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That's the point.

I thought it would be clear that ~~we should start calling them womanuals~~ this was a joke.

Ah. Yes, one should always be open about one's entanglements.

For a great example of this sort of thing done right, compare The Expanse books to the show.

The books kinda glossed over the head of the fucking entire earth's story and plotline. In the show, she was a highlight. Also, a few characters were merged into one female character, and women, in general, were given more prevalence. Poly relationships were given good voice, and overall, things just fit and felt natural.

That is to say: It can be done right. Disco just doesn't do right, imo.

Too late!

Bam!

I know. He and I are very close. My question is how you know.

Man pages this, man pages that. When will the Linux community start really thinking about woman pages?

Wokeness is not the issue with disco, et al. It's terrible writing, poor science even for soft sci fi, and too many cringey moments.

I get that some people love it. But the emotional resolution porn is, to me, just icky.

Close enough. This topic deserves significant care - of course, in the end, though, people buy into whatever they buy into.

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out when YouTube is working for me again

But when Democrats

If the concept of the universe being deterministic interferes with one's concept of free will, then one of these must be true:

• the universe is nondeterministic, or has nondeterministic elements
• one's concept of determinism is incorrect
• one's concept of the impact of determinism on one's own free will is incorrect

But of course, that begs:

• ones concept of free will is incorrect

But that cannot be, because your notion of free will is for you to decide, even if the universe is somehow determinate.

But that doesn't mean the universe is or is not deterministic, it just means one or more of the above three things.

Ultimately, though, I was not making an argument concerning the fundamental nature of free will and determinism, or whether or not the universe is deterministic. I was arguing for completely processing fundamental concepts before you accept them to be true, because often times we accept a lot of false implications alongside the true things we accept.

One's world view holds immense power in one's own life. People do not intentionally act in accordance with things they do not believe to be the case. To accept determinism without fully processing the implications thereof, particularly if it "feels wrong but seems true" is to enter into and sign up for those internal conflicts writ large in one's own life.

I also don't believe that the universe is absolutely deterministic, but that's a different argument that others have made better than I likely would.