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don't you know that if you are perceived as a victim then people will believe you must be in the right. Good point. It's not at all clear that just because somebody is in a "down" position relative to somebody else, that that makes them any morally "higher," anymore than it make...

Please respond to the thread's context by supplying what you believe is the alternative. I know that you are both religious and conservative and that you are deflecting what you don't want others to pay attention to. Well that's your whole problem. I am not only not religious and totally a-politica...

Here is a potentially relevant Wikipedia link: Information Entropy and Claude Shannon It is technical but I Googled "Shannon" and "information theory" given I recall a PSA [public service announcement] promoting Canadian contributors and his name popped up with his initial 'light...

... I agree and like that .gif for representing it. My own theory is based on structure being 'manifest' this way. "Manifest" means how Nature expresses the informative raw data to us as something 'physical'. I thought of another argument for this. Given I've argued with a past (passed on...

That's your definition. I didn't know you were an American. I know a few people in America. None of them define success in terms of money at all. How many Americans do you know who have that opinion? [Pardon me, but your prejudices are showing .] Actually, all people do anywhere but the U.S. most s...

YouTube linked me to Veritasium's video, and I'm forwarding it here: " Is Success Luck or Hard Work? ". For all political discussions that go on here, this video presents a careful look at whether luck or effort matters more to one's success. Is EVERY individual case of so-called 'success...

I couldn't be bothered listening to him. What a load of frivolous bollocks. But how would you know it was bull shit* if you didn't watch it? *I charitably translated this to more humble down-to-earth expression we use in North America. Using language like "...frivolous bollocks," to us in...

No, you are. Everybody but you thinks one thing. You say everybody's wrong. You're on deck. Not 'everybody'. No, just everybody who knows anything about North Korea, and everybody who has an ounce of sense. The outliers, we cannot speak for. Good thing we can't verify if you are even a 'somebody' h...

How are you defining 'success'? Would that be the American definition i.e. how much money you have? The linked youTube video wasn't sufficient context? "Success" is understood to be to acheive ones' personal goals, regardless of what they are. Given money, or rather, 'worth', is the most ...

How are you defining 'success'? Would that be the American definition i.e. how much money you have? That's your definition. I didn't know you were an American. I know a few people in America. None of them define success in terms of money at all. How many Americans do you know who have that opinion?...

How are you defining 'success'? Would that be the American definition i.e. how much money you have? The linked youTube video wasn't sufficient context? "Success" is understood to be to acheive ones' personal goals, regardless of what they are. Given money, or rather, 'worth', is the most ...

YouTube linked me to Veritasium's video, and I'm forwarding it here: " Is Success Luck or Hard Work? ". For all political discussions that go on here, this video presents a careful look at whether luck or effort matters more to one's success. I already shared this view and have promoted al...

Not my job. Yours to disprove. Wrong. You are making the claims. No, you are. Everybody but you thinks one thing. You say everybody's wrong. You're on deck. Not 'everybody'. Besides those who have direct intimate experience within these countries, I too interpret any of the countries that appear to...

Oh, don't worry...I don't believe it. It was your claim. Claim? This thread is about scams from OUR 'capitalist' society, not an argument for or against socialism. I disagree. I think that if one wishes to rail against the status quo, one owes it to the people living under the status quo not to be ...

This link details what has been obvious. Invasion of the Fact Checkers https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/invasion-fact-checkers “In the past five years, a cadre of fact-checkers has marched through the institutions of journalism and installed itself in the U.S. media as a privatized,...