Fun fact, this was one of the reasons the Beatles quit touring. Their music was growing so complex that the technology didn't really exist to recreate it in a concert setting.

1d ago

they are going to get away with it too

cattywampas @lemmy.world 1d ago

I think that anybody but a Republican winning that special election was always a pipe dream.

1d ago

they are going to get away with it too

cattywampas @lemmy.world 1d ago

For what reason? A sick person is in a hospital and no law has been broken.

1d ago

In Star Wars, what would it mean "to bring balance to The Force?"

cattywampas @lemmy.world 1d ago

But isn't that the point? The Jedi's hubris was a large part of their downfall and the old Order needed to be done away with.

"You're not the last of the old Jedi, Luke. You're the first of the new."

1d ago

We're being hailed!

cattywampas @lemmy.world 1d ago

I mean it kinda makes sense when the Enterprise is out exploring the far reaches of known space, but nobody else within range of Earth orbit is wild.

They'll all be back on Tuesday.

1d ago

they are going to get away with it too

cattywampas @lemmy.world 1d ago

In fact, you cannot just go into hospitals and start checking rooms one by one.

1d ago

they are going to get away with it too

cattywampas @lemmy.world 1d ago

There isn't an upside. They're just as stuck as the Democrats are. Mitch isn't dead, he's likely severely incapacitated. They'd love to have him on the Senate floor voting R but he isn't healthy enough to do so, and the only way to remove a Senator is expulsion by a two-thirds vote in the Senate. That certainly wouldn't get enough votes and, at this point, is pretty irrelevant anyway since the seat would simply remain vacant.

But you are correct that as long as he's ill he isn't voting, which is a good thing, which is why there was really no need for people to be all over Andy Beshear's nuts this past month.

2d ago

Does this theory of consciousness possibly work?

cattywampas @lemmy.world 2d ago

It's impossible because you can never know whether anything or anyone else is a conscious and thinking being. It's the problem of other minds. I don't mean computers today or even computers as we currently know them. But someday it could be a very real dilemma.

2d ago

Does this theory of consciousness possibly work?

cattywampas @lemmy.world 2d ago

But how do you tell when that is? It's literally impossible.

The scariest part is that it may be a question we have to eventually consider.

2d ago

Would you rather be reincarnated into a world of magic or reborn as yourself (with your current knowledge fully intact)?

cattywampas @lemmy.world 2d ago

Settle down.

2d ago

Would you rather be reincarnated into a world of magic or reborn as yourself (with your current knowledge fully intact)?

cattywampas @lemmy.world 2d ago

Option 2. Much easier to get set for life.

Besides, magic already exists. We just know how it works now.

2d ago

In Star Wars, what would it mean "to bring balance to The Force?"

cattywampas @lemmy.world 2d ago

I think you're still looking at the Force like it's a traditional dualistic phenomenon like we're used to in real-world philosophy, like yin and yang, there can be no light without darkness, etc. But the sides of the Force don't work that way despite their "light" and "dark" descriptors. The light side is the natural and balanced state. The dark side is an aberration.