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no, and i agree with her that you focused on the religion part and ignored the philosophical basis of her point about psychic profit because she isn't as schooled in economic theory and relies on things she does know that are the religious basis

it's fine if you don't want to believe in God or ultimate justice of any kind but you also can't deny that a society that organises around these principles is a better society... the whole reason why europe has come to dominate the world in the last 500 years has not just been guns, it's also because a more just system of money and contracts, which are central principles of christianity, were in effect, from the chiming of the church clock bells to the mediation of disputes performed by the priests of a parish, christianity has been critical to how the world has got a lot better in the last 500 years, and further, Satoshi even gave a nod to that by picking the same day to finally go to public with his early alpha bitcoin project, to make a clear connection to Luther and the end of the catholic monopoly on christianity, and their prohibition of distribution of the bible

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

and yes, she is a very intelligent lady, and very confident about her intelligence, and performs well at carrying that

i also write a lot off the top of my head, so much so that i get accused occasionally of being an AI (even though i post photos of my ortholinear mech keyboard) - back in the old days people would say "you're on meth" and occasionally that was true

people with high intelligence and low impulse control have a lot of audacity at argumentation, even when they have got something wrong, and attacking that as a personality flaw does not endear you to them, nor does it achieve the ostensible goal of correcting their inaccurate models

and i'm definitely of the opinion that atheism is a wrong model, this universe has rigid laws and you have to at minimum agree that the entire edifice of science rests upon the foundation of this fixity of the laws, even if maybe some of the apparent constants fluctuate the laws that they regulate do not

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vinney...axkl 1y ago

Well she sure carries herself as if she's some sort of nostr celebrity. Especially the "doesn't take criticism well / quick to mute" aspect.

At no point did I attack her personality. The closest I came to something resembling an insult was to say I don't understand moderate religious people, and that I understand fanatics better.

And that was in the context of psychic profits. Namely: if there is an endless wealth of psychic profit available to the believer, and those profits are unbelievably strong (both immediately and literally forever after) why does one ever defer on maximizing those profits?

I know you think atheism is a wrong model. That's fine.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

it's not your privilege to get the engagement of everyone you wish to engage with

if you start along this line of "harden up, ignore the trolls" mentality that i know well from reddit and steem blockchain and many shitcoin comunities, you are on track to also lose my interest in engaging with you

vinney...axkl 1y ago

Harden up, yes. But also be wise enough to discern between "the trolls" and "people who just don't agree with you". If someone wants to review the conversation from this morning and find the places where I was trolling or being needlessly rude and antagonistic, they can be my guest - there's no delete nor edit on nostr. There's not a whole lot I would have said differently. Maybe if I knew how sensitive she is I would have couched a few things a bit more, but that gets exhausting after a while.

Easier for everyone for her to just mute me I guess? Let's hope I never have anything of value she'd prefer to see. "Mute" is a pretty strong action - saying that there's nothing you could possibly want to see from this account.

Not sure what you're talking about re: shitcoin communities.

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 1y ago

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