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02-05-2012, 05:35 AM
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 The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. |
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02-06-2012, 04:09 AM
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Very interesting. It's pretty late here, but there seem to be a lot of arbitrary assumptions in that article. Example, a statement like: "It seems that B is at least as good as B-."
For the populations kept separate, nothing in regard to comparative happiness is "ethically bad" in an objective sense because of ignorance of both parties, in regard to the existence of one another as well as the less happy population being ignorant of a more happy population. In the example, one population doesn't realize its lower level of happiness, thus it doesn't realize a (much) higher one exists, therefore not creating an ethical problem. The other population (A) likewise isn't even aware of A-, so why who exactly would feel the ethical responsibility? It could be stated that ethics don't matter (practically, economically, and historically, that is) until a majority realizes something. Awareness is the key. Dunno, i'm really tired so I might try to read again tomorrow. But overall, seems to be an interesting problem. Reminds me a bit of this episode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbios...xt_Generation) While we're on the subject, I'm pretty convinced that something like Utilitarianism, which out of many philosophies is one of the top ones I adhere to, will never be achieved without having a device similar to the Replicator in Star Trek. And even then, one would have to be freely available to every person in existence (and given the greed and power-lust ubiquitous in human nature, especially in hypothetical distant outposts, this seems extremely unlikely to ever truly be achieved.) |
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Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing.
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02-09-2012, 12:13 PM
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Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing.
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02-09-2012, 07:48 PM
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Romanian Revolution of 1989 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
tl;dr they killed their dictator on live tv on christmas. With AK47s. I had a philosophy professor who was in the Romanian Army at the time. |
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02-09-2012, 08:28 PM
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Knowing how to pronounce that last name makes reading that article much easier. Chai-shesh-cue.
I only know that from finding this video: LiveLeak.com - Nicolae Ceausescu Execution |
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02-26-2012, 02:49 AM
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Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing.
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02-28-2012, 02:13 AM
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02-28-2012, 02:14 AM
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02-28-2012, 04:11 PM
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I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DRAW A BETTER ROLLER COASTER YOU ROLLER COASTER TYCOON!!!!
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02-28-2012, 05:22 PM
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I just designed this rollercoaster that would kill 99.9% of people that ride it. I tried to make the drawing in the same style as the Euthanasia Coaster drawing so that a real engineer could perhaps create it some day.
This could be my breakthrough in rollercoaster engineering/genocide. Keep me in your thoughts, please.  |
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03-30-2012, 04:30 AM
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Again, how did I not know about this?
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04-04-2012, 01:39 PM
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G'd up from the feet up.
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I saw that spider crab on that scale model universe thing and google imaged the shit out of it immediately. They're fucking scurry.
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Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.
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04-04-2012, 08:39 PM
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G'd up from the feet up.
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I saw some scurry crabs. I think I might have had lunch after that. Maybe a sandwich.
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Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.
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04-08-2012, 03:17 PM
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The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. |
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05-24-2012, 10:49 AM
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G'd up from the feet up.
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The horrific mating practices of the angler fish.
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Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.
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05-24-2012, 02:48 PM
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