Alvin Plantinga is great on the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism in 'Where the conflict really lies'.
He presents a defeater for belief in Naturalism and evolution if Naturalism and evolution are true.
If our minds have come from a process aimed at survival, the probability that they produce true belief, is low. If the probability that out minds produce true belief is low, it is not rational to believe the beliefs that our minds produce, including belief in Naturalism and evolution.
This argument might seem trivial at first, because we naturally believe the deliverances of our minds to be true, but it is a solid philosophical defeater that has no defeater.
Necessary being. See the Kalam cosmological argument by William Lane Craig.
Explaining why you zapped all your sats away
#zapathon #plebchain #zaps
"I was having too much fun"
That was my take as soon as Balaji Srinivasan made his bet.
Block stream Jade, who else?
If we don't get Bitcoin we will just get currency debasement.
Capital is the product (and means of production, which is a function of product) of the economy, not the thing that measures it.
In a hyperbitcoinised would, every sensible business will have cash reserves, which they will draw on in times of crisis. This is possible because the savings do not lose purchasing power with time and will appreciate at the average rate of econic growth.
Further, around half of all Bitcoins will be held, and the other half will be in circulation. The total amount of monetised goods will be backed by half of the total amount of Bitcoin. If more Bitcoin is held, the purchasing power will increase and the probability of buying at a discount will be greater than 50%. This will cause holders to sell Bitcoin for goods, increasing the amount of Bitcoin in circulation until it balances again. Speculation on the total economic output will inform price and provide a reliable signal for investment planning making investment more efficient.
Read it again and note the similarities to fiat 😉 This is how it begins.
Ledgers offer to store seed phrases is a big step forward in terms of convenience. It will allow many people to hold crypto without the risk of loss or theft of their recovery phrase.
To cover the unlikely event that Ledger loses the seed, there is insurance money available to cover losses up to a limit.
With crypto securely locked away, Ledger could allow users to access their funds to the equivalent amount in money. This will also increase convienience for day to day transactions and avoid triggering any complicated crypto regulation that may be introduced.
Access to money backed by crypto will also have the benefit of increasng liquidity in times when money demand is high. Not all crypto will be required to be withdrawn at any given time, therefore the amount of money issued could fluctuate to help keep prices stable.
Eventually when the ecosystem has matured the peg to crypto could be removed. This will allow money to more easily responds to the needs of the economy. If there were ever a pandemic or war, money would be readily available to fund the necessary expenses and stimulate the economy.
My brother printed a hose attachment that was a large cock and balls, and hid it in his mates car. Months later his girlfriend finds it and starts questioning him intensely about why he has it 🤣
nostr has its issues. but for those who figure it out, it’s the most powerful network that exists today. challenge is helping more people figure it out.
likely most of that won’t come from social use cases, but rather the microapps that #[0] originally envisioned and folks like #[1] are focused on building.
the power of this thing is the ecosystem part. it’s permission-less, meaning anyone can build whatever they want, and it has a permission-less global payment system readily available through bitcoin. but neither will sell people on joining it.
if the apps built on top of nostr do valuable things, like https://highlighter.com does, then every nostr app and use case benefits, including the social clients.
this is going to be a long road, but one that fundamentally changes the way people experience the internet. if it doesn’t succeed itself, it will certainly inspire the thing that does.
I have followed the same diet, much less strictly, and lost half a kg.
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