And there's that one guy who catches his shit every time.

https://youtu.be/xZ-SlTaCFfQ?si=ENvwf3-uNM6GChz8

"Everything is just a small version of something big!"

Finn

Fair points! Elon is already likely to go down in history, but not for good reasons.

I wonder if elon has been testing all these rockets in a desperate attempt to escape the planet with a bunch of other billionaires now that global warming is on track to destroy us. It would help me understand why the wealthy all seem so hell bent on accelerating the destruction.

I didn't realise Peter Serafinowicz was in this film!

He has always been cognitively impaired! The first time he ran for president, and now! I dont know why people dont see that.

He was slightly more coherent the first time around, but he has always been like this.

I always found his rambling to be generally incoherent. But people i said this to at the time didn't see it, and i thought i was taking crazy pills.

Where can i find this within settings?

Spitter!

If something is engaging, interesting, and entertaining, then it is far more likely to stick in your mind or teach you something new than a single sentence. This 17-minute video may do more to raise awareness of google search's enshitification than any single sentence or minutes worth of info would ever have.

I dont disagree with you, but i dont think it matters. The video will help people.

Thats subjective though...

New to who?

The video is really interesting and more useful than that single sentence though.

If i had fallen for it, i would have had a quarter ponder :)

Is that an indicator of poor impulse control? Really? Finding some shady back of the internet ai site to put some weird fantasy prompts into to get themselves off? Seems pretty calculated to me. They can't put it somewhere legitimate where content is moderated and policed. Seems like pretty sound logic to me.

Dont get me wrong, these people are sick. If thats what they are into then theres something wrong, but instead of targeting real kids like so many people actually do, you know, like hollywood, celebrities, musicians, the catholic church etc they are entering prompts and reading stories. Sounds like impulse controlled to me.

You got me. Had to whatever the thought equivalent of double take is.

I know you won't see this, but for the benefit of the tiny chance that there is someone interested in reading this, you are a perfect example of what i am describing. You didn't like what i was saying, you wouldnt entertain the idea that i might have a point, and so you decided i am a troll and blocked me.

Im not saying that you would have ever gained some pearl of wisdom from me. Im not some philosophical genius or anything even close to it. But by blocking me (and likely anyone who disagrees with you) instead of engaging in the discussion, you are cutting yourself off from criticism of your beliefs. Beliefs that may be wrong.

So, in your world, eventually, you are surrounded by yes men who will never disagree with you, and you will become deluded into thinking you are always right.

Which is exactly what those maga nutjobs do.

Wait, because your time is limited on earth, you shouldn't learn how to identify bad actors? I think it's a pretty basic and vital skill. Am i misunderstanding you. Are you saying we should all be gullible fools and rely on some unknown force to sheild us from bad arguments?

Who said there was? Dont try to strawman this. You are missing the point. And your condescension is unwarranted.

No, there is no sound argument for racism, and when you hear an argument for it, you identify its nonsense and move on. But that doesn't mean there are no sound arguments for other things you disagree with.

Frankly, anyone can point at something that is morally wrong and say it's wrong. That doesn't make YOU right. Thats just essentially virtue signalling.

I disagree with fascists and racists too. But im sure there is something else out there we disagree on, such as whether or not you should block people who disagree with you.

My point is that you can't arrive at what is right without knowing what is wrong and you can't know what is wrong if you block everyone who disagrees with you.

You also cant rule out a person having a good take just because they also have some bad takes.

I believe it helps to be able to identify bad faith actors. If you have never heard their arguments before then you run the risk of not realising its a bad faith argument. This could mean you end up taking them seriously.

How do you know what a toxic idea is if you never hear one. It is helpful to know what is wrong when trying to determine what is right.

I never said let people with bad takes in. I said hear them and disagree with them. Having such terrible takes in the air is a great way to strengthen your position when you are able to point out the absurdity of the bad argument.

If we close ourselves off to all the arguments we dont like then we run the risk of becoming so entrenched in our own opinion being the only right one that we never let anyone tell us we are wrong.

Finding the right path is a group effort, and it takes good and bad views to get there.

Just look at your agument, its so matter of fact. It feels like you have determined the correct position so all other views are wrong. The opening sentence "found another one" is enough to see this. You arent right automatically because you have had enough people agree with you. Especially whn you reject any opposing or even slightly different view point.

The fastest way to an echo chamber is to ignore everyone who disagrees with you.

You should be intelligent enough and convicted in your understanding of any point you argue strongly, that you will be able to identify an irrational or false argument.

Otherwise when someone you disagree with has a good point that improves your view point, you will miss it.

Take the show always sunny in philadelphia. The characters are all examples of absolutely terrible people. We use their idiocy, bigotry, racism and general prejudice to further confirm our beliefs and views on any topic.

It is healthy to listen to bad takes.