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phantom_of_cato

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About phantom_of_cato

"It is a hard matter to save a city in which a fish sells for more than an ox."

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    That has nothing to do with the ridiculous argument made above.

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    It is, for the most part. The replication crisis supports that statement. [1] Quite a few results you may have read about in "Thinking: Fast and Slow" probably won't replicate. [2]…

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    > What is the point of making this comment? The point is that if we don't resist internet censorship here in the west, for which the pressure is building up, there won't be a free …

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    Comment #33201555

    We all know that many public libraries carry holocaust denial books, right? It's time to do something about that. /s

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    Comment #33158697

    The military-industrial complex [1] on full display. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military–industrial_complex

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    > As I stared up into the heavens, I had this deeply profound realization that our planet is traveling through space like all the other planets. I genuinely don't understand what w…

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    Well, maybe he should have sponsored a loved one (or even just a random person) to go instead. Most people would probably be filled with wonder and joy.

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    Comment #33136270

    That really sounds like a lie, they are probably just responding to the backslash.

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    First of all, the entire field of psychiatry is very dubious. It's nothing similar to a mature science. They aren't really doing objective evaluations. For example, very often, if …

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    Comment #33099474

    Harmful and "false" content shouldn't be censored by tech platforms either. There's no API for truth. There's some role for courts, through libel/defamation lawsuits. And even then…

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