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people gravitate towards extreme views in impersonal arguments and even more so when surrounded by likeminded people also people prefer simpler answers, and the simpler something is the more extreme it is. the simplest form of information consists of one of two extremes, a 1 or a 0. the intelligence and rationality of the human mind is dwarfed by the combined urges both to pick sides and to make the concept of sides binary south park is right. hth
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what is the solution goons
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Aug 30, 2015 14:22
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my side is always right. violence is an acceptable means to an end if it supports my world view. this in the middle stuff is for pussies. hope this helps.
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Aug 30, 2015 14:29
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hmmmmmm  
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Aug 30, 2015 14:32
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Middle of my rear end where the poo poo comes out
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Aug 30, 2015 14:32
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malcolm is actually in the middle
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Aug 30, 2015 14:50
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Cnut the Great posted:malcolm is actually in the middle Life is unfair
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Aug 30, 2015 15:12
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The truth IS in the middle, but since "the middle" in this case means "anything other than the two absolute extremes" the middle is also really really big. Like if you take the numbers 1 to 1000, everything other than 1 and 1000 is in the middle. Usually the actual truth is analogous to, like, 987 or 12 and way way closer to one extreme than the other.
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Aug 30, 2015 15:15
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Fatkraken posted:The truth IS in the middle, but since "the middle" in this case means "anything other than the two absolute extremes" the middle is also really really big. Like if you take the numbers 1 to 1000, everything other than 1 and 1000 is in the middle. i say people prefer simple answers and you counter by increasing the breadth of the linear scale
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Aug 30, 2015 16:08
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Mercrom posted:people gravitate towards extreme views in impersonal arguments and even more so when surrounded by likeminded people people who don't know about something or don't care choose not to make a choice this is what smart people do
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Aug 30, 2015 16:26
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Mercrom posted:lol analogies are supposed to be simplified versions of reality
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Aug 30, 2015 16:27
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the truth is not a scale, but a man.
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Aug 30, 2015 16:27
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I'm really gay
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Aug 30, 2015 16:29
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vyst posted:I'm really gay maybe instead of gay or straight, the truth is in the middle?
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Aug 30, 2015 16:38
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Aug 30, 2015 17:28
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Fatkraken posted:The truth IS in the middle, but since "the middle" in this case means "anything other than the two absolute extremes" the middle is also really really big. Like if you take the numbers 1 to 1000, everything other than 1 and 1000 is in the middle. This is the correct post.
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Aug 30, 2015 17:33
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Fatkraken posted:analogies are supposed to be simplified versions of reality you cant abstract a matrix to only one row, and if you are dealing with multiple interconnected things a linear scale can only be a false analogy if all our choices involved independent values ranging from 0 to 1 the answer would always be either 0 or 1, because fractioning it would either serve to decrease a good thing or increase a bad thing anyway these numbers dont really matter in any way except to demonstrate that because of tribalism and a need to simplify we divide the problem into 2, maybe 3 mostly arbitrary sides
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Aug 30, 2015 18:00
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I thought Malcolm in the Middle got off to a promising start, but then all those kids got old and awkward looking and the formula didn't work anymore. In any case, it's about time we had a Malcolm in the Middle thread, it's been several months since the last one.
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Aug 30, 2015 18:02
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Mercrom posted:lol The numbers don't matter, it's like a volume knob going to 11. It makes sense to use more numbers to keep the results integers. Like if you take his example and put it on the interval 0-1 then one of them would be .012 and the other .987. it don't make no nevermind
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Aug 30, 2015 19:10
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The truth is being so far into one extreme you cross into the other, like those people who are so racially progressive they become pro-segregation.
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Aug 30, 2015 19:14
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wrong op dialectics
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Aug 30, 2015 19:15
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bend over and drop your pants, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
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Aug 30, 2015 19:16
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Das Boo posted:The truth is being so far into one extreme you cross into the other, like those people who are so racially progressive they become pro-segregation. this is closer
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Aug 30, 2015 19:16
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Commie NedFlanders posted:wrong op Dianetics
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Aug 30, 2015 19:21
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Uncle Enzo posted:The numbers don't matter, it's like a volume knob going to 11. It makes sense to use more numbers to keep the results integers. Like if you take his example and put it on the interval 0-1 then one of them would be .012 and the other .987. it don't make no nevermind
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Aug 30, 2015 19:40
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not one....not three....but....two....
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Aug 30, 2015 19:53
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Kuato posted:I thought Malcolm in the Middle got off to a promising start, but then all those kids got old and awkward looking and the formula didn't work anymore. In any case, it's about time we had a Malcolm in the Middle thread, it's been several months since the last one. did you know that the meth cook on breaking bad was played by hal???
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Aug 30, 2015 19:57
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Kuato posted:I thought Malcolm in the Middle got off to a promising start, but then all those kids got old and awkward looking and the formula didn't work anymore. In any case, it's about time we had a Malcolm in the Middle thread, it's been several months since the last one.
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Aug 30, 2015 19:58
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yep, although you'd be surprised how many people think that way. they just dont speak up, because really, who cares in the end
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Aug 30, 2015 20:00
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ArtIsResistance posted:did you know that the meth cook on breaking bad was played by hal???  coldplay chiptunes posted:Wanna gently caress the mom so bad. Me too, gonna pull up the show on YouTube and spank it to her nagging
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Aug 30, 2015 20:25
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Mercrom posted:people gravitate towards extreme views in impersonal arguments and even more so when surrounded by likeminded people
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U say you're straight? Well, I read on GBS that the truth is somewhere in the middle 
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