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Aiming to think more clearly

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@meandmeinkampf @9mmsmg The real tweet is quoting something different

https://t.co/9skhwwmbaA

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

I can’t hear you over the sound of me eating this empanada

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@TomChickfila @lacoste2552 @cimmerian_v I wrote it myself. I appreciate that!

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Fighter planes returned from war with bullet holes. We can put more armor on them, but only a limited amount (due to weight or cost)

So where should we put the armor?

One might think: where the planes got shot at. So we'll put armor on the spots with bullet holes

(This is "survivorship bias", where we make conclusions based on that which survived because that's all we can see)

But the true answer is "put armor where there are no bullet holes". Because the planes which got shot in those deadly spots were unable to return

The internet meme is basically saying "we don't see evidence of the things which failed"

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@LizzyStarrrdust Bad 🤷‍♂️

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@CartoonsHateHer Arrest repeat offenders, admit there's an ideal amount of immigration which isn't infinity, admit men can't be women

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@Cherry_Pepis @ClickingSeason @AlecStapp I think you agree that losing e.g. 20 years is worse than losing 2 years

But are worried that people will use this point to dismiss the tragedy of losing 2 years. Which is a fair worry

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@RealDianeYap @HumpyAppleby "Men won't work unless they can get their dicks wet?"

What if there's truth to that?

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@JeevesThinks @RedBloodedGuy We aren't looking for realness, we are looking for internal consistency

The creators and viewers know that the show differs from reality when they use zombies

I don't think they know that when they show a girl take down a grown man

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This reminds me of a talk by Rupert Spira. He said:

"Even those that are supposedly born and never lose touch with the knowledge of their true nature, they are not much help to humanity because they don't know how to meet anybody where they are

In order to be of help to humanity, you have to take the pathways yourself that you are then going to suggest to others

[Adi Da] claimed to have been born without forgetting his true nature. But he realized that he was of no use to humanity in that condition

So he, and this is just hearsay, he consciously forgot his own nature. So as to have to find pathways for himself back home,
In order to then make those pathways available to other people

And hence, he said
"I had to become like you in order for you to become like me""

https://t.co/kxQfWBrJ1i

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It might be fun to explore different button combinations. Like if you play 2 notes 4 spaces apart, you get a major sound. But if you lower the high note by 1, now it's a minor sound. Or raise it by 1 and it's a totally different experience

Or try recreating simple melodies from songs you like

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I personally favor the piano. 10 fingers and all the notes are laid out in a line. Making it very free/intuitive to mess around on and notice how different note spacings feel

The high skill ceiling can be intimidating but maybe think of it as a xylophone with more potential 😂

Regarding simpler instruments, the harp seems good. Maybe the harmonica? And any percussion is based imo

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@keysmashbandit I think this is true, but it has also been coded by people lying to me

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"No great genius can explain how he does it
Yes, he says, "I have learned the techniques to express myself
Because I had something in me that had to come out
...But then, beyond that, I'm afraid I can't tell you how it was
That I used that technique to express this mysterious thing
I wanted to show you.""
- Alan Watts
https://t.co/JqKxcu1EpE

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@DrGhastly86 @aki_being Hmm. If this is true, this is a huge point

A quick normie google search suggests the Russian military is worse off than 3 years ago, but I don't simply trust that

Noted

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@DrGhastly86 @aki_being Is it working for them?

I expected big powerful Russia to sweep Ukraine no problem, and have been surprised by their inability

You're suggesting they actually could have done that, but this slow war of attrition is in their best interests?

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I admit hearing that take from someone who isn't one-sided and ideological gave me pause

So I guess the question is, what happens if we keep this up?

Can it end with Ukraine keeping its territory and Russia withdrawing?

And of course: nukes

Maybe the Russian military can't win without them. And maybe they won't resort to using them or even threatening using them. But they have them. And getting this wrong is exponentially worse than what we've dealt with so far

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Formerly, I'd have no disagreement

Russia is the bad guy. Team Ukraine. Obviously. (Even though the west is not guilt-free.) Unless, all that approach does is prolong a war Ukraine can't win, causing more deaths before an inevitable Russian win

But I was talking with a buddy yesterday who believes that the Russian military and economy is much worse off than we'd previously thought,

And continuing our approach of funding Ukraine and sanctioning Russia is not futile. We just need to keep it up until Russia can't

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You have to go back
To what you're pretty sure is true
Or you can prolong your angst!
That's an option too

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You have to go back
To what you're pretty sure is true
At the risk of being tricked
'Cause that's the best that you can do!