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  • xkbxtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlHow do you differentiate between knowledge and belief?
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    When I challenge my established concepts with new ideas or angles, and realize my previously held truth doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, or is reinforced or expanded upon. For example, “is a hot dog a sandwich? makes me reconsider how so much depends on context, and how we as humans crave labelling and categorizing to the point of it being detrimental (see biological sex vs gender, Star Trek edit wars, classical music and pornography cataloguing, etc)







  • The science is pretty clear; gun control works. Every time you repeal gun control laws, loosen restrictions, open gun stores, gun-related deaths escalate, often dramatically. States with higher gun ownership rates have higher rates of homicides caused by guns. Even a 1% reduction in gun related deaths would be the equivalent of 2,500 people per year. Kids die more often from gun-related deaths than car-related deaths.

    Mass shootings also barely make up 1% of gun-related deaths, so the science behind them isn’t as well studied, but things like reducing magazine sizes shows a correlated relation in reduction of mass shootings.

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  • xkbxtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWomen of Lemmy, do you mind being called cute?
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    “Alright, we have at least 6 witnesses willing to testify that they think I’m pretty. If you confess and say that at least I’m cute, we’ll let you get off easy.

    “I wanna talk to my lawyer.

    bad cop begins routine

    HOW DARE YOU, THEIR OUTFIT ALONE IS FIRE!

    ”good” cop pulls the bad cop off you

    “Sorry, my partner is a loose cannon. Look, we just want to make sure you’ve got good taste.