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I met Chris Hadfield briefly when I was a kid. That was pretty neat. He was doing a book signing for a relatively small room of people
I met Chris Hadfield briefly when I was a kid. That was pretty neat. He was doing a book signing for a relatively small room of people
Generally a good approach is to try learning the rules of logic. Logic is all about proving things to be true using only facts. It can also be helpful to try some logic puzzles or riddles which can only be solved using hard logic. Note that this won’t automatically make you a better critical thinker, but it will help you exercise that muscle.
Also, it’s helpful to play devil’s advocate. If you hear someone making an argument, try to imagine how you would dispute that argument if you disagreed with it. It doesn’t matter if you actually agree or not, just imagine you did and think about what your counter argument would be. This is what high school debate teams have to do; they are given a topic and a position and have to defend their position.
It always helps to be aware of the facts, or at least of how to find facts. If you see a debate happening where you can’t tell who is right, do your own research on a site like Wikipedia and try to see what the truth is for yourself. Not every argument has a correct answer, but you will at least be able to see where each side is coming from.
Just buy groceries and cook them in your hotel while you’re there instead of eating at restaurants. My cousin did a trip to Iceland a few years ago and that was his strategy.
One of the only good things spez ever did was when he first came on as CEO they updated the front page algorithm to promote more small and niche communities and limit how much one sub could dominate the front page
For me, downvote typically means either “this adds nothing to the discussion” or “this was made in bad faith”
The following phrase is autological: “is currently being read by an idiot”
Wait why? I thought that was only a thing if you get close to a black hole. Why would it be a serious concern? Couldn’t you just avoid the black holes?
When they ask you about cookies and you can “accept all” in one click, but if you want to reject all that aren’t strictly necessary you have to navigate to a different page
the effort is minimal compared to the probability of exposure
This is basically always true with masking. It’s so dang easy.
If you’re feeling sick you should stay home.
Most of them that I play since I’m not big on multiplayer. Lots of RPGs (Mass Effect Legendary), colony sims (Rimworld), city builders (Banished), and grand strategy games (Stellaris)
I’m afraid sometimes that a new government will get elected and ruin my job. I see lots of this happening in provincial governments where a new conservative government comes in and immediately starts gutting government operations. I work in a science area and the last time the conservatives ran the country they gutted science funding in a way that we’re still recovering from.
I’m in Canada and I work for the government lol
Honestly, no. Just… Be careful.
Viscera Cleanup detail is work but it’s also extremely relaxing
Victoria 3. It’s not even close to being in a finished state yet, but I just love watching that line go up. It’s like the world’s most complex Cookie Clicker game
I think it’s also shortened if you set a “Display name”
There’s value in knowing if a response is from a specific person, even if they aren’t a celebrity.
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