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quaice | 6 years ago | on: A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier

Intelligence has very little to do with the majority. Geographical location, overall family health, education, peer pressure, inherited ignorance... These are all things that can put people at a great disadvantage. It's easy to cast judgment with little to no intimate knowledge of these people and situations. It's even easier to think oneself better than others when you can't recognize your own privileges.

It's easy to mistake ignorance for lack of intelligence, which in itself is just ignorance on your part. We can't fault one another for ignorance, and casting judgment serves nothing but your own ego.

quaice | 7 years ago | on: Books I Recommend

I honestly can't even imagine a personality that takes in to account an individuals number of followers when assessing their relevancy. I just can't grok that.

quaice | 7 years ago | on: Deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio is worried about AI’s future

Then I would put forth that you don't have much experience with military leadership. In practice, morality, as well as cause and effect, are a constant discussion among military leadership. To add to this: It's the lower echelons of leadership that are more about numbers and efficiency and even lower is where it's about "getting it done".

The disconnect, I believe, is what one considers duty another may consider blind faith. There is a vast amount of room for ambiguity here.

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