it_is_so_weird_to_be
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it_is_so_weird_to_be
11mo ago
One of the most valuable courses I took in college was formal logic. I took two of these classes in community college before transferring to a university and to this day remain the most impactful. Basically Modus Tollens and such.
It fundamentally transformed the way I think more than anything, up until getting into software engineering, which I view as an extension of formal logic.
It would be so great if more people had exposure to such topics. But I don't have any faith that it would make a difference. Most of the people in my classes lamented it, viewed it as incredibly boring and hard, and did the absolute bare minimum to not fail the class.
I fully support the idea of a poll test. Too many of our countrymen are just downright idiots. They should not have a say in what we do as a nation.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
11mo ago
If one truly believes that it's a human rights violation, then following it through to jailing those who practice it seems like a reasonable conclusion regardless of what cultural practice is hung up on doing it.
Human sacrifice was a much more common religious practice at some point in history too. Eventually practitioners were jailed or exiled enough to greatly reduce its prevalence. I'm sure there were people asking, "do you really think the Aztecs are committing human rights violations by sacrificing to the sun god?"
The only way to answer it is with the chad yes.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
11mo ago
Personally, I know several people who work at an FQHC who have suddenly been cut off from their funds and are in a state of disarray at this time. Although too soon to tell, if this continues for long, the network of dozens of clinics in the area will have to shut down. They provide medical and psychiatric care for many people in the area. This definitely would be a negative ramification.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
11mo ago
Why would the religion of the perpetrator make a difference in the poster's moral proclamation?
It was really clarifying to me to be able to codify concepts that I intuitively knew. Which then made it easier to quickly "get" logical arguments and follow lines of argument, identify flaws quicker, etc. These were things my 20 year old self I was fine with before, but learning the formal rules, abstracting arguments into variables, and doing tons of proofs changed the way I engaged with arguments.
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