I much prefer crowdsourced knowledge. In so far as being the Whole story - it's way more holistic.
the proper balance between idealism and pragmatism
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Rusk is a statistical probability, not a fact. It measures uncertainty, like all statistical probability.
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That's how we got where we are today. Free markets are not ever actually free, they're always controlled from above and within. Open-source knowledge is the best thing for options (and the advisory role democracy should have) and the worst thing for facts." Group knowledge" simply isn't knowledge, it's a lowest common denominator average.
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Facts are about the past.
Risk is about the future.
The past can't kill you. The future can.
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Re: the proper balance between idealism and pragmatism
That's what a dictator would say.Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:47 pm That's how we got where we are today. Free markets are not ever actually free, they're always controlled from above and within. Open-source knowledge is the best thing for options (and the advisory role democracy should have) and the worst thing for facts." Group knowledge" simply isn't knowledge, it's a lowest common denominator average.
I have knowledge! Yes. Yes, you do.
So what?
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Well, Advocate does promote what he calls libertarian facism...Skepdick wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:19 pmThat's what a dictator would say.Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:47 pm That's how we got where we are today. Free markets are not ever actually free, they're always controlled from above and within. Open-source knowledge is the best thing for options (and the advisory role democracy should have) and the worst thing for facts." Group knowledge" simply isn't knowledge, it's a lowest common denominator average.
I have knowledge! Yes. Yes, you do.
So what?
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Yeah, but that's not related to the balance between idealism and pragmatism.henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:23 pmWell, Advocate does promote what he calls libertarian facism...Skepdick wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:19 pmThat's what a dictator would say.Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:47 pm That's how we got where we are today. Free markets are not ever actually free, they're always controlled from above and within. Open-source knowledge is the best thing for options (and the advisory role democracy should have) and the worst thing for facts." Group knowledge" simply isn't knowledge, it's a lowest common denominator average.
I have knowledge! Yes. Yes, you do.
So what?
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I don't know about that...seems to me: dictatorial types often exhibit a ruthless kind of pragmatism as they cram their idealism down folks' throats.Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:27 pmYeah, but that's not related to the balance between idealism and pragmatism.henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:23 pmWell, Advocate does promote what he calls libertarian facism...
Your LF kinda fits the bill.
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Necessity isn't ruthlessness. In what sense is it ruthless?henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:45 pmI don't know about that...seems to me: dictatorial types often exhibit a ruthless kind of pragmatism as they cram their idealism down folks' throats.Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:27 pmYeah, but that's not related to the balance between idealism and pragmatism.henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:23 pm
Well, Advocate does promote what he calls libertarian facism...
Your LF kinda fits the bill.
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"Necessity isn't ruthlessness. In what sense is it ruthless?"
You believe your LF is a necessity, yeah?
I don't. In fact: I see your LF as just another jumped-up dictatorship.
I won't participate. I'm thinkin' a whole whack of folks won't participate.
Only way you're gonna get LF is makin' folks who don't want it, live with it.
Pretty friggin' ruthless, I'd say.
I don't. In fact: I see your LF as just another jumped-up dictatorship.
I won't participate. I'm thinkin' a whole whack of folks won't participate.
Only way you're gonna get LF is makin' folks who don't want it, live with it.
Pretty friggin' ruthless, I'd say.
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I’m not sure how to label myself. Perhaps someone can help.
I lean to the center left, but I don’t want to make anyone give up their guns.
What am I?
I lean to the center left, but I don’t want to make anyone give up their guns.
What am I?
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Confused by the names of political ideologies that have never really meant anything so that specific (and are constantly changing). I'd lable you "too reasonable for politics".commonsense wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:18 pm I’m not sure how to label myself. Perhaps someone can help.
I lean to the center left, but I don’t want to make anyone give up their guns.
What am I?
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a middle of the road Metal Monarch (in need of a front wheel alignment)commonsense wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:18 pm I’m not sure how to label myself. Perhaps someone can help.
I lean to the center left, but I don’t want to make anyone give up their guns.
What am I?
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Re: the proper balance between idealism and pragmatism
henry quirk wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:33 ama middle of the road Metal Monarch (in need of a front wheel alignment)commonsense wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:18 pm I’m not sure how to label myself. Perhaps someone can help.
I lean to the center left, but I don’t want to make anyone give up their guns.
What am I?