A lot of sophisticated sounding words covering a flawed, irrational framework.
a particular variety of "begging the question" in which the very things the author criticizes, he also uses to support his own position.
Derived from Social Psychologist/Philosopher John Haidt's attacking arguments against Sam Harris, over Harris' $10,000 challenge for someone to provide a written argument compelling enough to change Harris' mind re: the central premise in the book, "The Moral Landscape."
Exemplified in this article: www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10
Haidt writes early on:
" Nobody has yet found a way to “debias” people—to train people to look for evidence on the other side—once emotions or self-interest are activated."
a particular variety of "begging the question" in which the very things the author criticizes, he also uses to support his own position.
Derived from Social Psychologist/Philosopher John Haidt's attacking arguments against Sam Harris, over Harris' $10,000 challenge for someone to provide a written argument compelling enough to change Harris' mind re: the central premise in the book, "The Moral Landscape."
Exemplified in this article: www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10
Haidt writes early on:
" Nobody has yet found a way to “debias” people—to train people to look for evidence on the other side—once emotions or self-interest are activated."
"Saying human reason is a failure in battling emotions... except when it isn't... is pure Haidt-speech."
Yet later, provides a direct counter example:
"This is why science works so well. Scientists suffer from the confirmation bias like everybody else, but the genius of science as an institution is that it incentivizes scientists to disconfirm each others’ ideas, and it creates a community within which a reasoned consensus eventually emerges."
Yet later, provides a direct counter example:
"This is why science works so well. Scientists suffer from the confirmation bias like everybody else, but the genius of science as an institution is that it incentivizes scientists to disconfirm each others’ ideas, and it creates a community within which a reasoned consensus eventually emerges."
by BeyondBelief February 10, 2014
A required high school class were you seperate yourself from the rest of the class in a seperate computer room with your partner and hear things behind you (such as footsteps and bridgettes).
by gariddy May 10, 2010
Hym "So I do the Heresy and Hate Speech... And then I take a big fat shart right in shitty kid's faces... And then I create the AI... And then you breeder vermin just fucking stew in it... You just stew in my fucking shart fumes... Maybe give your kids face a rinse... But ACTUALLY... ACTUALLY that isn't what happened... What happened was a combination of 'nothing' and 'that guy didn't actually make AI thought it was just a global conspiracy to mock and gaslighting him because... Um... Because it's funny, right?' And then Suchir Balaji kills himself because he can't stand to live in the delusional nightmare you've all created and the Palestinians get ethnically cleansed because it's better to fight and lose than it is to allow hates speech to go unpunished except you're not an authority and your don't have the authority to punish anyone... You're just a fucking retard in comparison to the guy who created AI... Yes."
by Hym Iam December 27, 2024
To disappear From a large group with a small group so you can smoke some weed. Normally done as prep before the large group, of which you don’t want to be a part of, is about to embark on.
by Cpaq February 29, 2020
by Flipity123 April 14, 2021
When trying to convince someone to do something but you've got low Charisma so it doesn't work out.
Origins:Fallout 1
First recorded usage: 1998 in some dude from Denver's basement.
Origins:Fallout 1
First recorded usage: 1998 in some dude from Denver's basement.
"Get off my shit"
Failed speech check having ass, I'm finna tax yo shit boy your beer gut looks like a blown radiatior....
Failed speech check having ass, I'm finna tax yo shit boy your beer gut looks like a blown radiatior....
by Garrett-tha-goat August 30, 2024
As the elevator goes up, you go down and work that shaft. Show your future boss you're someone worth hiring.
"The hiring supervisor loved the elevator speech I gave him yesterday. I'm pretty sure I got the job."
by Filthanthropist February 18, 2022