popcap200

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[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, there was actually Israeli terrorism on British government buildings in the region.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Iirc the Israelis were happy with this. Right or wrong, their Arab neighbors and Palestine immediately declared war on them while they were celebrating.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And remember, the courts can't consider motive, so as long as tariffs are defendable as an official act (which they are) he's 100% immune. I mean, they found him immune in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, and that was related to campaign finance as a candidate.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

The patient doesn't seem to find it so unpleasant. 😏

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The worst part is that if you're selfish, you'd think Biden would be better. I miss that 30% increase in my stock portfolio vs the 25% decrease for no reason.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

Supposedly traditional ISP's have tons and tons of lawyers and filed every single step of the way to stop Google from intruding on their local monopolies.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

True true, but if there is genuinely quantum randomness, then the reactions those atoms go through aren't predetermined, so the initial conditions could be on an individual basis, but not the long term.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I never meant to imply it was. I was simply stating that with a hyper advanced understanding of chemistry it's possible that everything in the universe could have been predicted up to this point by an infinitely well programmed/powerful computer or whatever. Because in my head, that's theoretically possible, it's also possible everything is predetermined, not by some grand scheme or designs, but just predetermined by random chance.

Apologies if I'm using the incorrect phrasing.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

God having a plan vs. everything being calculable to us is practically the same thing, no? Either way, it's still best to act within your moral framework, religious or atheist because it's just better to be a good person. I think me calling it a dilemma for either side is a stretch.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah. It's a fair take, and this is generally what I was getting at.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago (44 children)

I think you can have this same dilemma as an atheist as well. I'm personally agnostic as I don't have the knowledge to make a decision.

If we are all just atoms moving/reacting, surely everything we'd ever do would be predetermined by the initial reactions/vectors/forces at the big bang. I know there's quantum randomness and stuff, but it's possible that's all calculable and we simply don't have the means to calculate it. If that's the case, IMO we still have freewill because we can't predict the future, and it's still worthwhile to move forward doing our best to be good people.

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