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Re:Stewart Brand Says He’s Still an Optimist by aussiesnack on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:39PM (#33511191)
You don't have any idea what optimism and pessimism mean. And your radical individualistic epistemology is absurd in the extreme.
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Re:Stewart Brand Says He’s Still an Optimist by user8501 on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:57PM (#33514702)
Please explain to me what they mean then. And then explain how embracing one’s optimism is a “cognitive mistake almost by definition”.
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