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Товарищ Сталин, это вы?

Then I must be delusional to hear religious people whine about why they couldn't preach. Lol.

@Leo Gura, but isn't it good to hold responsible, powerful countries like you do for yours?

The grass is always greener on the other side, regardless of which grass is actually better.

Mearsheimer is focused on his determinism. Sachs is focused on how to brake out of that determinism. @Leo Gura, if you think American hegemony is a problem, then others' countries future probable hegemony will also be a problem. Although by that thinking you could justify why you should remain a hegemony. But you can't trust other countries that they wouldn't want to be a hegemony. Although I would be at peace from people talking every kind of BS about America when American hegemony ends. 😌

That's such an easy thing to say. You can't escape from surviving unless you kill yourself physically. Why not say you care about the truth, but you also care about survival?

Maybe Trump should not be tough on crime after all.

@Keryo Koffa and @Davino, please give me that DMT! 🙏

Most of the things are like that, imo. I think what's needed is to make the distinction that by reading, we're mostly going to be aware of what ways people have thought. You are also offering your philosophy to open our minds to new kinds of thinking. Literally, reading or listening to someone's philosophy could give you "tools" to discover new things. But you're still the one out there who isn't dogmatic, doesn't artificially limit himself, and engages in deep stuff.

@Sandhu, I didn't say to BS yourself. For example, I mostly don't want to be with someone from my culture because of different reasons. But I don't blame them for not being the way I want. However, you can think steps ahead.

Americans could learn to be better racists from other countries. Lol.

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.