ChickenOverlord
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ChickenOverlord
2mo ago
Supernatural entities would presumably operates by rules separate from those of the physical universe. Aliens have to follow the same rules as us.
ChickenOverlord
4mo ago
Because he holds extremely unethical positions for an ethicist?
ChickenOverlord
4mo ago
some moral frameworks attribute little or no moral value to beings that have never achieved sapience
Correct, the monsters I was referring to.
Holders of frameworks in that second set should not denigrate holders of moral frameworks in the first set as "crazy" or "monstrous"
Holders of frameworks in the first set shouldn't be the ones deciding how holders of frameworks in the second set are allowed to think and talk about them.
ChickenOverlord
4mo ago
That's basically the plot of an episode of the X-Files. Mulder swaps bodies with a guy whose job it is to make up alien and other conspiracy theories to distract from advanced military tech.
ChickenOverlord
6mo ago
I mean the Samaritans did it, so it's possible
ChickenOverlord
13d ago
How do you resolve issues where someone you whitelisted replies to the comment of someone you haven't, and vice versa?
I don't think there are good public numbers for baptism-per-missionary by mission or country, but at least if your missionary work was recent, I'd really guess you were probably well above-average for your mission region.
It was over a decade ago. I won't get into specifics because the country I served in already narrows down my identity far too much. But no, I was a little bit under the average for missionaries in the Czech Republic as far as baptisms go. That said, a significant source of baptisms (none of mine, but probably around 20% of the mission's) were Mongolia immigrants. In one of the cities with missionaries there was a member who had joined in Mongolia. She lived in an apartment building mostly full of other Mongolians and introduced the missionaries to a ton of them.
Regarding retention after baptism, the rule of thumb I've always heard (and have usually seen in regards to actual activity rates vs. membership on the rolls) is about 1/3 stay active. Not sure how this compares to, say, cultural Catholics that never go to mass.
ChickenOverlord
1mo ago
High fat with lots of fiber too, if only for cleansing your intestines and making bathroom trips better. I can't speak to the overall health benefits of one vs. the other though.
ChickenOverlord
2mo ago
following the same rules as us yet exploiting the parts of them that we haven't discovered yet
Relativity and the speed of light put a pretty hard limit on things
ChickenOverlord
4mo ago
Well the series was never particularly consistent about it's lore/mythology, as much as I love it
ChickenOverlord
5mo ago
And the circle of life continues, a guy who won the Nobel for discovering HIV believed in homeopathy
ChickenOverlord
9mo ago
Obviously comparing a theoretical extraterrestrial species with Earth life has plenty of inherent issues, but looking at the handful of species that (at least seem to) experience biological immortality, the most complex is a jellyfish. At least in Earth life it would appear that there might be something incompatible between complex life forms and biological immortality.
ChickenOverlord
10mo ago
I was under the impression that the upper castes (and the wealthier castes) were more likely to practice strict vegetarianism than the lower castes. Obviously meat is still going to be harder to afford for the poor in lower castes, bit I don't think it would be as much of an issue.
ChickenOverlord
1mo ago
It'd be complicated, since women not having disposable income independent of their husbands would lower demand on the consumer side.
ChickenOverlord
1mo ago
Akhshually that's just the mechanism of triggering the nuclear detonation, it's still a bomb. Though directional nuclear weapons are a cool idea
ChickenOverlord
1mo ago
The far, far simpler option than either of these is, of course, to go through the caucuses or central asia, or just hide in rural russia for awhile.
Yeah but a lot of those countries are on pretty good terms with Russia and would actively aid in a manhunt if pressured. I imagine Finland would if they knew you were in their country, but I picked Finland because if you keep your head down and avoid notice you can easily slip away to anywhere else in the EU.
ChickenOverlord
2mo ago
I'd much rather engage with a Buchananite than a Reaganite if I'm going to get '80s right-wing politics brought forward.
I have a feeling that I'm the closest thing we have to a Buchananite here, and even I have a decent number of views that an 80's-90's era Buchananite would see as beyond the pale. Mostly because I've got a bit of a crypto-anarchist streak. At least when I'm not channeling Uncle Ted.
I am a registered member of the Constitution Party though.
ChickenOverlord
5mo ago
I invite you to demonstrate any other model for what human consciousness could possible be.
I mean there have literally been hundreds if not thousands of models of consciousness proposed over the last few thousand years, so take your pick? The burden of proof is on you to show why your mechanical view of consciousness is superior to all of the others.
ChickenOverlord
6mo ago
Dialectic isn't really that impressive, smart, or original though. It's basically just "Conflict between thesis (feudalism, capital, whatever) and antithesis (labor unions, whatever) result in new synthesis (communism, whatever)."
ChickenOverlord
8mo ago
You forgot your (pbuh)
ChickenOverlord
8mo ago
I started feeling self conscious after hitting a BMI just a little under 24 (and immediately worked to drop it back down to the 22-23 range), it makes it difficult for me to even imagine how the morbidly obese can live with themselves.
ChickenOverlord
11mo ago
Really the only part of a casual male outfit are the shoes, and good luck getting men to look at your shoes.
And good luck fitting into men's shoes, women have tiny feet.
Median salary for a gen-Zer is about $38,000: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/average-salary-by-age/
Assuming they have $40k for a down payment lying around, and ZERO debt, they can afford a $200,000 house. Townhomes in my semi-rural town in Utah are $250,000+. The numbers just straight up just don't pass the smell test.
Edit: Just checked Zillow, the cheapest listing I can find in my town (that isn't a trailer in a trailer park) is $265k, that's for a townhome.
ChickenOverlord
1mo ago
Finland? If we're limited to countries sharing land borders with Russia
I want a killer AI that goes after people who took Roko's Basilisk seriously. Can't claim originality on that one though, I think XKCD made that joke.
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