So I grew up around creationists. When I presented this idea, the only attempt at a justification I heard was something like "in the original Hebrew the word for a literal day was used, that's how we know creation happened in literal 6 days"
Which baffled me enough to shut me up, so that guy probably thinks he convinced me.
Many people are not freedom absolutists. They are ok with giving up some small freedoms if it means a better society. Smoking, besides being dangerously addictive, also negatively affects lots of people around you, and it negatively affects the health of children who grow up with smoker parents.
I think ideally it would not be banned outright, just severely limited (no smoking in public except very specific, closed off spaces. No smoking in an environment that children inhabit, etc) but people will just do it anyway, especially because of how addictive it is. So I can definitely understand the motive to just ban it for future generations who are not addicted yet.
Yeah, it's more like "mildly interesting, a study suggests French could potentially become the most widely used language by 2050"
I read it as them both failing to stay mad at each other when they think the other is willing to show some cheeky affection, despite the bad mood. It doesn't mean they won't work out whatever problem started this, but by the dog "breaking the ice", they can do so with better moods, working together rather than as opponents.
So, I think it's really cute. I think reminding yourself of your feelings for your partner, even when you have a disagreement or miscommunication, is often hard but important.
The Federation would never publish fake data, so it must be true!
If it were convincing lies made to deceive, then sure. But in this case the papers were deliberately made to be immediately obviously fake, to anyone actually reading them.
So I guess the question would be "would humans do the same thing if someone literally writes obvious jokes on the internet?"
They swallow it for safe keeping during the jump
I don't mean focused on you as a specific individual, I mean it only benefits the one picking unlimited time, it does nothing for the rest of the world (which I argue contains lots of value) right now.
Let me give a specific example. Let's say someone's loved one is sick with cancer. By choosing "unlimited money" or maybe "unlimited medical knowledge" or "unlimited influence", they could probably cure the cancer, or at least greatly extend their loved ones lifetime. If they choose unlimited time, then they could not. So are you saying the value of that love one's life is inconsequential?
Or another, maybe you value human lives, and therefore it would be valuable for all wars to end. By picking "unlimited negotiation skill" or something else, you would be able to almost immediately end any war, and perhaps solve war in general. With infinite time, maybe in the far far future you could achieve this, but what about all the lives lost until then? Are they all inconsequential?
Yes I get that, but again, this is very focused on YOU. What about your friends and family who will suffer from the reduced value of the world. What about the general population?
With unlimited time you could theoretically make a perfect world for yourself, one day. But it does nothing for things that are valuable now.
Don't get me wrong, unlimited time would be an incredible power, I'm just against the idea that there is nothing of value besides things you could also achieve with unlimited time.
I also disagree that everything valuable can be bought. And also, not everything of value has unlimited time to be reached
For example, maybe you value the natural world in ways that climate change and other human factors are threatening to destroy. Sure with enough time you could get infinite money or influence or whatever to solve the problem, but by then it will be far too late.
Near the end of highschool I set a routine to wake up at 5am, go for a 3km run, then study until everyone else woke up. I did this every day for a couple months, and I always used "Misery" by Maroon 5 as my alarm, cus I thought it would be funny. Over 10 years from then I still suffer mental misery whenever I hear that song.