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  • Is it? I haven’t studied philosophy (but I have studied math) - it seems to me that the Wikipedia article on Truism demands the statement to be true for it to be a truism. But it’s not true though?

    The way I see it, the statement can be construed as:

    I’m not allowed to criticize X -> X rules over me

    But, perhaps because “allowed” and “criticize” are subject to interpretation, there are plenty of groups you will be socially penalized for criticizing (see jokes about kids with cancer below the comment with the quote - I can’t figure out how to link to them). Many countries also protect minorities by making hate speech illegal, and yet those minorities are not ruling the country (though that’s probably exactly what the quote was originally meant to imply). If anything, the truism would be the ‘opposite’ implication:

    X rules over me -> I’m not allowed to criticize X

    Yet even this isn’t categorically true, like in democracies (which I guess brings in the interpretation of “rule”, as well).










  • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nutoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world"Erased"
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    16 days ago

    Troll.

    For anyone who cares to inform themselves, the Wikipedia article about race is a good place to learn why races don’t map to biological reality:

    Human genetic variation is predominantly within races, continuous, and complex in structure, which is inconsistent with the concept of genetic human races.

    Also, dog breeds exist because humans have actively bred dogs to have certain traits - and I assume you meant “anamorphous”?





  • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nutoMemes@sopuli.xyzNaughty birds
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    25 days ago

    From the Summary of the article you linked (emphasis mine):

    A photo of waxwings, which became popular in the Polish Internet space, shows dead birds that died as a result of a collision with a bus shelter in Ukraine. Their arrangement indicates that they flew in a compact formation. Therefore, it is unlikely that the collision occurred as a result of coordination disorders after ingesting alcohol.