Rodeo

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[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

I feel like that's the kind of commodification Watterson would have frowned upon.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

How did the system come about? You say this as if the system were intentionally designed. But it is not: the natural order which creates evolutionary pressure is itself the culmination of many coincidences.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I think he's pointing out the fundamental misunderstanding a lot of people have about natural selection: nothing chooses to evolve; there is no active participation. Whether the plant could see hummingbirds or not is irrelevant because it can't change it's genetics and mutate on a whim anyways.

Natural selection is when genetic mutations happen by chance, and sometimes those mutations just happen to benefit the survival and reproduction of that individual, so the genetics mutation gets passed on. It's just a fluke though. It's a fluke that the mutation occurred and and even bigger fluke that it lead to reproductive benefit.

So the evolution of any kind of survival mechanism is, at its core, a coincidence.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With all due respect it was not so apt as usury is specifically charging interest, not fees.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't mean to argue that it's entrapment specifically. I do think that the prof was in wrong, though.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

There's no evidence that those who cheated were already going to.

The prof said it was only suspected that students were cheating, and instead of investigating and collecting evidence, he fabricated evidence through his own encouragement of the same crime he seeks to denounce.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 53 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (22 children)

How can they know it's your data without first collecting your data to compare it?

"Give us your personal information so we can ask others to delete your personal information" just doesn't sound like a trustworthy offer.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

His point about the headline stands. They directly contradict themselves in the very first two sentences.

There is such a thing as parents rights, but those rights have limitations, just like every right we hold.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

The media is owned and controlled by the same untra wealthy people that are pushing for far right policies.

Do the math.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

How do you propose to get people doing this self reflection in the first place?

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

No True Feminism

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