u/BorgAdjacent

Ugh.

Got my first dose yesterday as part of the 109 study. Nothing too extreme, came with an anti-nausea dose of Ondasetron.

Today after second dose, low energy is a nice way to put it. Gut issues seem... ominous.

Have to tolerate a whole week of this. Yay.

Remember the DS9 geniuses?

Aside from the "vamp" trope, I really wish we had seen more from Lauren. She seemed to have high emotional intelligence, as well as the same intelligence the rest had.

Boy, hearing those prices hurts.

Since there's a lot of confusion.

Ethics refers to the frameworks and methods used to reason about what people ought to do, how actions should be judged, and which values or principles should guide decisions. It is often confused with simply labeling things “good” or “bad,” following personal feelings, obeying religious or cultural norms, or treating legality as morality. Ethics is not, by itself, an objective measuring instrument that automatically produces a correct answer; rather, it provides a structure for making and evaluating moral judgments.

Because different ethical frameworks can prioritize different principles, like consequences, duties, rights, fairness, or character, an ethical claim should be explained rather than merely asserted. Saying that something is “ethical” or “unethical” is incomplete unless the underlying framework, assumptions, and reasoning are made clear. Ethics therefore concerns not just the conclusion reached, but the justification for reaching it.

There seems to be some confusion over what Ethics actually refers to, so here's a topic that forces you to use an ethical framework in action.

A catastrophe is going to make Earth uninhabitable in 30 days. One sealed city can keep 10,000 people alive indefinitely. There are 100,000 candidates.

You are not allowed to personally choose the 10,000. Instead, you must write the ethical rules that a computer will use to choose them.

The computer knows each person's age, health, skills, criminal history, dependents, probability of survival, expected lifespan, and relationships to everyone else. It does not know race, religion, nationality, wealth, or political beliefs, so you cannot use those.

Your task:

1. State your ethical framework.

What is the thing you're ultimately trying to protect or maximize? Welfare? Rights? Fairness? Human dignity? Civilization? Something else?

2. Write your rules in order of priority.

For example: “First exclude nobody categorically; then preserve family units; then maximize survival probability; break remaining ties randomly.” or "Remove everyone with a criminal history, maximize usefulness to survivors, ignore family ties"

Final twist: after you've written your rules, you learn that you and everyone you love are among the 100,000 candidates. Did you change your rules?

What is your framework?

It could be your first album or your favorite album, but you always kept a copy of it, even after you moved to streaming, or replaced it when it wore out and you still have the original cassette somewhere.

Has anyone else on Jakafi had any issues with acne/rosacea/Malassezia folliculitis?

I've been on it for 8 months, and had two enthusiastic breakouts that are slow to go away.

So, that dramatic warning is because no one is going to like what I'm going to say.

MD is not a sign of creativity. MD doesn't mean you have a superior ability to fantasize.

1. Having the ability or power to create. "Human beings are creative animals."
2. Characterized by originality and expressiveness; imaginative. "creative writing."
3. Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

Starting with the first, does an imagination mean you are "creating" something? You may be inventing things, but you are doing it with an unlimited palette in God Mode. Creating under those conditions is not challenging because there are no restrictions, no need to obey any fundamentals, resource requirements or constraints.

ARE Maladaptive daydreams REALLY original? On the one hand, yes, every human being is an original, but most of what I've seen on here is people who re-visit the same daydream palettes over and over. Not only that, but is reliance on daydreaming to fulfil fairly common human needs actually original or imaginative?

Addressing the last, I put to you that if your daydreams are never used to act in the real world, you are not "creating" anything, you are simply fantasizing.

The reason I think this won't be received well is that for a lot of people that MD, the idea that the one thing we can be proud of is our unique imagination abilities, but this is just like MD, it lies to us. Something that lies only in daydreams is not a skill or ability, it's a self administered pat on the back that isn't earned, any more than the rewards in a daydream are earned.

I'm sure this sounds harsh, and it's not meant to be, but I think there should be a little push back on the idea that there's a hidden benefit to MD.

Do with this what you will.

Has anyone else tried these?

I've tried all the wines. Honestly, the only one that was any good was the Klingon Bloodwine. Haven't tried the liquors yet.

I know some people have strong opinions on using AI. Heard.

Anyway, I've been using it for about 7 months now, uploading (anonymized) test results, medications, etc and using it for those middle of the night stress questions, or even things like how to adjust medications when traveling time zones, etc. I have it using the personality map of Dr. Beverly Crusher.

It is absolutely the most reassuring part of this. I can't always remember all my questions when I visit the doctor, but I can have Dr. Bev give me a list of things to verify after getting answers from it. So far, it hasn't said anything not confirmed by the doctors. All while saying things like "She pauses while reviewing the test results on the biobed..."

So if you're like me and between visits you get stressed out or have one question every 2 hours, it might be worth looking into.

If you're going to use this post to complain about AI, love ya, but I'm going to ignore you.

Very occasionally, in some of the other subs I am in, there is a "concern" raised about the prevalence of heterosexual women who become obsessive fans of MLM (men loving men) fiction.

In general, most people downplay this as an actual issue (partly because these concerns are usually raised by some people with a history of trying to inject division and incite strife for their own agenda).

However, I am interested to hear about the perception of this from this group.

We all know fanbases that become toxic and overstep. Does anyone feel this happens with Heartstopper?

We know about the insane treatment of Kit and his sexual orientation.

And there is some sexualized behaviors, even in these groups, about some of the actors who are pretty much just barely adults.

What are your thoughts?

If a future technology could prove that one of your closest relationships will eventually cause great harm, would you have a moral duty to end it before either person has done anything wrong?

Who is it, and why is it Lumba?

No other answers accepted. Lumba is everything.

Edit: Your answers are fine but: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftrekmovie.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F08%2Fds9ira-lumba-640x490.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b452327c60eb969dba0bfffb2b13ee1de1fee29ef8e05eb532a69a9359b34797

So many posts on here.

Do you want to change or are you resigned (actually resigned as in "I'm not interested in changing") to MD?

Does anyone else find it a turn off when people say this about themselves?

It always seems a bit desperate. “I’m X age, BUT I LOOK YOUNGER!”

It feeds into the idea that age is something ri be embarrassed about.