future_synthetic

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Using his own terminology here. He says in the piece that bad faith is often 'incorrectly' defined as ill intent, and my argument is that the ill intent is a package deal.

Can I argue that misrepresenting yourself in an argument intentionally is, in fact, done with ill intent an overwhelming majority of the time.

on what · c/techtakes · 33 pts · 2y

Ah yes, computer programming, the leader in biological sciences.

It was not on my bingo card today to witness someone attempt to ascribe legitimacy to intelligent design through application of computer programming concepts but here we are.

"smart and hardworking people" aside, the normalization and dismissal of these statements as just marketing or otherwise harmless fibs has enabled a consistent escalation of scope and affect. Design shortcuts that Tesla has made have resulted in actual death and injury, and claiming that the cars have agi even in a rudimentary sense is astonishing.

Somewhat akin to the e-libertarians who are convinced they will assume the role of dominant survivor slash ruling class once the pesky government collapses and gets out of their way. As if their inability to attain success in the current socioeconomic climate had anything to do with outside forces limiting their potential. The rolling of my eyes is intense enough to attain gravitational coefficient.

Ian McCollum is an interesting case. As far as content creators go I tend to prefer InRange/Karl Kasarda but he and Ian collaborate frequently (to the point of designing an AR-15 variant together) though not so much the last few years. I suspect Ian's "history is more important than not platforming people like Larry Vickers" attitude may have disillusioned Karl somewhat.

Being even slightly in the 2A space exposes one to all manner of this. Largely as you said, preppers who convince themselves that they will survive and shepherd those of like mind to post-event society by virtue of stockpiling goods they have little to no practical knowledge of how to use.

I don't know if there's a term for it, the term I usually use is fart-huffing.