Because knowledge is a preventative measure to being manipulated

People also say that knowing that historical events happened don’t benefit them, would you agree with that too? These things are a lot more nuanced than just what direct benefit they give you. Knowing the basics of how our world works, including how nature works, is useful.

You have no idea how many times I had to explain evolution to people because it was relevant to the conversation and where they were tricked by some weird bullshit. Gaps in knowledge are exploitable, but not only that, the more you know, the higher your capability of connecting concepts together in a sound manner is

Knowing how evolution works has been generally useful in my life, and I am very happy I know how it roughly works, and the field I’m in is nowhere near biology or chemistry or nature

The pythagorean theorem or the theory of evolution is not “super niche knowledge”… Do you understand how foundational the pythagorean theorem is? Or how important knowing the theory of evolution is to understand how nature works?

And the periodic table of elements is literally the building blocks of our reality. Sure, less critical knowledge then the other two, but still vital in my opinion

I mean, how much scaremongering about “chemicals” and stuff could be resolved if people just knew the very basics of chemistry?

These things very much tie into being a rational citizen of the world that actually knows how the world works and doesn’t live in fantasyland. This is literally just stuff to ensure that we share a common fundamental view of reality

Not a universal rule, however. Theres the whole concept of “optimizing yourself out of the fun” and what not in video games. Or the hardships being part of what makes a game fulfilling. It depends on what your goal is

As if a queer president could get elected these days

In the end worrying about this hypothetical is what made the situation actually life-threatening to queer people

That’s very funny to me, since GTA 2 is the only GTA I have fond memories of

But then again, I was a kid so. Not exactly the most refined tastes

But apartments in the middle of cities are more expensive than ever

People vastly underestimate the influence of chronic illness when it comes to adverse living situations

When you’re struggling to be productive and work due to health reasons, society treats you like trash, and often won’t give you the support you need. And this is a lot more common than people are willing to admit

I’ve read the contract of my internet provider. No limit

Then again, I don’t live in the US

I mean, small things like that add up, you want your stack as optimized as possible

A quarter of a second here, another quarter there, and suddenly it might take 2 seconds longer for a connection to form, which matters a ton. A lot of work in the modern web is going into reducing latency

You can’t make this shit up, it keeps happening

Okay but the original comment never mentioned building codes, but the rental agreement

I guess they really want deadlock to succeed

Bruh are you living under a rock? It’s constantly in the local news where I live, it’s very much controversial

A single AGI could be copied into a million copies near-instantly. That would be significant

Not in Diablo, but in strategy games or stuff like MOBAs or shooters? Yeah, I do

It is not the case with the earth and the moon. It would be if the moon was 40% more massive

I feel like the reason people like pvp is because, well, humans are like the most advanced AI opponents and teammates you can have in a game. Most games struggle creating fun, realistic, and challenging AI opponents because it’s generally really difficult to do so.

Their previous games, like divinity: original sin 2, were also amazing, though somewhat smaller in scale/budget

Unsurprisingly most gamedevs, at least the ones that make good games, are either minorities themselves, or positive to their/our plight

After all, the best art isn’t made by the people who enshrine conservative ideals

For that to happen the carbon would need to be buried in the ground again, however

And it’s possible that humanity has emitted so much and warmed the globe so much that we shift the global climate stability point to something else than was before. It’s possible the new equilibrium over millions of year will be a warmer earth