Fatalism is essentially a pessimistic interpretation of determinism. While both concepts acknowledge the idea of a preordained future, fatalism implies a sense of resignation and helplessness, while determinism allows for the possibility of understanding and predicting the future based on knowledge of past events. In fact, people’s main critique of determinism (until recent advances in quantum mechanics which are a newer source of controversy) is that it often leads to fatalism.
Think of it like this: g(x) can achieve the next function value sooner. So while f(x) is hitting the function value of 0 at x = 0 (because 0 squared is 0), g(x) is hitting the function value of 0 even sooner at x = -1 (because -1 + 1 squared is zero). Hitting a value sooner on a number line means hitting it further to the left at a lower number. Thinking of it that way always helped for me.
I would put it in my current PC, but I would need to upgrade my current power supply to be able to handle it. The upcoming 40 series is the most exciting for me because even if I don’t win this giveaway, it means lower generations of graphics cards will be cheaper! I’ll finally be able to upgrade!
I understand that satiation matters a lot for the average Joe going on a diet because the goal is to have them feel satiated and satisfied with the lowest possible calories. However, why does satiation matter for this study since it’s calorie controlled? I guess because people are more likely to be physically active if they feel like their hunger is satisfied?
Antinatalism as a philosophical movement assigns a negative value to birth, because of the way it values life. According to David Benetar, life could be understood as having both pain and pleasure, but he argues there’s an asymmetry between the two, in which pain always exceedS the pleasure (This is a really short and compressed explanation, im sorry). His conclusion to this is that it is always inherently bad to bring in a new life for the parents’ pleasure, when it is not guaranteed that the child will have joy itself. Only suffering is guaranteed.
Anti-natalists, from your explanation, seem to believe in a quantifiable value for suffering and pleasure, and that if you were given a life with an equal amount of the two, they would sort of cancel out. I agree that overall, in terms of the whole human race, suffering outweighs pleasure and the average newborn is likely going to experience more pain than joy. However, couldn’t you make the individual-level argument that if I am a wealthy individual living in a first world country, then statistically my child is likely to have a larger amount of joy than suffering?
Fatalism is essentially a pessimistic interpretation of determinism. While both concepts acknowledge the idea of a preordained future, fatalism implies a sense of resignation and helplessness, while determinism allows for the possibility of understanding and predicting the future based on knowledge of past events. In fact, people’s main critique of determinism (until recent advances in quantum mechanics which are a newer source of controversy) is that it often leads to fatalism.
Think of it like this: g(x) can achieve the next function value sooner. So while f(x) is hitting the function value of 0 at x = 0 (because 0 squared is 0), g(x) is hitting the function value of 0 even sooner at x = -1 (because -1 + 1 squared is zero). Hitting a value sooner on a number line means hitting it further to the left at a lower number. Thinking of it that way always helped for me.
I would put it in my current PC, but I would need to upgrade my current power supply to be able to handle it. The upcoming 40 series is the most exciting for me because even if I don’t win this giveaway, it means lower generations of graphics cards will be cheaper! I’ll finally be able to upgrade!
The "fructose" was whole fruit and replaced "cereal" in the hypocaloric diet.
I understand that satiation matters a lot for the average Joe going on a diet because the goal is to have them feel satiated and satisfied with the lowest possible calories. However, why does satiation matter for this study since it’s calorie controlled? I guess because people are more likely to be physically active if they feel like their hunger is satisfied?
Antinatalism as a philosophical movement assigns a negative value to birth, because of the way it values life. According to David Benetar, life could be understood as having both pain and pleasure, but he argues there’s an asymmetry between the two, in which pain always exceedS the pleasure (This is a really short and compressed explanation, im sorry). His conclusion to this is that it is always inherently bad to bring in a new life for the parents’ pleasure, when it is not guaranteed that the child will have joy itself. Only suffering is guaranteed.
Anti-natalists, from your explanation, seem to believe in a quantifiable value for suffering and pleasure, and that if you were given a life with an equal amount of the two, they would sort of cancel out. I agree that overall, in terms of the whole human race, suffering outweighs pleasure and the average newborn is likely going to experience more pain than joy. However, couldn’t you make the individual-level argument that if I am a wealthy individual living in a first world country, then statistically my child is likely to have a larger amount of joy than suffering?