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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by asteli on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:00PM (#17769236)
> 8. Your movement transforms universal observations.

I interpreted this one as referencing doppler shift of light emitted by celestial objects due to relative motion, but apparently I was overthinking this.

Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by muzani on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:13PM (#17770549)
That's the funny thing with bullshit isn't it? You can give a meaningless statement and people will just attach a meaning to it if it clicks.
Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by twic on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:52PM (#17769675)
Oh, i thought it was about parallax.
Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by hesk on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @06:25PM (#17770280)
Aren't all observations subjective, hence not universal?
Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by drb91 on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:11PM (#17770537)
Observations are inherently a posteriori, not a priori, this is true. However, "universal observation" is not the same as "objective" or "a priori". I'd call the experience of suffering a type of universal observation, but it's not an a priori statement, and it's certainly not objectively evaluable.

That said, the phrase remains mostly meaningless without more context; I'm certainly not trying to defend the phrase itself.

Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by mirimir on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @05:16PM (#17769855)
Yeah, it's obviously a restatement of relativity.