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TerryHancock

@TerryHancock@realsocial.life

Fan of space, film, free/open-source software and free culture. Former pro astronomer. Writer, blogger, editor, visual artist. Occasional free-software developer. (Personal Account)

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TerryHancock, to random
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Wow. A website just asked me if I were between 13 and 15 years old.

What's that about, I wonder?

I mean, the implication is that the content is okay if you're < 12 or > 15..? 🤔

TerryHancock,
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@FeralRobots @jdnicoll
Yeah. I considered posting as a reply, but it seemed a little off-topic.

My guess is that < 13 is already covered somehow, but they wanted to extend it to 15. But it seems like they'd just ask "are you under 15?" for the same effect.

TerryHancock,
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@WearsHats
Wow. That is a bit darker than I imagined.
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knittingknots2, to random
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The public thinks America is in recession

https://thehill.com/opinion/4688422-matthews-why-the-public-thinks-the-country-is-in-recession/

TerryHancock,
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@knittingknots2
We need better metrics.

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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I don't know, pick one:

A. You have an excellent education, the means to answer questions: building a consistent understanding of the world. You are hard to trick. That said, you live in a society where the powerful can't be criticized. Many things you know cannot be said.

B. You freely and loudly express your ideas. But, you have very little education, formal or otherwise. You have been tricked before & know you could be again. You just don't have the best tools to prevent this.

TerryHancock,
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@futurebird @llewelly

IMHO, the problem is absolutism.

People want there to be absolute truths and falsehoods.

But in reality, science offers only probabilities, theories, and evidence. Some are very solid. Some less so. Some are pretty much bunk -- but some oddball theories then turn out to be true (I'm still reeling from "the Moon is a bashed-off piece of the proto-Earth", myself).

You have to learn to accept uncertainty as fundamental, but not as a roadblock.

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