Comments by "bakters" (@bakters) on "Luke Smith"
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"you have to be vastly respected for anyone to take a look at your unconventional ideas (Einstein-grade respected)."
Einstein was a third rate clerk in some office, not a scientist, when he published his theory of relativity. Nobody respected him before that, yet his voice was heard. Milankovitch cycles were discovered by a janitor (James Croll). Granted, Milankovitch stole his idea, expanded on it and made a career out of it, but just the fact that he stole an idea of a janitor means that at least sometimes actual ideas matter more than where you are placed in the pecking order. Faraday had very little education as well, etc., etc.
This whole book as reviewed here strikes me as a big pile of nonsense. Yes, actual science is not done in perfect accordance to the musings of some philosophers. The vast majority of scientists never read any philosophy to begin with, so no wonder they don't follow their recipes on how to cook a meal no philosopher ever managed to cook.
Still, it does not mean that there is no difference between science and pseudoscience. It exists. And yes, institutionalized science sometimes is pseudoscience too, but that's maybe beside the point here.
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I believe, what we are going through is a three pronged problem.
One is the innate human interest in danger and depravity. It's not necessarily because we like it, quite often it's because we fear it. Like in, we used to scare children with wolves and bears, because those were very real dangers, so if the kid ended up scared, it had a higher chance of survival. Nowadays drugs and crime are much more problematic than bears, so no wonder they appear in art.
The other problem is that our art is dominated by narcissts with psychopathic tendencies, and they write how they feel. Lots of money there, lots of fame, they obviously dominate in such environments.
And all of the above was always the case. Artists are narcissts by definition. Sophocles was likely a narcisst.
So, what has changed?
The third prong has changed. There is a real intent behind it all. The intent to change our culture to something weaker, because weaker people are easier to control.
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@Pooles1738 " I live in cuckada. [...] No person or buisness objected. "
That's so untrue it's almost painful to read. You guys made the Castro run for cover and fake illness. Which he pretended he got, despite being supposedly \/4xed up to his ears.
I bet even your granny grew a little suspicious, when the news spread.
You had politicians openly supporting the cause, which shows how "united" they are. The first hint of a defeat, they are immediately trying to switch sides...
And all of that, despite that the rollout was relatively harmless.
" Then came the trucker protest. They lost. "
The passes are gone, aren't they? It was damage control for the goons. They got hit hard , not by the protest itself, they were prepared to stop it, but by the popular support the truckers received.
BTW - making them back down was the only success I ever claimed has happened. I never said we already won, it will take a while (though in our age everything happens so fast, that I may still live to see it).
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