Recent content by Exhaustion Magnet

Civ V, at the very least, has AI personality settings from 1-10 in various factors. Ghandi has a 12 in likelihood to use nukes, so the moment he researches nukes, he will work to build them, and he will use them when war starts.

I get what you're trying to say, but look at the way you're saying it. It's not very conducive to proper discussion. Please don't use a kafkatrap in a discussion about kafkatraps. Anyways, as an actual response to your points, privilege is something everybody has. Your argument seems to be...

I don't like the modern concept of "privilege", as it's usually just used as a way to shut down discussion. By invoking privilege in discussion, it is an inherent ad hominem that says a person's argument is invalid-- not for any logical, ethical, or moral reasons-- but because they have some...

Original essay here: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2122 In summary: Kafkatrapping is the act of accusing someone of wrongdoing, and if they protest, use their protesting as evidence of guilt. The name comes from Franz Kafka's "The Trial". That's Model A. Model C is to accuse that someone of...