Extreme Z7

Dogmatic pragmatism bullshit. A better efficient way to gas the Jews, for example, does not lead to a better world.

Leo is arguing against the scientific virtue of scientism dogma (i.e science's precious "rigor") For most scientists, to question their notions of what is possible would threaten their careers. That's why most scientists don't care about real epistemic rigor.

What's IFS?

Video on The Star Trek Prime Directive

Infinite Waters guy was big into Covid vaccine skepticism. He also just comes across as an empty-headed hippie weirdo.

Here's something more accurate Science Paradigm = Creating a beautiful walled garden where everything is rainbows and sunshine and everyone gets free ice cream Spiritual Paradigm = Learn how to contemplate OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!!!

Science starts with a lot of hypothesizing before any observation. Spirituality begins by observing Consciousness as purely and accurately as you can and then pondering about what it is and what is posssible. So in that sense, you kinda have things backwards.

James Tour seems smart and educated. Prof. Dave is only educated. Tour shouldn't be wasting his time debating arrogant twats like him. Tour himself admitted that it's next to impossible to prepare to debate something as complicated as Biogenesis.

This point never made sense to me. Trump doesn't come from a race of orange-skinned ugly-blonde-hair people. It's like calling someone racist towards white people for finding Micheal Jackson ugly.

Just the clip: He's so smug and the interviewer is just dumb-founded I'm calling it, this is Musk's "Up Yours, Woke Moralists" moment.

Jesus, Musk is losing his mind.

This is in response to @Leo Gura's endorsement of conservative intellectual Stephen Hicks and his book, "Explaining Post-Modernernism". I'm not a big fan of Post-Modernism myself and while I do like Hicks's general takes on the dangers of socialism and the valuing of Enlightenment ideals, there's still some aspects to him that I found rather 'iffy' while listening to him. And after listening to his talk, I took a look at the title of his book/audiobook and remembered there actually was a leftist critique of it made a few years ago. I think it's a good critique that exposed some major problems with his book. What I found iffy about Hicks was that he just seemed like the kind of person who likes to dogmatically and simplistically preach "Objectivity" and "Rationality" with very little self-reflection. It's good to point out the atrocities of Socialism but that's not an excuse not to self-reflect on the bullshit of Objectivism. Here's a short list of things that makes me exercise caution when listening to people like him: - He's a fan of Ayn Rand, that on its own is already a big red flag. - Despite preaching "Objective Reason" and "Critical Thinking" his own book is not actually academically-approved and has gross errors and mis-readings (see video). - Fear-mongers that "Irrationality is trying destroy Rational Society". (There is truth to this but MAGA and Neo-Nazis come to mind, not college professors whining about bigotry) - Knee-Jerk reactions against Quantum Mechanics disproving objective reality - Trying to conflate Post-Modernism with Radical Feminism - At the end of the day, I doubt he cares much about existential matters Though, despite all this I would still describe his narrative on the historical explanation for Post-Modernism as "surprisingly intelligent". Sure, there were errors in his historical accounts on philosophy but I do think there is some truth in his statement that Post-Modernism may have originated from the failures of socialism and communism. I'm skeptical as to whether Post-Modernism is an ideology that can actually sustain a nation. It'll probably remain something useful only on an individual basis, maybe only most useful for existential ponderings, creative works, and spiritual pursuits. Granted you know all the nuances and trickiness of Relativism.

Just having fun. He deserves his hiatus.

@Leo Gura I hope this new PC helps you more quickly render those videos you aren't making.

I'm not talking about myself. The story of Boogie2988, a once-popular gaming Youtuber, was not something I was really following. It was pretty much something in the background for me. All I knew was that he was getting involved in some various bad online behavior but nothing singularly-bad enough to get majorly cancelled for. He clearly seemed like he was going on a downward spiral and this documentary shed light on how truly dire his life situation had become. Out of desperation, he seeks a shaman who lets him take some mushrooms. The psychedelic section starts at 45:35. I suggest you watch the whole thing, though, if you have the time. It's a fascinating documentary.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6261030-satan

The Princess and the Leo

Leo Gura is a Furry: Confirmed.

Only 3 months? Honestly feels like longer, I would have guessed 5-6 months.

How does one factually gauge the credibility of mediabiasfactcheck.com on mediabiasfactcheck.com? Circularity is a bitch.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/05/tech/elon-musk-adl-lawsuit/index.html This is like a criminal suing a police officer for assaulting him while he was robbing a store.

No. But if you were actually being sex trafficed, you would realize that what is "objective" doesn't matter when something shitty is happening in your direct experience.

Finally, I've always wanted to play deathmatch with some rats.