20/a-t…

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RT @KevinKileyCA:
In my district Gov. Newsom's curfew is a dead letter. All three Sheriffs are not enforcing it, trusting people to make th…

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@leeerob

Deploying to Heroku for the first time was definitely a BIG one.

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@Neuro_Skeptic

Nonsense

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RT @SpaceX:
Crew-1’s view of Earth during Dragon’s flight to the @space_station https://t.co/lQW6TYmpB7

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RT @EricsElectrons:
Identity driven virtue signaling has made its way to respected physics review journals, unfortunately.

If you give wok…

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@Pertsch

Wie in der Wayback-Maschine ersichtlich ist, wird dieser Artikel staendig veraendert. Das Zitat erscheint leider nicht mehr.

web.archive.org/web/*/https://…

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@cmarschner @mzeshle @pmddomingos

It’s not really that heretic to say that individualism is overrated. Many would celebrate that statement, even in the West.

Btw, Germany (where twitter says you live) is pretty collectivist already. “Sozialstaat,” “Eigentum verpflichtet,” etc.

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"I hope that we step up our fight against totalitarian ideas, because even a healthy society means nothing when it isn't free."

Schools instill altruism, which in turn causes lockdowns and acquiescence. Some remarks:

soundcloud.com/dchacke/20-of-…

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Good. At least some people are outraged. twitter.com/TheCoronaCure_…

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@mrbcyber @MichaelPSenger @ontheasternsea

Meaning any site accessible in China shouldn’t necessarily be trusted?

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@pmddomingos

What if the computer-vision system works entirely differently from human vision?

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@pmddomingos

That lockdowns are human-rights violations.

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RT @pnjaban:
So Gavin Newsom’s unmasked, crowded $400-a-head dinner at CA’s most exclusive restaurant included MULTIPLE lobbyists. The CA M…

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@Pertsch

“[...] es sind nicht alles Rechtsextremisten, die dort mitlaufen, sondern auch Menschen, die Existenzängste haben.”
Benjamin Jendro, Gewerkschaft der Polizei

zdf.de/nachrichten/pa…

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RT @tomhyde_:
Oh no! We live in a society where people can profit from saving it. 😭

Thread 🧵👇

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@FunFallibilism

Or why you failed to solve it. Or why you think it can’t be solved. Etc.

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@FunFallibilism

Solve a problem you want to solve and for which there exist no non-refuted solutions. Then write about that problem and how you solved it.

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@clustertucked

Agreed that the lecture is brilliant. But do you think teenagers should be forced to learn it?

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@ConQuiX_Senbon @DavidDeutschOxf

My guess is they underestimate how badly this kind of thinking is needed. Then there’s the fact that philosophy generally isn’t widely considered important, and that Popper is largely either unknown, misunderstood, or misrepresented.

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@DavidDeutschOxf

The same channel just published another one. Starts where BoI chapter 10 starts, with the Oracle of Delphi: youtu.be/OZuYrzLvzPs

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@ClimateWarrior7

What happened between you two? :/

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Dear friends in California: enjoy your Thanksgiving. Have as many people over as you want. Wear a mask if you prefer. Or don't, if you prefer not to. Newsom does what he wants, so why shouldn't you?

Don't let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do.

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@lynz_h55

Meh, "important" sounds a bit like self-coercion is just around the corner. Better would be, imo, and following Deutsch: "what would be fun to learn next?"

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@michaelerich5

Auch Ihnen steht es frei, sich zu isolieren und andere Menschen zu vermeiden. Dafuer ist kein Lockdown noetig.

Die Alternative ist wie gesagt, keinen Lockdown zu haben, Menschen zu befreien, ihre Gesundheit ihnen selbst zu ueberlassen, und sie selbst Risiken planen zu lassen.

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@michaelerich5

Im Gegenzug wuerde es mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie auch kurz darlegen koennten, wie ich Sie davon ueberzeugen koennte – so ueberspitzt es zunaechst klingen mag – dass Lockdowns ein grosses Verbrechen von Regierungen an ihren Buergern sind.

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@michaelerich5

Dies koennten Sie wiederum tun, indem Sie erkenntnistheoretisch erklaeren, wieso Probleme nur durch Zwang und nicht durch Zusammenarbeit und Wissensschoepfung geloest werden koennen.

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@michaelerich5

Auch kleine Kinder sollten zu nichts gezwungen werden.

Ich bin Lockdown-Gegner. Sie koennten mich davon ueberzeugen, dass Lockdowns richtig und wichtig und gut sind, indem Sie eine gute und noch nicht bereits widerlegte moralische Erklaerung dafuer liefern.

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@michaelerich5

Jeder, der mit anderen Leuten physisch in Kontakt tritt, geht das Risiko ein, dass er sich evtl infiziert. Wer dieses Risiko nicht eingehen moechte, dem steht es frei, sich zu isolieren. Er darf nicht verlangen, dass alle anderen zu seinem Wohle dazu gezwungen werden.

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@michaelerich5

Sie moechten ihre eigene Gesundheit verwalten. Es ist nicht ihre Aufgabe, die Gesundheit anderer zu verwalten oder fuer die Gesundheit anderer zu sorgen, und noch weniger, ihr eigenes Leben fuer die Gesundheit anderer zu opfern.

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@michaelerich5

Ich glaube, sehr viele wollen den Lockdown, oder nehmen ihn zumindest als "unvermeidbares Uebel" oder Opfer, das zu bringen gilt, hin.

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@SurviveThrive2 @tyrell_turing @danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection

We've arrived at the discussion pattern sooner than I thought.

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@michaelerich5

Ich glaube nicht, dass sie so tun wollen, als gaebe es den Virus nicht.

Sie moechten gerne ihr Leben selbst bestimmen und ihre Gesundheit selbst verwalten. Sie moechten selbst ueber Risiken entscheiden. Sie moechten ueberzeugt werden, nicht gezwungen. Was ist daran falsch?

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@michaelerich5

Lauten Ihre Antworten auf meine Fragen "ja" oder "nein"?

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@SurviveThrive2 @tyrell_turing @danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection

I quote from my tweet 45 min ago:

The article already contains that, so I doubt it would convince you.

Why doesn't what is written in the article already seem plausible to you?

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@tyrell_turing @danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection

Do you think it is an accident that those studying the brain model such algorithms in terms of neural networks? Where do you think that inspiration comes from?

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A static mind tells itself: "you know enough." A dynamic mind asks itself: "what else can I learn?"

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@michaelerich5

Koennte es sein, dass Lockdown-Gegner nicht wollen, dass ihnen diktiert wird, wie sie zu leben haben? Und koennte es nicht auch sein, dass darunter viele Ladeninhaber sind, die drohen, pleite zu gehen?

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@SurviveThrive2 @tyrell_turing @danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection

I could well be wrong about that because it's been a while. So if you can name something much more specific that would change your mind, I might be down to discuss.

I'm looking for something along the lines of "if it can be shown that .... x"

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@SurviveThrive2 @tyrell_turing @danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection

  1. me trying to tell you why something you're saying cannot be true (an attempt at a refutation)
  2. you claiming it is true anyway by giving another example, repeating the point, or bringing up something else I hadn't refuted yet
  3. repeat
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@SurviveThrive2 @tyrell_turing @danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection

The article already contains that, so I doubt it would convince you.

We've discussed before; from what I recall, those discussions usually went:

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@SurviveThrive2 @tyrell_turing @danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection

And how could one convince you that you're wrong?

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@michaelerich5

Sie wollen auch keine Busse tun. Unterscheiden sich Lockdown-Gegner also nicht eher von Flagellanten?

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@michaelerich5

Bei den deutschen Lockdown-Gegnern – so wie ich das hier aus den Staaten ueberblicken kann – sind sicherlich ein paar Dummkoepfe und Verschwoerungstheoretiker und Rechtsradikale dabei. Aber es scheint mir, dass sie den Status Quo, also Lockdowns, nicht wollen.

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@michaelerich5

Die Flagellanten geisselten sich, weil sie Gott zeigen wollten, dass sie Busse tun – sie wollten ihm zeigen, dass es ihnen Leid tut, weil sie die Pest als Strafe Gottes sahen. Es ging ihnen darum, den Status Quo – also die Ehrfurcht vor Gott – so genau wie moeglich auszuueben.

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@daj23cam_jones @kreuzberged

Shouldn't it either say "if you will be" or "we would be ... if you were"?

The photo reminds me of phrases such as "we request he be told." But that's not the way the photo uses it.

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@michaelerich5

Inwiefern geißeln sich Corona-Gegner? (Und meinen Sie nicht Lockdown-Gegner?)

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@BaileInis @Snusketeer @DavidDeutschOxf

Why are they incompatible?

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@danilobzdok @Neuro_Skeptic @introspection @tyrell_turing

All kidding aside, judging by the abstract, the paper cannot explain how thinking works in humans because it violates at least one, maybe both of the following razors:

blog.dennishackethal.com/2020/11/14/two…

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