I just finished the first campaign. And aside from what I mentioned about their not feeling like there’s any sense of character progress or customization (this is what I would tie to three starring missions) it’s really good.
Looking forward to Unicorn Overlord. Hopefully it hits all the right notes for me and not just 80%
The whole community is 40k people. If there’s really 10s of thousands of illegal migrants as you claim (over 50% of the population) I’m sure it will get raided soon.
And if there’s really no water, electricity, etc, and there are children living there especially, the humane thing to do is help them.
Don’t you agree?
Surely the state of Texas should insure people have those things, in their homes, right?
But the placebo affect makes positive outcomes harder to measure with microdosing, as you said.
I think we do need more studies on humans, and while I don’t like that they killed animals I keep as pets, I do hope this will encourage more human studies.
They demonstrated positive physiological charges. We don’t cut people up. I have mixed feelings about animal testing but without a longitudinal study on humans it is hard to demonstrate positive outcomes. Become of placebo as you mentioned.
In other words, we don’t do this kind of study on humans because the subjects get cut up at the end.
My hope is this will encourage more testing in humans. The data from this study is promising, even if it’s just rats…
I’m only replying to your top paragraph because I sense a lot of hostility in your post and don’t have the patience at the moment to wade through it carefully.
Buddhism doesn’t extinguish other beliefs when it interacts with them. Nagas (the seven headed snake, who is not a God but more like a spirit, is a naga) already existed in southeast Asia prior to Buddhism. Likewise Genesh is a Hindu diety that already existed in India.
Some Zen Buddhist traditions even go so far as to draw parallels with Christian beliefs in the Kingdom of God and the ultimate dimension (a Buddhist concept for how everything is connected and interdependent).
Finally, I didn’t argue that Buddhism doesn’t incorporate the idea of spiritual beings (Gods, Demons, they can all be found in most Buddhist traditions). But they’re not beings to worship or revere simply on account of their spiritual status. Or to listen too without question like in authoritarian belief systems. So, it’s likely your post is a straw man but also possible you misunderstood my position and I didn’t communicate clearly enough. Either way, what you’re arguing against wasn’t my position. (See italics right above and below if you need clarification).
The Buddha said don’t take my word. See for yourself. And Buddhism is being incorporated under other names in all sorts of modern psychology practices. Because the shit works and is based on science (investigation of mental phenomenon with an open and unbiased mind) not dogma.
I hope someday you understand the difference. But I can tell by your tone that nothing I can say today will change your mind.
So this post isn’t for you. But the silent witnesses on the fence.
People will fetishize anything and use anything to justify violence.
Buddhist practitioners can be as dogmatic as Christians, but having been brought up as one and studied the other extensively, Buddhism is not a religion in the Western sense of the word.
In fact there’s many teachings on avoiding dogmatic views in both ancient and modern Buddhism. Because dogmatism brings about the exact suffering we’re talking about.
Yes, Buddhists are as failable as anyone else. But the heart of the dharma begins with right view, which essentially means, don’t be dogmatic!
Which is the exact opposite of how I was brought up in a Christian family.