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I think the point is people disproportionately tsk tsk about the harms of drug use compared to the harms of alcohol. Personally I think most substances in moderate quantities taken…

it was just called "Kingdom of Great Britain" before 1801 when it only included England Scotland and Wales

The ancient Egyptian god is fuming

not 100% disputing what you're saying and im sure more automatics/EVs etc will gradually filter in. BUT it's not just an affordability thing lots of people just prefer cheaper cars…

There's still a big demand for manuals here, not just from petrolheads either. They're popular generally but in particular with newly qualified drivers, and people who live in urba…

In the UK manuals are still significantly cheaper, so the bottom end of the market prefers them as well as the petrol heads

What about the cost factor? In the UK manuals are still significantly cheaper than automatics.

I'm UK based and still drive a manual. The main reason being cost. I'm a super infrequent driver (maybe once a week for bulky shops or long weekend trips) and don't want to be payi…

Manuals are still ubiquitous where I am in the UK so I don't agree with that assessment. They are still vastly cheaper than automatics as well.

> So, just like almost everybody else Projection?

Sorry I just don't agree with this. I run 50 miles a week and mix in some cycling too, and I actively have to make an effort to eat enough to maintain weight. Endurance cardio does…

It's not completely an illusion. You had for example Leicester winning the league only five years ago.

you say that but a complete minnow (Leicester) won the league only five years ago putting all these 'big' clubs to shame. Yes the odds are stacked in their favour but the only thin…

What even is a "true price", ontologically speaking?

> This claim is false. If you can empirically support a result which shows that something most other economists believe is likely false and can do so convincingly It's almost impos…

It's not that simplistic, it's not a conspiracy it's a self-selecting self-replicating system. How do economics professors get hired? By impressing other economics professors. And …

my main problem with economics is it makes a philosophical error in that it assumes people and economic agents are inert objects to be studied as you would chemicals or atoms, with…

Would you apply the same criteria to literature? Film? Art? Why isn't someone like, say, Jackson Pollock as 'clear and understandable' as a renaissance painter?

I admit Deleuze's writing is hard work but he has some really interesting metaphysical ideas linked to complexity and systems theory, try reading Manuel DeLanda for a more accessib…

"Analytic" Philosophy is already a term, I think it does the job pretty well

IMO it's a strange misinterpretation of his work to think he's a conspiracy theorist. I think it is undeniable that every era has an ideology that captures the zeitgeist of the tim…

Calm down, his films are just interesting takes on the ideologies that govern our times, combined artfully with arresting archive footage and music. They're not always claiming to …

I wouldnt class Adam Curtis's work as documentaries. More like... interesting stories and moods crafted from a collage of archive footage. They're just an interesting take, not nec…

Really, that's interesting, I've always thought about his work the opposite way. As if he's saying 'this is a story about the way the world works, you can take it or leave it'.

> Sounds like you're applying a lot of quite American assumptions to rural Wales, to be honest. I'm British, I know Wales pretty well. Rural north Wales is pretty deprived