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He was first mentioned in this forum a long time ago. I think it can often be helpful to know others' beliefs, perspectives, or opinions, whether they are right or wrong, but especially when they are wrong. Ironically, they can help you recognize the beliefs and unrealistic expectations you may hold about an influential person or thing for you, in this case, Leo and Actualized.org.

@Sandhu, focus a bit on the positive side. You know your culture's dogmas and are less dependent on others. You easily see what you value, which is different than most of your people. You are careful who you enter into your life. You are open-minded. You know that you are responsible for yourself. etc. I often look around and see people living in their static old bubble that they defend. It's liberating that I can think in ways that virtually no one in my country can, and that they aren't aware of or informed about things like I am. The little those people know about me, the better I feel.

Ground News is awesome! It's a total lifesaver. I think it's one of the best news aggregator apps, if not the greatest.

Which news fact-checking websites or apps do you find the best to be objective and high quality?

@Leo Gura, nevermind, the AI gave helpful, nuanced, and exciting answers to my questions. 😁 But thanks for clarifying.

@zurew, I just watched the video. His analysis was lame and lazy.

In those cultures, the fewer friends and connections with relatives you have, the more you can ignore others' opinions and the better you'll feel.

What do you mean by self-taught? Thinking independently about different stuff while using online or offline resources (university courses, books, and/or people who do philosophy and their courses, books, and also not easily accessible content, which I think are academic level)? I don't mean watching a few videos about something that aren't well-curated enough for learning when I say online. What does the degree include that I will never know about if I don't go to university, aside from technical rigor and educating me in a structured way? (To be honest, I don't like that much the structures of teaching a subject in universities) The thing is, I don't care if I'm known as a philosopher or not, and I'm not in a rush to get a degree and fill in some position as a philosopher. Also, can't we use AI to create a degree level of education for ourselves, in this case for philosophy? Do you think an AI "knows" about what and how universities actually teach?

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@Leo Gura, you told me you could learn and do philosophy with an AI, minus the technical rigor. Have you changed your mind, or is it different for philosophy?

It depends on the country. I went to a university where they teach subjects that aren't useful and also don't prepare for jobs. They are filled with professors that are there to defend their carriers and get angry if you didn't get their stupid and poorly explained subjects. They didn't teach their subject well and just expected us to somehow get it. All of them gaslight you that getting a job is not that important than continuing "education". And the job market is so bad. But I got lucky in getting a job. Education is such a shit show in my country and ideological as hell.

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But do people really know that A=A? I don't think Thaddeus got what Patterson was saying.

@Joshe, the right is focused on cats. Lol.

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@Joshe, I had to do a Google search to understand what he meant. 😂

@Leo Gura, did you study it, or was it part of the curriculum?

@Husseinisdoingfine, I think you got 3 options. Either you get good at calculus, etc., (I don't know whether your parents have laid a path for you or you think that they have been doing that) or in the meantime, find other ways, or tell your parents your thoughts, regardless of how they would react. In families, there will always be games, so why not start showing them the real you? I think you are afraid of them knowing a bit more about you, which is understandable. I mean, you don't have to tell them, but if only they can help you, then maybe tell the truth about your situation.

Well, you can't know if you can bear something if you aren't aware of it. I bet there are many things that you won't be able to bear in real life. You can't know if you love some truth if you aren't aware of it yet, even if you say you love truth.

He meant that if you discover some truth that you can't bear, then that is truth.

Anti-AI people maybe should quit talking and writing.

I meant you have to use it to understand what it is and then maybe form critique. You can observe it without using it, but that differs from actually using it and understanding it.

Use AI and then maybe form critiques. Observing people's usage of AI won't tell you much.

@Joshe, I'm using Claude AI. I'm more focused on gaining a deep understanding of concepts, like ideology (I have been watching Zizek a lot lately, lol). I noticed that they added the project feature but didn't bother to explore what it was built for. Although I thought before about how to write questions and get answers depending on some context without always telling it.

I don't deny Russia's problems. Not the best place to live for people like us.