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So... For those not in the know, there is an ongoing battle, at the very least in the United States where I happen to live if not elsewhere, for trans athletes to compete in sports as the gender they identify with. The media here is rather focused on trans women and women's sports, and I do not...

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real Thoughts? I know some circles I hang out in, including this one, like to lean on Dunning-Kruger a bit when it comes to talking to (or about) people who don't know as much about something as they think...

My mom likes to watch these “documentaries” of sorts regarding UFOs and conspiracy theories. Some hold some water, but most are kind of… out there. She’s kind of in a rabbit hole, and I’ve learned to just sort of smile and nod after years of this. I don’t have the time or energy to really engage...

So I’ve been diving into tabletop gaming lately, BattleTech in particular. I’ve got it going with a physical board and pieces with my immediate family, but I’ve also been playing it online via a little application on Steam called Tabletop Simulator. Of course, while I primarily use it to play...

Is there a neuroscientist in the house? Maybe a cryobiologist and a medical doctor too? If not, does anyone know where I can get in touch with one? I'm part of a Discord server full of transhumanists. Many of them are also cryonicists; I understand there's substantial overlap between the two...

I've always loved robots. Ever since I was a kid, I thought they were just the coolest thing. It should be quite telling when my favorite characters in fiction are robots (or androids, even, but that's splitting hairs at this point). My earliest "robot" toys, aside from action figures, were a...

I've been watching this show on recommendation by a friend who knows I like Star Trek. It's basically a pastiche of Star Trek created by Seth MacFarlane. As of this post, I've only made it up to and through the second episode, and so far, I think I like what I see. It definitely has something...

So I was watching an hbomberguy video on YouTube, and in the video, he cited an article written by someone who refers to themself as "The Ethical Skeptic". The Ethical Skeptic appears to be a blog written by someone with a bone to pick with "Social Skeptics". Not that I believe it is entirely...

I've been a viewer of Martymer 81's content for the last 3-4 years. Great channel, addresses lots of pseudoscientific nonsense from Creationism to a New Age-esque channel known as "Spirit Science" – a channel he's been making response videos to for the last 4 years. He's slowed down on the...

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/fcc-net-neutrality.html?referer=https://www.google.com/ This has come up a good handful of times over the last few years. Every time, the attempts have failed. I should hope it stays that way. This will affect those of us, myself included, who...

I love Star Trek. My favorite show in the franchise is The Next Generation, and I’ve seen almost every film and show within thus far. However, I realized I may have to turn in my combadge if I never see the original series, the one that started it all, so I’ve been watching TOS on Netflix with a...

I'm studying for a test on the natural sciences – a step toward an end goal of a degree in computer science – and the textbook I'm studying from had two statements that appear to conflict with each other. In the former statement, it appears to be saying that different species can successfully...

So I've been watching a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation recently on Netflix and figured I'm probably not the only one here who likes Star Trek. I've since become curious; of those of you who have watched Star Trek, what is your favorite episode (or movie, if you like) and why? For me...

Here's another one of Marty's videos, and it's covering something that I don't think I've seen around here at all. :lol:

I'm not sure if this video has been shared here before, but I know at least one person here watches/has watched Marty's stuff because I saw one of his videos linked here in an argument about DNA and information. Regardless of circumstance, here's Martymer 81 talking about fine tuning. :lol...

Hello, everyone! Only signed up a few days ago, and now I'm jumping feet-first into a discussion of something that's made waves in the last few days: It appears YouTube is "cracking down" on controversial channels and the like with its monetization policies. A significant amount of YouTubers...

Hello! I'm Akamia. I sort of found this place linked in someone's YouTube channel, who commented on one of TheMessianicManic's videos, or "TMM" as he appears these days. I decided to browse this place a bit, and found many of you – very likely most of you – are far smarter than I am, whether or...