Green scientocracy

1:07:15 PM+gjvcSimd are you a marxist?  leninist?
1:07:21 PM+SimdNo
1:07:33 PM+gjvctrotskyist ?
1:07:36 PM+SimdNo
1:07:54 PM+SimdI describe my political worldview as green scientocracy
1:08:03 PM+gjvcjust how left are you and with what group do you identify?
1:08:14 PM+gjvci see
1:08:20 PM+Simdgjvc: I am heavily influenced by Buddhism and have a degree in molecular biology
1:08:27 PM+SimdI don't heavily define in regards to groups
1:08:28 PM+gjvcabsolute communist pinko?
1:08:32 PM+gjvcok
1:08:50 PM+SimdAlso, I agree with James Madison -- primary author of the US Constitution -- that factions are the primary threat to human civilization
1:08:59 PM+SimdTherefore, those mental constructs that reduce factionalism are good
1:09:01 PM+gjvcnharris right-thinking republican
1:09:26 PM+SimdExample: Data, presence, rule of law, science, transparency, etc.
1:09:41 PM+SimdNon-factionalism allows a society to have all of its intellectual capital flourish, resulting in greatness
1:09:59 PM+SimdWhen we allow factions to flourish, we inevitably crush those groups which are the enemy of that faction
1:10:12 PM+SimdWithin that 'enemy faction', there are geniues, artists, leaders, and humanitarians
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1:10:47 PM+SimdYou'll recall that John Stuart Mill, when arguing for universal suffrage and labor equality for the genders, mentioned that "Any nation which does not employ its women loses half its workforce".
1:10:57 PM+SimdNo resource on Earth is more valuable than the human mind
1:11:27 PM+RaccoonSimd: And none so worthless at the same time
1:11:42 PM+SimdWhy?
1:12:38 PM+RaccoonMost human-mind ore is mined in very small trace amounts.  It's rare to strike a large vein of the good stuff
1:12:42 PM+SimdSoon, computation will be the most important resource on Earth
1:12:49 PM+SimdBut I don't think we're quite there
1:12:53 PM+SimdMaybe I'm wrong, though
1:13:05 PM+SimdRaccoon: Your average human is very dumb -- agreed
1:13:16 PM+SimdThat is why I wish to extend the restrictions of the US Constitution
1:13:23 PM+SimdThe Constitution already restricts democracy
1:13:38 PM+SimdThe primary restrictions are in regards to the rights of minorities and individuals, which history show get crushed by large majorities
1:13:49 PM+SimdI wish to extend those restrictions to those things demonstrated by science as highly likely to be true
1:14:15 PM+SimdFor example, I would like to make it illegal for politicians to advocate for policies that include a claim that anthropogenic climate change is false
1:14:23 PM+SimdI don't want to leave that up to the voters
1:14:43 PM+SimdWe need to leverage our built up intellectual capital from generation to generation -- and that's called scientific knowledge
1:15:10 PM+SimdIf a politician were to claim vaccines cause autism -- as Trump did in the debates -- I'd like to open up impeachment hearings
1:15:34 PM+SimdAlso, a record of saying false things should be an impeachable offense
1:15:46 PM+SimdTruth is the most important of all values
1:16:28 PM+SimdIn this sense, non-religious statements would become like religious statements
1:16:34 PM+SimdIn your personal life, you can religiously believe whatever you want
1:16:45 PM+SimdBut if you're a politician, you are forbidden, by law, from advocating for anything on the basis of religion
1:17:09 PM+SimdIn your personal life, you can be a moron and believe whatever you want, but if you advocate for moronic things as a politician, that is forbidden