For me it was the natural conclusion from coming to accept a no-collapse interpretation of quantum mechanics. Before that, the ghost in the machine seemed to me like maybe it could be hiding somewhere in the spooky apparent randomness of wavefunction collapse, but if the universal wavefunction fully and deterministically describes the evolution in time of all particles everywhere, and there are no terms for “thoughts and feelings and free will” in that equation, then they are epiphenomena.

Political violence ≠ fascism. Violence is what people turn to when they can’t achieve what they need by merely talking and voting. Cf. every revolution, ever. Including the American one.

The election chances have just shot up.

Actually, you can disapprove of both hamas and the murder of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. Simultaneously. Without self-contradiction, even. Give it a try!

Does anyone else want to set the world on fire? Cause I don’t. I just want to start a flame in your heart.

You are right, this video is clickbait mitigation, not clickbait itself. The haters are just primed to hate at the drop of a hat.

Thank heavens somebody understands the laws of thermodynamics.

This is why I’m playing the game in early access. Each update could be the one that lets you pet the dog! Very exciting.