::taps the tiny OSHA guy meme::

I think if it’s an actual nuke it changes things as much as the “grab em by the pussy” video did (roughly 48 hours worth). If it’s Dresden not even that.

I too am distracted.

Convincing people that cruelty is strength was always at the heart of the conservative project. It was there when they wanted to starve the Irish and it’s still going strong.

One of my skeptic friends attended a flat earther conference and it was exactly this. Each one had their own earth shape theory the only rule was no one could agree with the conventional model.

You know who would never get this wrong. Listen to the episode to find out. 🙃

lol that’s such a classic me-style name fuck up. 90% right and then just vibe codes the rest. So on brand. 😅

Cheers! Glad it felt useful!

Greg and FIRE have always tried to pretend they occupied an ideologically neutral position despite the clear evidence to the contrary. Same with the “heterodox” crowd more broadly.

Episode 908: Artificial Intelligence and Ethics with Dr. Aaron Rabinowitz YouTube video by Cognitive Dissonance

Had a great chat on AI ethics over on
@dissonancepod.bsky.social. We discussed arguments for and against, use cases, AI consciousness, all the fun stuff. Enjoy!

Or if you prefer the Boomer version, Kelly’s Hero.

The dumbest people in the world still exist, even when we’re not there to perceive them.

It definitely seems very seasonal.

It’s pretty weird being from an ethnic group where most of the time Christians are like “brother from a different Torah! Gimme that Judeo-Christian love!”, but then every April that fades into “Y’all murdered our lord and savior and we’re always gonna remember that.” 👀 Real weird vibes.

This would be the most cursed discourse on the internet, were it not for AI discourse.

I won my March Madness bracket because I followed the moral law of “Fuck Duke” and this year the universe turned out to be just.

There was a time I worried it was a buzz-word used solely to blame liberals for conservative stuff. That time has long since passed.

The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics - The Skeptic In the US election, men overwhelmingly voted for Trump - he offered them the illusion of meaning in a world where their position is uncertain

I wrote on this same issue from the angle of meaning making after Trump was re-elected. I think these issues remain vital no matter how much the hypermasculine authoritarian leaders beclown themselves. We still need to provide an alternative.

This is an excellent piece about the convergence of incel culture and right-wing authoritarianism.

Jimmy Concepts somehow worse final form.

The Spore drive in Discovery is also pretty fun.

Another example of how science is valuable even when it confirms things that should be readily transparent.

I’m dying. I am the final skull because this unalived me.

Why billionaire Peter Thiel is suddenly talking about the antichrist - The Skeptic Billionaire Peter Thiel has the ear of top politicians in the US - so his recent lecture series on the antichrist ought to be concerning

My actual take on Thiel’s antichrist obsession fwiw.

When Trump gives you credit for something, that’s when you grab the go bag.

Hegseth has gotta know he’s next, right? There’s dumb and there’s lacking any basic survival instincts.

“You cannot kill me in ways that matter” is maybe the hardest anyone has ever gone.

Me, shaking and crying: Please, just stop.

Peter Thiel, pointing at a seagull: Antichrist.

I did! And I talk about how they’re very different. I prefer the show cause I think it’s more afropessimist at various points where I think the book is more white washed. And its portrayal of afrofuturism in episode 7 is better than anything in the book.