Bob makes a precise observation and thus concludes that the earth is round.

Rob is told that the earth is round, in school, and thus concludes that the earth is round.

Are they both right?

I think every nation offers that argument, not just Hitler.

That’s generally all we’ve got. Nobody has time for science or whatever.

But if you had evidence that you were manipulated, that would make you feel less certain in your rightness. Right?

A virus would. But a man should be certain that he’s propagating truth, surely.

Exactly.

If you had evidence that you are a victim of manipulation, it shakes your certainty.

Shouldn’t it?

Via the mind-manipulating technique called “propaganda” an idea is inserted into your head, and the rightness of the idea too.

Understand?

That’s rather beside my point. As you well know.

Why play these games?

Case in point

In the past you received a symbol, and a meaning to go with that symbol.

In the present, you refer to that meaning when you see that symbol.

Yes, there was some kind of deeper communication in the past. The dictionary was written (among other things. Like the vastness of non-symbolic experience. Sensations and such).

But in the present, in the act of “reading”, it’s just you, the dictionary (symbolic and nonsymbolic) and the symbol stream. However you slice it, the dictionary is large and the symbol stream is small.

I never met the fellow. I never did the science either.

You all are easily impressed.

Rural IL here. Full of conservatives.

Nobody here cares if you are trans. Couldn’t care less.

Never met a school church shooter either.

Hallmark movies have gotten popular lately at my favorite pegleg establishments. 4 of the 10 in the “featured” list are hallmark.

Last year I think we’d never see even one.

It’s because movies really suck now. We’re literally scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Why do movies suck now?

I didn’t even read the community title. Sorry. My mistake.

Because being a jerk is more fun than sex?

Reddit is the best thing to ever happen to big governments. It’s wonderful for mind-control and surveillance. They are subsidized by the intelligence apparatus of USA, China, Great Britain and lots of other countries.