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Yikes that’s kinda insane if even he isn’t that great. He’s done it non stop for like 20 years...

The guys from Charisma on Command run a great podcast and just name dropped @Leo Gura at 1:26:50 when metaphysics came up. Imo it’s a fairly stage yellow show, especially Charlie (who has also talked about Ramana Maharishi). Perhaps Leo would be a good guest

@The Lucid Dreamer Agreed, he exhibits a large degree of nuance and open mindedness. Not to mention he’s very charismatic (duh)

Whilst he should have been convicted, this might work out well for the Democrats. If Trump runs as a third party he'll split the right vote, which would be great

@Strangeloop Have you fantasised and obsessed about fucking attractive girls that you come by? If not, I’d say you’re gay, or maybe even asexual? The desire to screw women is strong, my sense is you’d know if you had it

That question could apply to every trait. “Why doesn’t every girl have big boobs then”, “why isn’t every a genius” etc. people exist relative to a spectrum of what is advantageous for survival. I’d agree that it’s not actually extroversion or introversion itself that makes someone more or less attractive. You can be a super grounded confident introvert, or you could be a goofy extrovert that no one takes seriously. However, in practice extroverts get laid more because it lends itself over putting yourself in optimal situations more. IMO, if you’re truly a natural introvert, don’t try and become “the life of the party” guy if it’s not actually you. Just work on being super confident when you are in social situations

I watched this whole thing, complete shitshow. it wasn’t really a socialism vs capitalism debate. It was more a debate about the nuances of what standard you should hold your personal actions in the real world in relation to your socialist ideals. Interestingly, even Vaush doesn’t believe it’s wrong as a socialist to employ workers or be a landlord

I subscribed to Sam Harris just to check out the Jim Newman episode...

@Air that is an interesting point. Sam’s position is that we don’t know whether idealism or materialism is true

Jesus, Sam Harris and Jim Newman is a crossover I expected even less. How do they even have a comprehensible conversation, they’re from different universes

What the fuck! That is a crossover I never expected

You won’t lose muscle unless you don’t eat enough protein or enough calories. At the end of the day, weight gain or loss comes down to calories. Just make sure you eat enough, which can be hard on keto. One of the reasons keto works for weight loss is it cuts out so many things you’re allowed to snack on.

absolutely classic stage blue. Currently rewatching the Sopranos

As much as we don’t like day-trading, without it the market wouldn’t reflect a value of the stock as close to its true value as possible. Because of high volume trading and liquidity, any new information in the market will be reflected in the price extremely quickly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002#:~:text=United States House of Representatives,-Party&text=215 (96.4%) of 223,voted against the resolution%3A Reps. Look at the vote breakdown by party. It was a neo-con lead effort, but unfortunately many Democrats followed suit.

Tony Blair of the left leaning Labour Party enthusiastically supported the Iraq invasion following in the US footsteps. Although left leaning Canada didn’t follow suit and stayed out.

@Hardkill I know that. The meta point is that drone strikes are going up regardless of the president. Don't get me wrong though, Trump is horrendous on foreign affairs

@Hardkill Yeah to not be able to admit fuck ups on either side is the ideological thing to do

On the issue of war in particular, Democrats are still pretty bad (albeit better than Republicans). Both parties support US hegemony around the world and meddling in other countries affairs. Obama even killed way more people via drone strikes than Bush. Hillary Clinton supported the overthrow of Gaddafi which fucked Libya even harder. Both parties are bought out by the Israeli lobby and don't do SHIT to stop the Israeli's from expanding settlements in the Westbank and stealing their land. Yes the Republicans are worse, but both sides should be called out. Unfortunately, the average voter doesn't give a fuck about foreign policy.

I agree they aren’t equal. But green can still be ruthless. You know how hard the leftube scene for example rails against conservatives

Aren’t you mixing up ideology and tactics? I don’t see any conflict between being progressive and being ruthless when needed

Stocks tend to protect against inflation as well as they move in line with inflation. There hasn’t been a 10 year period in stock market history where you would have lost money in a fully diversified market portfolio.

Nah I don’t really see it as thieving, depending on what you’re specifically trading. One person wants to sell stock in a given moment and one person wants to buy. Although I wouldn’t recommend day trading however. There’s better things to do. Also most traders probably make less return than just investing in the S&P500. I personally only passively invest in ETFs. It’s the safest option and generally outperforms most people who try to “pick” stocks

The speculation of Wall St and that whole world definitely can create problems and cause damage, so it needs to be properly regulated (GFC, for example). The main value that day traders and these large algorithm softwares in the market play is that they provide liquidity in the market so it’s efficient and reflects asset values correctly. Ironically, without any dedicated algorithms to detect arbitrage in the market (which is essentially free money), there would be such inefficiencies and opportunity for arbitrage which could mean massive amounts of money made just because one person was in the right place at the right time, and insider trading would be much easier.