RRB @rrb@qoto.org

@cjd @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social he boiled the Republican agenda down to its core racism

@jwcph @TessRants @RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space Will is also a concept that verges on mysticism.

However, as an atheist, I kind of like the idea of demanding statistical validation of any religious concept. I think Buddhism is the only faith that would pass that test.

@jwcph @TessRants @RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space

I never really saw proofs that something is emergent, anyway. Besides which, the concept emergent is kind of hand wavy, verging on mystical.

@violet @RolloTreadway @RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space

That is ", *, or B depending.

@RickiTarr

Oh. I just achieved enlightenment. I have the Calvinist answer:

"Only if you are wealthy."

@RolloTreadway @RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1398-i-love-deadlines-i-love-the-whooshing-noise-they-make

@lauren

Don't be evil?

@spaf

Looking for an interesting sabbatical?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/21/wagner-boss-posts-first-video-since-russia-mutiny-hints-hes-in-africa

@jwcph @RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space

Quantum entanglement messes up the idea of particles only having 2 to 3 states doesn't it?

At least it does for me.

@RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space It is a Jorge Luis Borges question.

@LukeF @RickiTarr Or, if you take the Copenhagen interpretation all things DO happen. The system just bifurcates at that point. Which could be predestination. You just do not know which path of the infinite bifurcations your consciousness will be in.

All hail Borges!!!

@RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space

week (Sic) -->weak

@RickiTarr @Reb@strangeobject.space

I wonder about that scientist. In theory, if you knew the state of everything, you could predict the future. But, Schroedinger showed you can not know the state of everything. Also, quantum mechanics kind of implies that the evolution of things (even at the lowest level) is probabilistic in nature. (Einstein's "Gott wuerfelt nicht." quote).

So quantum mechanics really seems to imply predestination exists only in terms of probabilities, which is pretty week.

I tend to follow Robert Anton Wilson's approach, which is consistent with quantum mechanics and very much anti-predestination.

I follow Sartre's concept of "you define yourself." It is the only thing that makes sense. You are not a passive punching bag for the universe.

@rbreich Used to do twitter, but that place is embarrassing now.

@CosmicTrigger@kolektiva.social

Males with minimal junk?

would probably bother them more.

@alexwild or boost messages you forge from those accounts showing them calling Putin gay.

That gets them hard time!

@RickiTarr

Note:
--K is more tied to English's Teutonic roots.
--C is more tied to the Norman invasion

To get back to our roots, someone needs to check Sanskrit and see if the symbol for that sound is kloser to C or K. My guess is K. German is closer to Sanscrit.

@dangillmor

But. Both sides?