Locking people’s meeples forever in Carcassone by creating unplayable holes in the map is what does it for me

My apologies then. I assumed bad faith.

We all know about WWII. Even Germany is having trouble keeping the Nazis at bay though. I think it might be part of human nature for some of us to be literally evil. To properly resist this requires not only for the majority to be good, but for them to actively oppose evil in their personal lives. Most are unwilling to do this.

I don’t know if I would trust myself with that power. I hope my worldview is correct because if I ever got it I would try to reshape the world into how I wish it could be. Probably not the best idea but honestly beating our currect system is a low bar so I’d give myself a good chance.

I wish we could just banish these people to their own continent like the British did with Australia. Why didn’t we let them stay seceded?

Erm ackshually can you stop being concerned for your mortal safety? You made a minor error in your statement and I insist that you verify my counterargument is correct 🤓

This is where I’m at. I’m part of every majority group, but I can’t feel comfortable because I know that anyone who’s not is a potential target.

You don’t.

You have to be trolling lmao you can’t actually be this mad

Also aren’t Thomas and Thai the same sound?

He was the Phantom Menace

I mean, if your partner gets turned on when you touch their feet I’d expect that to make you feel something too. But I do think your theory is compelling as well.

Would that not in turn explain the foot thing

Can you take a sec to imagine me extra clearly just in case you’re the only one that really exists? Thanks

Good point, that is a statement about our reality-- or at least, yours.

If we want to maximise happiness and freedom

But that’s what I’m saying, that choice is axiomatic. I think most people would agree, but it’s a belief, not an unquestionable truth. You’re choosing something to optimize and defining that to be good.

If it matters that they be kind to you, it is the exact same reasoning for why you should be to kind to them

Only if you believe that everyone fundamentally deserves the same treatment. It’s easy to overlook an axiom like that because it seems so obvious, but it is something that we have chosen to believe.

That’s fascinating

I think that’s fair. I generally follow that philosophy in my personal life; many members of my family are religious to various degrees, but we don’t really discuss it much, and their beliefs don’t really effect my perception of them, because we don’t try to force our beliefs on each other.

I do think our current physics theories are inaccurate at the extremes. To quote Zach Weinersmith:

Now, we’ve basically got it all worked out, except for small stuff, big stuff, hot stuff, cold stuff, fast stuff, heavy stuff, dark stuff, turbulence, and the concept of time.

So you’re looking for absolute truths about our physical reality? You’re right that it’s impossible then, other than tautological or trivial truths like the above that rely on a conditional (“if that box really exists, then it really exists”). The possibility of reality being simulated, Boltzmann brains, Last Wednesdayism, etc. preclude unqualified absolute truths about our physical reality because our observations cannot be truly verified.