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Fiat vox veritatis ruat caelum and the benefit of the doubt.
Apr 22, 2019 14 tweets 2 min read
Let's talk about how Codes of Conduct work.
I shall first talk about Original style CoC[k]s, and then how Derivative style differs in, you know, style. A Code of Conduct is written for a community when someone wants to seize power over that community.
It is very easy to tell: if they already had power, the CoC would already be de facto real.
Jul 19, 2018 64 tweets 10 min read
@Frenemy1080 @Nigmachangeling Most likely habitat protections by government lead to habitat destruction. @Frenemy1080 @Nigmachangeling Welfare increases poverty.
May 2, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
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Ah, so he thinks 'treat others as free agents' means 'punishing defection, rewarding cooperation.' As we all know, incentives aren't deterministic....oh wait. There's a bad philosophy cycle. Someone makes a bad ideology that's superficially satisfying. It becomes popular. Slowly, the fact it conflicts with reality is discovered. Believers become resentful-nihilists. Then someone makes a new superficially satisfying ideology.