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If you dig into importlib and try to write extensions for it then the underlying concepts of modules and packages will make a lot more sense. For a project I was working on where y…

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How many white supremacists do you think there are? How many people who fully denounce white supremacy do you think there are?

The term conspiracy theorist was designed for this purpose...

That's because they had a cohesive narrative that fully encapsulated the political struggle of a republic aimed for the people vs a tyrannical dictatorship. The new trilogy was dev…

Because they are involved in the conspiracy themselves...

Welcome to what mystics from the west and east have been saying for thousands of years.

And we computer scientists believe political vague statements with no evidence behind them why? It's not like there are dozens of cases of "intelligence" being wrong in the past 15…

Have you listened to Jacques Valleé on Joe Rogan, he definitely believes in Aliens...

Feel like this is all semantics. Sure the term "addiction" isn't fully applicable but the claim that because it's not addictive that there is nothing to the premise is spurious. I …

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The article is right for the wrong reason psychology isn't science it's something much more important and goes beyond the dichotomy of science and "pseudoscience". How can we trust…

And how many men who are unbeknownst to you alone and completely struggling in the dating market have you seen but are conviently ignored for a couple flashy examples that stuck ou…

Data classes are far superior than named tuples of you are using 3.7 or higher

Ah yes the "something is true only if everyone else believes it" fallacy.

Agreed with the other commentor. In fact as Decartes claimed consciousness is the only thing that you can know that exists.

You should read Consciousness by Anaka Harris it's short read that may help you understand the position a bit better.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magicians_of_the_Gods worth a read

The problem is that the motivation is unfalsifiable. You cannot assume ones motives when talking about the facts. In addition motivation is a nonsequitor that is mainly used as dis…

> a lecture series or seminar by a researcher specializing in social justice movements, civil rights leaders, abolitionists, etc. Possibly focusing on insights from newly discovere…

Terrible. The solution to "misinformation" is good information not hiding the bad information. No one's mind has ever been changed by hiding information. If you can't say "this inf…