@genXcessive@AmericaOnlycast@T_B0NE455@PrplGld@LostMyHats No, it's just not in the book of Mormon. The Mormons have 2 other books: The Pearl of Great Price and The Doctrine and Covenants. Each of these along with the Boom of Mormon are separate and have their own origin story.
@MattPrinciple@shoop0000@mattyglesias Why does something good happening to me imply my prior existence? It seems perfectly reasonable for me to assert "it's good that I was created" without its truth necessitating my prior existence. It only necessitates my existence now.
@avrilbradley23@mattyglesias AI is basically central to the fully automated luxury space communism meme so it's weird to me that all forms of it (and not just the highly corporatized elements) are so thoroughly rejected
@Ro4927769903@mattyglesias I have no idea what's going on in Texas this cycle but if they are pushing for a dem who most closely matches the electorate that's great!
@mattyglesias I don't really have a problem with leftists who want to push for leftier politicians in safe D districts, but I feel like that's a relatively small percent of the action compared to leftists who want to throw away high Value Over Replacement moderates in not at all safe districts
When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
@cosmepolitics What evidence is there that the decision to be "the villain" is handed down to these pols via party leadership vs them just responding to the constituencies who they represent (rather than the national average position of a supporter of the party)?
Earth's Energy Imbalance and Absorbed Solar Radiation figures are updated. We used the first 10 years for the base period in previously published papers, but now I switched to the 2001-2010 means. The 13-month meana at the end are too short, but they are just for fun. The data source is CERES https://t.co/fDO45fmkn7. Β For more details, see https://t.co/DfLKyAWlXI.
Remember that "disability" in a CPS context means "respondent reported they have difficulty going up stairs or remembering complex instructions" and has nothing to do with Social Security Disability Insurance enrollment.
@federoffm@mattyglesias@BradWilcoxIFS Couples in every age bracket today are less likely to have sex once a week than couples that were in that age bracket 20 years ago. You're similar to 28% of your peers today, but if you were your age in 2000 you'd be similar to 36% of your peers
@BagleyKSLsports Are we (the delta center rabble) really as bad at chanting as we tell ourselves on the internet? Which name (Outlaws or Mammoth) will lead to better chants?
@BagleyKSLsports What do you make of the team's struggles at home compared to the road? What is it about the delta center that makes it so hard for them to put together a complete 60 minutes there?