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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • Well, there’s different levels of christianity at different chapters. I found a chapter that was mostly atheists and would only refer to a “higher power” and even then was like “look really it just means you can’t just think about what you want, because you want to get drunk and it’s killing you.”.

    So, you have to think about something greater than whatever itch you have in the moment, if you want to live.


  • There’s just no actual reason behind that except taking your own conscious thought process as a prime example.

    And you’re ignoring the reality that a ton of stuff going on in your mind isn’t conscious at all, it’s not a part of any mental model, your heart just keeps beating for example. And plenty of non-repetitive actions you can take without thinking, knee reflex jerk for example, the signals don’t even hit your brain stem before your leg kicks out reflexisively.

    First and foremost, consciousness requires a model of self, but that’s not required at all, trees and other plants are clear examples of living beings that have no mental model at all. But, they have sensory input and reactions.










  • These are true facts, however it’s also true that we already have a number of unsold homes on the market greater than we have number of homeless people. We already make enough food to feed everyone. We just choose to let people sleep hungry on the streets. That’s what our democracy has voted for.

    So what does musk’s billions and trillions matter? He could have two trillion tomorrow, and we’d still have enough money as a country to take care of everyone, and we would count up the votes that say not to.