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Determinism and Materialism, Empathy and Understanding
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i like Cultist Sim, World of Darkness, my beautiful partner, and wearing cute outfits
if you want to get into Nine Inch Nails, lemme know, they're my hyperfocus
MDNI🔞
she/they
i like Cultist Sim, World of Darkness, my beautiful partner, and wearing cute outfits
if you want to get into Nine Inch Nails, lemme know, they're my hyperfocus
MDNI🔞
crazy valuable endorsement
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
crazy valuable endorsement
IQ is a racist ableist concept that was invented for a super limited scope that was then taken by racist eugenicists to "prove" their superiority and the other's inferiority using flimsy science and a boatload of post hoc rationalization.
Have a more nuanced understanding of intelligence, dump IQ.
Have a more nuanced understanding of intelligence, dump IQ.
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
IQ is a racist ableist concept that was invented for a super limited scope that was then taken by racist eugenicists to "prove" their superiority and the other's inferiority using flimsy science and a boatload of post hoc rationalization.
Have a more nuanced understanding of intelligence, dump IQ.
Have a more nuanced understanding of intelligence, dump IQ.
yeah i'd definitely say determination doesn't preclude experience, as well as definition not precluding awe, i enjoy both!
my main point is acknowledgment of the material and not "chosen" nature of choices when discussing concepts like blame or praise
my main point is acknowledgment of the material and not "chosen" nature of choices when discussing concepts like blame or praise
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
yeah i'd definitely say determination doesn't preclude experience, as well as definition not precluding awe, i enjoy both!
my main point is acknowledgment of the material and not "chosen" nature of choices when discussing concepts like blame or praise
my main point is acknowledgment of the material and not "chosen" nature of choices when discussing concepts like blame or praise
god this experiment and all the academic discourse stemming from it are wild
yeah at the end of the day, i'm just meat doing some weird gestures on a slab of glass, plastic, and silicon with some intention of meaning to another person ostensibly doing the same,
but i ain't got nothing else going on
yeah at the end of the day, i'm just meat doing some weird gestures on a slab of glass, plastic, and silicon with some intention of meaning to another person ostensibly doing the same,
but i ain't got nothing else going on
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
god this experiment and all the academic discourse stemming from it are wild
yeah at the end of the day, i'm just meat doing some weird gestures on a slab of glass, plastic, and silicon with some intention of meaning to another person ostensibly doing the same,
but i ain't got nothing else going on
yeah at the end of the day, i'm just meat doing some weird gestures on a slab of glass, plastic, and silicon with some intention of meaning to another person ostensibly doing the same,
but i ain't got nothing else going on
I hope any of this is at all coherent. i don't have any education in philosophy or metaphysics etc so idfk
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I hope any of this is at all coherent. i don't have any education in philosophy or metaphysics etc so idfk
otherwise i live in a consensual fugue state where im not thinking about the absolute determination of everything i have or ever will experience, until i talk about it or something reminds me of it, then i take it out of the box i keep it in my head, look at it, and put it back when done.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
otherwise i live in a consensual fugue state where im not thinking about the absolute determination of everything i have or ever will experience, until i talk about it or something reminds me of it, then i take it out of the box i keep it in my head, look at it, and put it back when done.
obviously the magick bit is extra wacky, but i cannot see any other way of living as a hard determinist, you just have to be at peace with contradiction. at least that's where i've landed
i try to apply determinism when considering policy or empathy etc, but otherwise
i try to apply determinism when considering policy or empathy etc, but otherwise
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
obviously the magick bit is extra wacky, but i cannot see any other way of living as a hard determinist, you just have to be at peace with contradiction. at least that's where i've landed
i try to apply determinism when considering policy or empathy etc, but otherwise
i try to apply determinism when considering policy or empathy etc, but otherwise
yeah i get what you mean entirely, hence the absurdity of it even resembling my way of seeing things.
i hold contradictory beliefs: 1) i don't believe in god or free will
2) i entertain (best word i can think of) magick and live day to day thinking as if i have free will
i hold contradictory beliefs: 1) i don't believe in god or free will
2) i entertain (best word i can think of) magick and live day to day thinking as if i have free will
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
yeah i get what you mean entirely, hence the absurdity of it even resembling my way of seeing things.
i hold contradictory beliefs: 1) i don't believe in god or free will
2) i entertain (best word i can think of) magick and live day to day thinking as if i have free will
i hold contradictory beliefs: 1) i don't believe in god or free will
2) i entertain (best word i can think of) magick and live day to day thinking as if i have free will
it's a nonsense series of beliefs, but i think that no matter what you do, even if you're materialism to the max in all ways possible, your existence is still philosophically Absurd and all the baggage that comes with that. dk if just yapping or if this is coherent but that's what ive got ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
it's a nonsense series of beliefs, but i think that no matter what you do, even if you're materialism to the max in all ways possible, your existence is still philosophically Absurd and all the baggage that comes with that. dk if just yapping or if this is coherent but that's what ive got ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
fuck i might actually be this the more i think about it. i believe in the importance of intention and consciousness, immaterial concerns imo but i also think of myself as a materialist, commie shit but also free will doesn't exist the universe may or may not be determined but we'll likely never know
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
fuck i might actually be this the more i think about it. i believe in the importance of intention and consciousness, immaterial concerns imo but i also think of myself as a materialist, commie shit but also free will doesn't exist the universe may or may not be determined but we'll likely never know
gnostic atheism is wild.
i'm not sure i can entirely discount the concept, but it certainly is Absurd™
i'm not sure i can entirely discount the concept, but it certainly is Absurd™
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
gnostic atheism is wild.
i'm not sure i can entirely discount the concept, but it certainly is Absurd™
i'm not sure i can entirely discount the concept, but it certainly is Absurd™
good read, here's more if anyone is interested. link is just the short section this is from, the book is longer.
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer, an excerpt, 2017 edition
press.uchicago.edu
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
good read, here's more if anyone is interested. link is just the short section this is from, the book is longer.
responding to any of the cops, no matter how polite, in the lobby doing the security screening with anything other than "fuck off pig" actually took effort.
i didn't think my brain would actually try to auto respond to a cop with that but i guess i feel fuck the police in my bones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i didn't think my brain would actually try to auto respond to a cop with that but i guess i feel fuck the police in my bones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
responding to any of the cops, no matter how polite, in the lobby doing the security screening with anything other than "fuck off pig" actually took effort.
i didn't think my brain would actually try to auto respond to a cop with that but i guess i feel fuck the police in my bones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i didn't think my brain would actually try to auto respond to a cop with that but i guess i feel fuck the police in my bones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
crazy to find that dude at all charismatic or in any way ideologically compelling. i fuckin agree with him on most shit and i can't stand his ass.
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
crazy to find that dude at all charismatic or in any way ideologically compelling. i fuckin agree with him on most shit and i can't stand his ass.
Gouldposting
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Gouldposting
wanna larp cyberpunk and raid a datacentre lmao
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
wanna larp cyberpunk and raid a datacentre lmao
it sounds like a fun project! and 1TB SSDs are totally affordable these days! i was worried you were going to say you wanted to get one of those 8TB things that cost a fuckin mortgage lmao
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
it sounds like a fun project! and 1TB SSDs are totally affordable these days! i was worried you were going to say you wanted to get one of those 8TB things that cost a fuckin mortgage lmao
personally i think it sounds like a worthy cause if you think you'd use it really at all
how big were you thinking i suppose is an important factor lmao
how big were you thinking i suppose is an important factor lmao
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
personally i think it sounds like a worthy cause if you think you'd use it really at all
how big were you thinking i suppose is an important factor lmao
how big were you thinking i suppose is an important factor lmao
my thicc ps3 still runs *perfectly* it's fuckin crazy
i love breaking that thing out when i get to mgs4 on my yearly mgs binges lmao
i love breaking that thing out when i get to mgs4 on my yearly mgs binges lmao
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
my thicc ps3 still runs *perfectly* it's fuckin crazy
i love breaking that thing out when i get to mgs4 on my yearly mgs binges lmao
i love breaking that thing out when i get to mgs4 on my yearly mgs binges lmao
there's gotta be a cabal out there that is making sure the objectively perfect earbud never hits market
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
there's gotta be a cabal out there that is making sure the objectively perfect earbud never hits market
I know it's just a short essay and really beginner stuff, but Value, Price, and Profit. It's just really good at elucidating what core term mean and how they directly affect you
like i didn't think about time based labor vs product based labor with any intent before reading
big recommend for newbies
like i didn't think about time based labor vs product based labor with any intent before reading
big recommend for newbies
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I know it's just a short essay and really beginner stuff, but Value, Price, and Profit. It's just really good at elucidating what core term mean and how they directly affect you
like i didn't think about time based labor vs product based labor with any intent before reading
big recommend for newbies
like i didn't think about time based labor vs product based labor with any intent before reading
big recommend for newbies