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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • No, it probably isn’t more dangerous in the direct sense. But it’s more dangerous in the subtler ways. Look, I’m from a country where we had the Soviet bland of dictatorship disguised as communism and let me tell you it’s very similar to the Chinese bland.

    You have to censor your opinions because you might end up in prison for saying the wrong thing to the wrong people. And the worst thing, you don’t know what you’re missing because the government and its secret police tries really hard to make sure you don’t know how much better it is.

    I believe that you had a superb time as a tourist in China, after all they only show you the good parts as a tourist. You’re simply not allowed anywhere that might shed light on their propaganda.

    I’m not saying US is some kind of utopia or whatever, but pretending China is a good country to live in is crazy and dangerous.











  • I know what emergent properties are, though not sure how that relates to anything I said? You mean the part about consciousness?

    If so, the sentence you’re looking for is this one:

    consciousness arises out of the complex interaction of various component parts working together. No individual neuron is responsible for the processing of information or the experiencing of emotions, this is only possible through the linking of millions of neurons together

    I never claimed a single neuron is responsible for consciousness, but if you’re trying to imply that it’s somehow magical, your own source says otherwise.