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  • On the seventh day, god created uranium

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  • The point is to hopefully get people to put some more thought into the position they hold and what they argue against so they can make stronger arguments. Contrary to popular belief, religious folks do listen to logic (at least, in my experience). But those who argue with them don't argue from a place of logic either, so obviously they're not going to be receptive.

  • On the seventh day, god created uranium

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  • If trees haven't always started from 0 and grown a new ring each year (barring weird weather phenomena), then how can we use it for dating? The only way that it works is if we assume they do.

    A different assumption of sameness is still an assumption of sameness. And the "highly unlikely" claim you're making is also based on the same assumption, but applied to the universe as a whole. Why would you say that it's unlikely unless you've observed that the laws of physics have always been consistent during your lifetime and extrapolated that into the past?

  • Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code

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  • Yes, I acknowledge that it isn't malicious software. That's why I compare it to a zip bomb. The important part isn't "software". It's the "malicious". None of what Obelisk said relies on this thing being software.

  • On the seventh day, god created uranium

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  • What dating method doesn't rely on the same assumption of sameness across time?

  • Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code

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  • It's malware as much as a zip bomb is malware. Both serve as input to another program to make it do a specific thing. That thing causes harm on the end user's device. Asking an agent to speak in old English causes no such harm.

  • On the seventh day, god created uranium

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  • The error rate is also based on that assumption. If the carbon suddenly popped into existence 6000 years ago, then that violates the assumption.

  • On the seventh day, god created uranium

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  • Carbon dating gives you an approximate age under the assumption that the carbon you're looking at followed the same dynamics at all time points preceding the present moment. It does not prove in any way that the assumption is true.

  • Your best is enough

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  • There's also something about this that just feels very invalidating. Like someone telling you that your need to eat and have a roof over your head isn't important.

  • Another redundant app

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  • Who is better suited to know how someone can better present themselves than those having the experience of being presented to?

    If one should not do the better thing, then I don't know what "better" means.

    Maybe it's clearer if I use the same vocabulary as you:

    So as a Star Trek fan, I should it's better if I dress up as a Star Wars fan to please the Star Wars fans looking for Star Trek fans posting as Star Wars fans?

    If you care about that, then go do so. If not, then don’t.

    That's the entire point. I know what I want. You don't know that about me. All you can know is what you want.

  • Another redundant app

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  • So as a Star Trek fan, I should dress up as a Star Wars fan to please the Star Wars fans looking for Star Trek fans posting as Star Wars fans? Regardless of my desire to pretend to be a Star Wars fan and get into all the interactions that entails? I don't know if you see yet why people find this objectionable.

  • Another redundant app

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  • So they would have a better experience encountering a Star Trek fan posing as a Star Wars fan?

  • Shirty Rex

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  • I thought the second post was the joke, not the explanation.

  • Another redundant app

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  • So if I go out wearing a Star Trek and encounter someone who wants to meet a Star Wars fan, then I'm in the wrong for choosing that shirt?

  • Another redundant app

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  • I mean, it technically is, but going the other way.

  • Sexaaahhh

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  • I think Mary might actually be two people hiding under a robe. The hands are coming from whoever's on the bottom.

  • It's swimming, I would've thought the drugs would help

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  • I heard (source may not be reliable) that one of the goals of this project is to better understand the effects of various drugs on people, so they would still need to know what everyone's taking.

  • AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge

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  • it just let the real mathematicians know the assumed dead end was actually useful.

    Which is one of the most valuable skills for any scientist.

  • Do you stay on vpn 24/7 or turn it on whenever you need it?

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  • If a website loads with a VPN, then it doesn't exist?

    or

    If a website loads without a VPN, then it doesn't exist?

  • I’ll take their chances

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  • Repeating what you were told in different words is a way of confirming your understanding. That's what I'm trying to do here.