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5011
« on: July 29, 2015, 01:25:05 PM »
To which I'd argue free will therefore doesn't exist. Well you're certainly free to do so.
5012
« on: July 29, 2015, 01:18:33 PM »
5013
« on: July 29, 2015, 01:02:35 PM »
It's really just a question of scale at this point. Airbursts dissipate radiation relatively quickly, so we're not worried about irradiating the planet for centuries, e.g. Fallout. If modern nukes are too big, how about city-busters like Fat Man? Too big still, well then what about blockbusters? Armor-piercing or bunker busters? Should bombs only blow up a single building? Part of a building? Should they just shake the building a little bit and do no harm? Should we only use bullets? Well then how big is too big for artillery or ship guns? Etc.
The possession of nukes by a civilized coalition is a strong deterrent against forces that oppose said coalition. It's pretty much impossible that we'll ever see nations so vehemently radicalized that their citizenry itself is hostile, as we saw from Japan, but who knows?
5014
« on: July 29, 2015, 12:55:21 PM »
I just realized this was a pun:
Gay. Wish my speakers weren't out. Apparently I'm missing some quaility content here.
It's not from the video, it's just the title of the movie. The kid chose to free the whale despite the consequences by reasoning through the morality of his actions. And stuff like that. OT: The answer is in the question; the one without free will is the one that has been programmed to nearly-perfectly simulate the reactions of someone with free will. The difference is that the one with free will has greater moral accountability for his or her actions, whereas the accountability of the non-free-agent lies partially in that person and partially in whoever designed that program. There's no 'free will' center of the brain, so if we're talking about a person who for some reason is intellectually handicapped, or maybe ethically and intellectually immature (like a child), then their responsibility for their actions is unquantifiably lessened. Free will isn't contingent upon one's ability to distinguish it. Kind of like the question of uncertainty versus randomness, the latter necessitates an ability to quantify something but often the lack of robust techniques to do so. So the inability to identify an empirical basis for free will doesn't really invalidate someone's culpability for their actions. And of course there's quite a degree of determinism in life, and we're all not perfectly free but rather bound to a relatively strict set of decisions that we make subconsciously as a result of the sum of our experiences, genes, and environmental stimuli. Is 'free will' largely an unempirical, unquantifiable subject that is often meaningless in context? Absolutely.
5015
« on: July 29, 2015, 12:38:49 PM »
I just realized this was a pun:
5016
« on: July 29, 2015, 11:57:42 AM »
Public transportation is for proles.
5017
« on: July 29, 2015, 11:34:24 AM »
100% humidity
100+ degrees
Boots, flight suit, 20lbs of shit
Cry moar
5018
« on: July 28, 2015, 09:56:57 PM »
So what's the most likely course of action when Iran inevitably gets caught violating terms of the nuclear deal? Sanctions out the ass?
And then they'll bitch and moan about how the U.S. is racist and hates the poor Iranian people, the U.N. will pressure President 2016 to go easier, and we'll be back where we started.
5019
« on: July 27, 2015, 07:05:46 PM »
why is it only $2 lol?
Because everybody uses AdBlock so Cheat is broke.
5020
« on: July 26, 2015, 10:29:30 PM »
It'd be kind of nice to have likes visible from the bar up top like replies are.
5021
« on: July 26, 2015, 10:24:28 PM »
fireball
Does that come with complementary tampons?
Spoiler jk Fireball is the best party drink since vodka Redbulls.
vodka Redbulls are still really good pre-game drinks. at least, that's how my buddies and i get hyped for a party.
They make great roadies because you can just pour the vodka into the can.
5022
« on: July 26, 2015, 09:37:49 PM »
almost all of the Halo novels are bad.
This, especially ruining the mysterious lore of the Forerunners and Precursors and turning it into space magic bullshit.
Yeah, that's mainly it for me. I can tolerate some middle-school level military science fiction, but the real depth of Halo (for me) was the mystery of the Forerunners and the Flood. I kinda wish series with these mysteries would stop revealing them (e.g., Mass Effect).
5023
« on: July 26, 2015, 09:10:13 PM »
Hunt the Truth wasn't interesting and almost all of the Halo novels are bad.
5024
« on: July 26, 2015, 09:06:06 PM »
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
5025
« on: July 26, 2015, 08:11:27 PM »
Okay, again, it's the country's official motto.
I thought that was "E pluribus unum"
Not since the 60's, though I think it should be the motto again. 'In God We Trust' was just part of the anti-commie political movement.
5026
« on: July 26, 2015, 08:05:45 PM »
Okay, again, it's the country's official motto.
5027
« on: July 26, 2015, 06:12:04 PM »
5028
« on: July 26, 2015, 05:51:29 PM »
Reading and a basic comprehension of the English language.
5029
« on: July 26, 2015, 01:55:57 PM »
fireball
Does that come with complementary tampons? Spoiler jk Fireball is the best party drink since vodka Redbulls.
5030
« on: July 26, 2015, 01:53:57 PM »
By whose standard are we modern? People in 400 years may look at videos of our current lifestyle and ask, "is a modern lifestyle necessary for happiness? Look at these 21st century people, with their slow internet, manually-driven cars, dull and endless jobs, unhealthy food, and general shittiness. And yet they're enjoy it."
So no, clearly one can achieve happiness, self-actualization, and a full life in conditions less modern than what we currently live in.
5031
« on: July 26, 2015, 01:32:34 PM »
Why isn't AC about being an assassin anymore?
Talk about losing direction.
Probably because we had four games about some scrappy underdog becoming the leader of the assassins and building up the order from scratch. It got pretty old.
5032
« on: July 26, 2015, 01:14:03 PM »
Turkey should learn to read scientific studies.
?
Violent vidya and all that.
Mm, yeah. The effect of violent media on people (particularly adolescents) is well-established. I wrote a research paper on it several years ago in school. I'm not saying it turns people into killers. There exists a quite vocal group of gamers that deny any sort of increase in aggression or arousal from playing games (or watching violent movies, or listening to violent music, etc.), which has been thoroughly refuted. It's not exclusive, though. Sports tend to have a similar effect.
5033
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:57:40 PM »
Turkey should learn to read scientific studies.
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5034
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:40:21 PM »
I invert the Y axis because I grew up playing FPS games like Star Wars: Rebel Assault and Doom with a joystick, and it's also because I'm used to flight controls. Pressing forward to look down just makes sense to me. It doesn't make uninverted wrong.
5035
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:35:53 PM »
Violence in video games (and all forms of media) can and does have a psychological impact on the player, and is desensitizing us to other forms of violence, be it simulated or otherwise. I honestly don't think very many people deny this.
What people deny is the notion that violent video games will not only make you a psycho killer, but are the primary catalyst of violent behavior. Or that the psychological impact is anything but negligible.
I suppose so. I don't really think it's negligible, though. I can't espouse that nurture often trumps nature in the development of one's personality while also denying that the content of many kids' primary form of entertainment is negligible in that growth, though.
Mentally unstable people are the ones who're affected by simulated violence regardless of the medium. People who are mentally sound can differentiate between the two and know it's not okay to do it IRL.
Kids exposed to violence (games, movies, whatever) won't grow up to be the next Adolf Hitler.
Of course not. But kids and teens are still susceptible to stimuli because their brains are still developing, responding to stressors and figuring out what makes them go away. Conditioning your mind to relax through gratuitous violent content, regardless of the medium, is not particularly healthy.
5036
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:32:39 PM »
Escapism is a waste of time in general
how it is spent is irrelevant
Agreed. I've always stated that I don't play games for escapism--I play them because there is a legitimate experience to be had.
I really don't think escapism necessarily entails a useless experience. You can play a really great game that gives you a new and valuable perspective on life while also taking a break from the stress of life.
5037
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:30:07 PM »
Fallout New Vegas fails to capture what the old Fallout games had, and 3 offers a better story
Sincerely asking, what is it that the old Fallout games had that the new ones fail to provide? I've played through about half of Fallout 2 (really didn't enjoy the gameplay so I never finished it) and I really don't see it.
5038
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:26:45 PM »
Violence in video games (and all forms of media) can and does have a psychological impact on the player, and is desensitizing us to other forms of violence, be it simulated or otherwise. I honestly don't think very many people deny this.
What people deny is the notion that violent video games will not only make you a psycho killer, but are the primary catalyst of violent behavior. Or that the psychological impact is anything but negligible.
I suppose so. I don't really think it's negligible, though. I can't espouse that nurture often trumps nature in the development of one's personality while also denying that the content of many kids' primary form of entertainment is negligible in that growth, though.
5039
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:17:58 PM »
You can enjoy a game while simultaneously recognizing that it may have glaring flaws in crucial areas.
My enjoyment of a game is not contingent upon what an esteemed peer or critic may have to say about it.
Playing video games is almost always substantially less productive than some other forms of media entertainment, like reading a book.
Violence in video games (and all forms of media) can and does have a psychological impact on the player, and is desensitizing us to other forms of violence, be it simulated or otherwise.
5040
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:08:13 PM »
Skip to 3:30 and enjoy.
The rest of the video has amazing fight scenes in it from the same movie, but this one takes the cake.
Instead of running towards him with your gun, why not just shoot him?
At the end? He didn't have a gun, he was holding a sword. The video didn't show the part where there were like 8 guards in the room that he had to kill with a katana. He drops it, then runs at the boss and grabs a handgun on the ground.
3:37
Oh, well I think they were running to go find him or something, because he hadn't come around the corner yet. I dunno. They do stop and start shooting him, though.
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