shirgall

Indeed, responding properly to indications that the decision to use force has been made (ability and opportunity established, recognition of jeopardy is the crucial third piece) is not initiation of force. "The body language thing" is covered extensively by Mas Ayoob in his JUDF training (full disclosure, I was certified by LFI as a JUDF instructor years ago). It was approved by most state DPSST curricula.

If you are referring to my post, I was only calling the reserve covered, which is only 5% of the loans. This is why money supply increases when banks lend money.

Which is why I often upvote him when he is being downvoted... I wonder how many other people see the message "You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day"

http://shreddedbyscience.com/why-fitspiration-is-killing-your-motivation/ This article is pretty long but delves deeply into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, which was a fun topic here more than once. My favorite quote:

Money supply is not just how much is printed, but also how much is lent, as most lending is on reserve. The money supply can shrink when loans are called in and reserves are covered.

There are two forms of shaming/ostracism that happen here. One is the overt one of downvoting. The other is ignoring what some people bring to the discussion and continuing to converse as if they hadn't posted. The second form is very subtle and most people miss it. What is very telling is people that get downvoted, but nonetheless engaged in very vibrant debate. That is quite a mixed message! What's interesting is the difference between regulars, usual suspects, folks that show up posting a ton in a lot of threads but then get frustrated and ragequit, and those that come by, post in depth from time to time, but in general sit back from threads and read a great deal more than they write. These last two are important audiences and neither are affected very much by the reputation system or the ignoring system. Nothing's perfect, and asynchronous communication systems like forums try to serve a heck of a lot of masters and yet be simple to use.

Based on the question, I did not interpret "walking away" as the best possible solution, and the rudeness indicating positional bargaining.

Sound anomaly around 20:43. If it could be fixed it would be great. It's obvious when you hear it.

http://www.amazon.com/Bonobo-Atheist-Search-Humanism-Primates-ebook/dp/B007Q6XKEY/

This scenario is a conflict of the underlying interests. The printer lady spends money every time something is printed, even in error. You only want to pay for printouts that are usable to you. The negotiation here should have been around possibly reprinting things that are in error at a lower cost that you could both agree to, as it is likely that what she charges is enough to cover her costs plus a little more to handle overhead, people who print things that never pick them up, etc. Acknowledging the interests of the other is an important aspect of negotiation for mutual gain. I think the rudeness you experienced could have been curtailed with this approach. People are used to "positional bargaining" where they hammer a stake in the ground and refuse to budge without concession. This method works when the best alternative to a negotiated agreement is no agreement... which is where you ended up. It was worth more to you and to her to protect your positions than it was to walk away.

Possibly, but my usage here is the mathematical one, where an axiom is the definition of an abstract structure. The idea is to generate a minimal set of axioms and operations and that all other rules are derived (that is, proven) from these. They aren't beliefs, they are basic definitions like "Things that are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another."

One of the most wanting skills in any society is critical evaluation of claims, especially from master manipulators like politicians.

https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/37664-negative-reputation/ is not in a locked area.

"The collapse" is really a systemic failure where economic, social, political, and technological (think "the grid" or "the water supply" as examples) arrangements all spasm and, well, collapse due to some unsustainable shock. The source is irrelevant, it could be an attack, an earthquake, a failed bank that was indeed "too big to fail". These spasms are often cyclical is all such systems, but everyone fears a domino effect where all of them fail simultaneously. People often refer to this event as "the collapse" or "SHTF".

"Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion." Just remember that since this term originated in 1854, and its authors considered this coining "the true birth of philosophy" that there might be some axe-grinding in the wikipedia article. Even wikipedia says that beliefs are statements of faith. One does not utilize faith to justify a logical proof. One uses well-defined axioms and well-defined operations.

Because someone has to click it, and because all behavior is voluntary, all downvotes have a reason.

How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? That's not funny!

I think the best system is: "only the people that vote for a tax should have to pay it."

Posts about determinism are automatically downvoted into oblivion, as it was meant to be.

Calling it a belief cheapens its explanatory power. It's like going topless in order to be taken seriously.

This is a line of "reasoning" that allows the local religious school to label Logic as an atheistic dogma. Logic works whether you believe it or not.

The agenda of "Truth About" is to be a counterpoint to the hero worship narrative (if not exaggeration) in the mainstream. The side it is representing is... the truth.

Can't do that, adjectives aren't arguments!

Or they understand it all too well, that manipulating public opinion affects the economics of things they don't like more than simple "buy what you like and don't buy what you hate" does. Wait until you are forced to use gay cake-makers if they exist in your market (no matter what their skills may be) lest you be labeled "bigoted" and the re-education camps are full.

Counterpoint.