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adamspikings.bsky.social
Some guy with a degree in Engineering
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Remember; You are under no obligation to pay attention to stupid opinions, and it is better if you don't.

Reading Donald Trump quotations given in BBC reports is like listening to a retarded 8-year old.

The char limit is a bit of a problem with this type of platform. Ideas - at least, my ideas - typically have nuances that simply does not allow for the idea to be wrapped into 300 characters. How much of modern conflicting discourse is down to missed nuance I wonder?

Watching American politics now with more than a hint of schadenfreude. Am very glad that we got rid of our own incompetent Conservative government last year.

A near universal failure among humans is absolutism. We are terrible at looking at an entity and seeing nuance. It is entirely possible for a national hero to be a racist, or for a respected mathematician to suck at philosophy. Yet we humans routinely forget this.

"His concern about the subject doesn't extend to being truthful when addressing it."

Thought of the day; Qualifications can be useful tools, but they are only tools. They are as useless as any other tool if you don't have the skills to wield them correctly. I feel like Western education systems focus too much on qualifications and not enough on skills.

Had a Twitter account, never really used it. Created an account here because @hankgreen.bsky.social recommended the place (in a roundabout way). Seems pretty nice so far!