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The examples of my prof were way more basic: It's fine that they didn't know the term panic attack , but they should be able to know how fear feels. The person in my example said t…

Good points! The research and practical experience for many of these aspects is already there, though mostly only in the context of therapy, i.e. in cases where people already expe…

>But when you say the US is "exceptionally violent" that is indeed what you're saying. Compared to present countries, not the past, the US indeed is exceptionally violent, especial…

Absolutely, I myself am obviously procrastinating right now, I know it doesn't exactly help me achieve my goals for today, yet here I am, replying to you instead of doing the work …

I had no intention to offend, sorry if I came across like that. But this is actually illustrative to the point at hand: Neither in my family nor in my whole social environment do I…

As gods obviously don't actually exist[0], this is just a reframing of the idea that humans give meaning to their own existance. [0] Don't want to start a flamewar here, but there …

That's how humans think, we often can't fathom abstract ideas directly at all. Consider the idea of "time". We only think of time as movement in space, with either us moving or the…

What you've written is indeed obvious, but IMO that wasn't the point of the article. Consider this quote: "Consider what happens when you’re thirsty and drink a glass of water. The…

Russian “defence” spending is skyrocketing, This is wrong, it barely keeps up with inflation: https://www.sipri.org/commentary/topical-backgrounder/2020/r... This is a whopping 9% …

> We lived on the bottom floor and mainly relied on wood heat from the backofen in the center of the home to heat the rest, and when we didn't/forget to keep it goin I could litera…

France didn't really build new plants either, the existing plants are just as old as Germany's. The one big new project under construction, Flamanville, is already way over budget,…

The article has the answer to your question: There was no lens, just a pinhole. The lens and filter system gets integrated "over the next few months". They tested the sensor array,…

> Civ6 feels like a bad design problem. Definitely! Multiple core mechanics are downright broken. Religion for example is a complete waste of time, as it has practically zero conse…

Well, Nvidia invented CUDA, it's no surprise that they won't give up their competitive advantage by properly supporting OpenCL or SYCL. Edit: Also, SYCL should be supported by most…

Perhaps Civ6 just isn't your thing, but your experience could also be exactly what Sid Meier describes: You have to grasp the different mechanics to get to the fun, strategic part …

The company can pay you anything between the legal minimum and the marginal product of your labor. As the labor market can never be perfectly competitive (i.e. an econ 101 textbook…

Marx didn't actually claim that labour should "get all the profits" - in fact he went to great lengths to explain his criticism of the contemporary socialist movement for demanding…