No, it’s not. Next question…

Seriously though, doesn’t basically every experiment in brain surgery and neuroscience disprove this idea? We know how different structures in the brain contribute to consciousness. We can’t explain the mechanism 100%, but that doesn’t mean that every piece of matter secretly has some consciousness embedded in it. It’s God of the Gaps nonsense.

I’m not against posting stuff like this. Obviously serious people take this idea seriously. Just none of the people taking it seriously study brains.

I watched up to the end of season 5, knowing that was the real ending to the story.

I thought I would stop after that, but I can’t help myself, I just keep going. I’m on season 7. It’s not as good, but it still has good stuff. It definitely helped that in season 6 they go to the set of their own show and watch the original showrunner get killed. I have to give them credit for that level of self-awareness. I doubt I’ll make it all the way to the end, but I’m still enjoying it for now.

No, I’m pretty sure manic episodes don’t occur regularly on a 24 hour schedule.

At this point, I barely consider Andor to be “Star Wars”. It’s so far outside the normal shitty formula. There are like 19 real “Star Wars” shows on Disney+, and Andor just happens to share the same influences.

Yeah, but how often did Bernie himself repeat those conspiracy theories? Did he ever try to violently overturn the Democratic primary results? Every popular person has some shitty supporters, so you can’t just judge people based on their supporters.

Yeah, but how often did Bernie himself repeat those conspiracy theories? Did he ever try to violently overturn the Democratic primary results? Every popular person has some shitty supporters, so you can’t just judge people based on their supporters.

Which slurs are your favorites? I’m curious. Maybe if you’re specific I can recommend a good instance for you.

This dude actually said what he wanted in another thread. He wants an instance that tolerates “basic slurs.” It’s hilarious and sad how obvious it is that these “free speech” people are just racist. https://lemmy.kde.social/comment/497886

If Ted Chiang could write more than one short story a year, I think he might be the greatest living fiction author. Basically everything he writes is a revelation.

Exhalation isn’t quite as good as Stories of Your Life and Others, but it’s still amazing.

Well, don’t forget that the Good Place is fiction. There’s nothing waiting for you after this except nonexistence, so cling to life and claw every ounce of experience out of it while you can!

I was “in school” until I was almost 30 and got out without any debt. College undergraduate programs are basically theft that is used to pay for people like me and for massive administrative salaries. It’s absolutely a scam.

And yet, big schools, the kind that can afford to really not give a shit about individual students, are some of the only places where true independent research is being done. Cutting edge research generally only happens for profit, for the military, or at universities. Federal grants help pay for it, but another big source of cash is comes from absolutely fucking over 18 year old kids who think they don’t have a choice.

I don’t know what my point is exactly. Just wanted to give you some insider perspective.

My real answer is a book: Slaughterhouse 5. The movie Arrival pretty much does the same thing, though.

It really changed the way I think about my place in time and space, and the meaning of memories. Made me way less sad about death and entropy.

FYI, people’s beliefs can be wrong. If someone’s religion says the Earth is 6000 years old, then that religion is harmful and we should not tolerate that belief.

Obviously there is nuance here. It’s not ok to be prejudiced against religious people, but we shouldn’t let people get away with nonsense by calling it religion.

You know what’s cool about “natural flavors”? They just have to be found in nature to call them that. They can be synthesized in a lab and still be a “natural flavor.”

P.S. don’t fall for the naturalistic fallacy. This comment is about tricky vocabulary used by the food industry. Whether or not a chemical is found in nature has nothing to do with whether it is good or bad for you. Arsenic is natural.