Chad / Chad is on Nostr

Skeptical, independent, and curious. Mainly into FOSS, liberty, and innovation.

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2024-04-23 06:03:35

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This is like when a woman posts a selfie with #nomakeup but makes sure squeeze in all that cleavage into the frame of the photo lol

2024-03-13 05:27:46

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They may be wrong objectively but how would anyone know that they are holding the wrong or right objective belief other than using their interpretation and intuition?

2024-03-13 05:12:08

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Ya, that's true.
Maybe I'll be curious enough one day to see how it reads.
I have heard of some of the commonly used philosophical arguments before.
I'm sure there are a ton of them I haven't heard.
I'm open to hearing them out though.

2024-03-12 18:30:09

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I appreciate the input but a problem is I've read books before that other people thought were solid only to find them to be very lacking at best.
And maybe they would think the same about some books I like.
I bet if we both saw the same Christian/atheist debate I would say the atheist won and you would say the Christian won.
And I have a feeling that with this book you would say he was very convincing and I would say he wasn't.
If he brought new winning arguments to the forefront then I would expect them to spread throughout the Christian community.
So, I think I'll wait for some of those arguments to appear first.

2024-03-10 05:26:12

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I also think it's appropriate and normal to use both deontological and consequentialist ethics.
I never got much into Natural Rights Theory though.
I like what I've heard from the philosopher Michael Huemer.
He argues from an intuitionism perspective.
Basically arguing that we intuitively know that our life is our own without using much if any philosophical framing.
And that it doesn't seem to make any sense that the government should have any special authority over us unless it serves a very good reason.
The approach is clean, to the point, and cuts out any framing that's starting point based on an intuition anyway.

2024-03-09 06:32:44

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I would give it a go but there are a lot of books on my reading list and I have so many criticisms on religion's validity that can't seem to be answered well.
So to prioritize it, I would need to be first intrigued by a Christian's responses.
I just haven't seen it yet.

2024-03-04 23:48:05

The real world effective difference between objective and subjective morality may be negligible.
If morality were to be considered objective, everyone still forms their own interpretations of the official objective morality by using their own unique intuitive dispositions.
If morality were to be considered subjective, each person still thinks their moral code is superior to other codes or lack thereof and ought to at least in part be applied universally.

2024-02-22 17:05:26

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It seems like the main focus should be to gain as many political allies as possible.
I don't think crypto can sidestep politics unfortunately.

2024-02-14 06:43:22

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I wish there was a client that would turn off the zaps for polls.
I would post more of them.

2024-02-05 02:14:05

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I have a general question about crypto.
Let's say crypto starts gaining traction as money to the point where the govt feels threatened.
They respond by banning all business dealings with it.
Even if they can't control or even identify transactions on the blockchain, they can still see who publicly accepts crypto (by looking at website payment options, audits, investigations, etc).
This would make the vast majority of people avoid crypto, and businesses dealing in crypto illegally couldn't scale.
This seems like the likely scenario as the govt will not just let this much power slip away.
Isn't this a fundamental problem?

2024-01-31 02:37:48

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For ancaps, there are ideas out there about how to decentralize and privatize essential government functions but it's pretty much based on a faith that the market will provide the innovation needed to meet those demands.
Most of them argue that the worst thing that could happen is already the status quo.
Sometimes the warped perspective sounds a little culty to be honest and I say that as a moderate libertarian.

2023-09-02 01:27:35

I have a question about crypto.
Let's say crypto starts gaining traction as money to the point where the govt feels threatened.
They respond by banning all business dealings with it.
Even if they can't control or even identify transactions on the blockchain, they can still see who publicly accepts crypto (by looking at website payment options, audits, investigations, etc).
This would make the vast majority of people avoid crypto, and businesses dealing in crypto illegally couldn't scale.
This seems like the likely scenario as the govt will not just let this much power slip away.
Isn't this a fundamental problem?