Meanwhile EU saying fuck all the disabled to appease a convicted rapist/felon. Sickening.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2025
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If it's the particular words that are the issue you have a bigger problem than just helping the poor, which is a laudable goal. Hups, I just used an obscure word and alienated the dummies.
A favourite cognitive bias is the role of emotions in persuasion and decision making. Arguments are much more persuasive if they make us feel good, regardless of the evidence.
It's interesting to watch an AI reason these issues because we're reasonably sure it doesn't have feelings and should be immune to the pitfalls of having an ego.
I’m not voting for no “laudable” BS. Let’s just talk about goals that are worthy
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“Death tax” energy.
I'm a little bit concerned about the colors of each line on this graph.
I would hope this kind of study would be apolitical attempt to discover where we have agreement as opposed to disagreement. And if vernacular is the core difference let's not use color choices that could be interpreted as means something else.
Nothing is apolitical anymore, deal with it