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Multiple Deleter

"Are you a serial killer?"

"No, of course not, I am more of a... multiple deleter"
by Lark_Montague June 23, 2024
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Sir Dexter Winston Himself

Sir Dexter Winston Himself did a backflip into jo mama trex style
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Cognitive Determinism

The theory that our thoughts, beliefs, and even our conscious reasoning processes are determined by prior causes—our genetics, upbringing, culture, and past experiences—that shape our cognitive frameworks. You think what you think because of your cognitive programming; "changing your mind" is just the output of a deterministic process of new inputs interacting with old programming.
Example: You encounter a persuasive political argument. Cognitive determinism would say whether you find it convincing isn't a free evaluation of pure reason, but is predetermined by your existing ideological schema, the trust you have in the speaker (based on past experiences), and your social group's norms. Your "rational conclusion" was the only possible output given your cognitive starting conditions. Advertising works on this principle, aiming to deterministically rewire cognitive associations (Coca-Cola = happiness).
by Abzugal January 24, 2026
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