These calls keep getting better and better.
Topics include: Placebo/nocebo and the effect of conspiratardism on our health; 'Artificial intelligence' juxtaposed with 'human intelligence'; The demographics of johnlebon.com; Judgement, morality, and objective truth.
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Are the people who run the show our enemies? And who are 'we', anyway? Is each individual necessarily part of some collective mass of organisms known as 'humanity'? Or is it possible that some of us are fundamentally and significantly different from the creatures who cannot or will not think? How do we navigate a world in which entire races seem to be disappearing before our eyes? Is it okay to be 'happy' (or at least to try) when one knows what the future holds for the lemming masses?
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On Sunday 10-Dec-2017 myself and several others enjoyed yet another of our now-customary member skype calls. This time we finally recorded a portion to release to Full Members of the site.
The main topic of attention in this chat was Bitcoins and related issues. Over the past couple of weeks this has been my own pet topic and Chad in particular wanted to clarify a few of my claims regarding what I call 'Bitcoin's Tether problem'.
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