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Philosophy, culture, politics. Finding the overlap between excellence and rarity.

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"The process leading to human extinction is to be regretted, because it will cause considerable suffering and death. However, the prospect of a world without humans is not something that, in itself, we should regret." — David Benatar https://t.co/8bkriOK9rx? #Philosophy #askphilo

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Psychiatry���s Incurable Hubris: The biology of mental illness is still a mystery, but practitioners don’t want to admit it. https://t.co/cIH56cq7AC #Philosophy #askphilo

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Sign up for the Reddit Gifts Yarn Exchange by March 31st! https://t.co/hGGAYMWC72 #Philosophy #askphilo

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On whether chimps deserve legal personhood https://t.co/jhdC5AEFUK #Philosophy #askphilo

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Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind https://t.co/YjUVkize8f #Philosophy #askphilo

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The Moral Problem of Other Minds: On how we should treat other beings in cases of uncertainty about sentience https://t.co/gDetRzYMPc #Philosophy #askphilo

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Peacekeeping and the Possibility of a Revisionist Law of War https://t.co/xKNfukdogE #Philosophy #askphilo

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A Scientific Defense of Panpsychism: Understanding Panpsychism through Evolutionary Biology and an Analogy to Electricity https://t.co/GHmuxdeX5e #Philosophy #askphilo

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Philosophers On a Physics Experiment that "Suggests There’s No Such Thing As Objective Reality" - Daily Nous https://t.co/C5HE3VXZZp #Philosophy #askphilo

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Atheism is inconsistent with the Scientific Method, prizewinning physicist says https://t.co/TVGAcnNkJw #Philosophy #askphilo

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Due dates for babies are like estimated download times https://t.co/OgcF6ZKaHg #Philosophy #askphilo

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J.K. Rowling changing aspects of Harry Potter 22 years after it was written is the equivalent of coming up with a good comeback a few hours after the arguement's already finished. https://t.co/NgdlIbzlF4 #Philosophy #askphilo

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Imprisoned in a web of lies by her overprotective mother, Gypsy Blanchard’s fight for freedom ultimately ends in murder. The Act, now streaming on Hulu. https://t.co/2FcgH7x6XC #Philosophy #askphilo

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Mayans used to use coco beans as money, so at one point money did in fact grow on trees https://t.co/KMUcxkwTbQ #Philosophy #askphilo

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Eating a calzone is just a more socially acceptable excuse to eat an entire pizza by yourself. https://t.co/ccN4f8blI8 #Philosophy #askphilo

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"What’s Wrong with Lewis Carroll’s Tortoise" Unpacking Lewis Carroll's 'Tortoise and Achilles' paradox concerning logical form, and what it can tell us about logic and belief https://t.co/7Sr0omVNcz #Philosophy #askphilo

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Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment, because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it. https://t.co/oU5fFWpBrT #Philosophy #askphilo

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When we pull the Q-Tip out of our ear and see a ton of wax we think “Gross!” but when we pull it out with nothing we’re kinda disappointed... https://t.co/hiAgCCGHkS #Philosophy #askphilo

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What Is A Showerthought? https://t.co/3G6raqOG49 #Philosophy #askphilo

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It's weird that only Lumière has an accent even though all the characters in Beauty and the Beast live in France. https://t.co/HzUeQwzeUG #Philosophy #askphilo

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Fred Flintstone would wear a tie to work, despite his job as a crane operator, because he was dressing for the job he wanted. https://t.co/IqcstuunuV #Philosophy #askphilo