₦airaland Forum

Really eager to see the structure that will be adopted vis-a-vis the Federal Police and what the jurisdictional arrangements will be in terms of offences, etc.

LordReed:
Florida college Republicans group chat reveals racist texts: ‘Avoid the coloreds like the plague’
https://archive.ph/QVonX

This is what they really think of you you dumbāss water carriers.

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Many many years ago, long before the existence of WhatApp and other such groups, I came across a page where some white people discussed black people in general. It was eye opening. Many will only say their true thoughts in "safe spaces."

What I read there opened my eyes forever. Suffice to say that many more people than will admit it are very racist to the point of seeing other races, especially blacks as truly not human and rather as truly a kind of animal.

Excellent the murderer is gone. Next, the stripper from the gutter, Pam Bondi.

OriOko88:
This is not a sack now. More like redeployment. But the woman see shege during the Minnesota immigration riot.

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It is a sack, just a polite one since she supported him. The so called agency does not even yet exist and the role "special envoy" will be meaningless.

Eriokanmi:
When they said sokoto missile attack on boko haram hideout went off target, despite the close monitoring and confirmation in the situation room in far away Washington DC, I asked myself, what manner of people were we in this country?

See the way they took this man out, despite several caves around him, in which he had been hiding for months. Maybe Nigerians were waiting to see loads of casualties in sokoto with dismembered limbs at the den of boko haram. They need to go and study what the military call covert operations.
E don do abeg US. Let peace reign now cos innocent Iranians too are being hit

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The Sokoto strike was an off point failure that did absolutely nothing and that is a fact.

helinues:
Long overdue.. Something that other presidents have been ignoring

Presidency with balls

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Far too early. Every president has tried and reached similar agreements only for the implementation to fall out.

seunmsg:
They are majorly folks who served in the Jonathan administration and now part of ADC or Obidient movement. If the Tinubu administration goes after them, you will be one of the very first people to shout political persecution.

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Again, emotional. This matter has been a problem from the time of OBJ and I think even earlier.

seunmsg:
We are looking at the prospect of an immediate addition of 150,000 BPD of crude oil. That will be a massive boost to our revenue and economy.

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Your worship of the frog has made you unable to read. Look at you saying "immediate." This will still take years, probably even a decade.

ASB717:
Can't the bag of rice or carton of spaghetti be embedded with real time tracking and listening device

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Great thought.

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BlakKluKluxKlan:
The world minus one Islamic theocracy.
A probable end to the menace of the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas and Iraqi militias.

Imagine the sigh of relief across the middle East !

The number 1 world sponsor of terrorism gone.

The head of the middle East axis of evil gone.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may not enjoy a state burial with fanfare after all.

A minus for violent-loving world and a Plus for the peace loving world.
An end to underground churches and the resurgence of overground churches and Zoroastrianism in Iran.

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The biggest sponsor of terrorism and the most aggressive and violent nation in the world has been the USA since the second world war.

Americans are really cowards. Can only sit behind sophisticated machines and press buttons.

nairalanda1:
1. In 2014...we were having a strong economy based on high oil prices. BY 2015, when the oil prices crashed...emperor had no new clothes.

2.Which Nigerian is interested in sharia law now?. I am a Nigerian and I am not effing interested in establishing sharia law. And the banditry problem shows it is not working as intended.

3.34 Years...was 1994. Unless you want to lie that Abacha was a good leader (he wasn't for many reasons, plus he looted so much that we are still looking for his loot to date)...Nigeria was not good then

A strong economy is not a tinubu economy...it is an economy based on manufacturing and innovation and lack of wasteful subsides.

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The economic crash of 2015 was directly traceable to terrible economic policies and not the price of oil.

Helpfromabove1:
Really

Na only Lagos dey Nigeria

And only road and bridge this government know what about sector

Most importantly electricity, health care, security, education

Na only road and bridges

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If a govt ever comes that solves only power in Nigeria and does nothing else, it will be celebrated as the best govt ever.

LordReed:
Right. You can interact with dead persons only your head. Same way Michael Jackson is still moonwalking in my head.

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It's possible it's in ones head.

LordReed:
I don't need to die, no dead person can talk much less express any sort of knowledge. Maybe you are sheltered and have never seen a dead person before. You can go to the nearest mortuary and attempt having a conversation with the dead bodies there.

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For me, there is a stark difference between a dead person and a dead body.

You can interact with dead persons through dreams and astral travel. I think.

TechBaron:
Head to head, Iran is no match for the US.

Even the Iranians know this!

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Was either Afghanistan or Vietnam a match for them?

Eriokanmi:
Happy birthday sir, one of the african finest.
But baba, you know say you don dey reach 95 so? But we don pardon you as you no lie. You once said you didn't know the month and year you were born and your parents were unfettered so, you adopted a particular age and you chose a day in the month of March to celebrate your birthday. You also said as a military recruit, you were permitted to use any age for enlistment.

All the above made millions of Nigerians, including myself to like you and be always proud of you. You may have your flaws as a human being but you remained the best Nigeria had ever had as a leader, unlike someone who's nearing 85 but cut 10 years away from his age, just to fulfill a lifetime ambition. He lied on so many grounds for fun, including his primary and secondary education without a single trace, when investigated by the alumni of the schools in ibadan.

You're a leader of exemplary character. Enjoy your day, ebora owu

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He also went to school and has known classmates (unlike someone) so he can truly guess his probable age.

NairalandBishop:
When he was only miles from Moscow, he ordered his troops to go help those engage Britain as progress was slow there. His generals advised him against this. This halted the operation giving the Soviets time to prepare and counter. Then came winter, the Germans were not prepared for it, engines failed, weapons failed, advancement was slow. The Soviets were better equipped in their territory, pushing Germany back

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There was the mother of all resistance close to Moscow. Invading Russia is a cursed mission anyway, the sheer size and climate always gives them so many retreat options. Ask not just Hitler, ask Napoleon.

NairalandBishop:
Because they pushed back the Germans from their land all the way to Berlin. I agree with you, they lost millions of troops defending their country. But war is not in numbers alone. Hitler would have succeeded in the invasion if not for the mistake he made.

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What do you consider the mistake he made?

Lee2money:
You know better than the guy u quoted jorh.

It was Russia who pushed the war really backward through the help of their severe cold/snowy/icy weather. USA wouldn’t have done anything if not Japan who wanted to flex their muscle against the US war ship when they too were conquering some other part of the world. US only came to claim the Glory of the war that Russia already won

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Gbam.

triplechoice:
First, your title "Simulation Theory" is a misnomer. The correct term is "Simulation Argument" or Simulation Hypothesis, as found in the very sources you took it from. In the sciences, a "theory" is a well-tested explanation for phenomena supported by evidence. A "hypothesis" is an educated guess awaiting proof. Yours is the latter. It lacks empirical evidence. Changing hypothesis to theory inflates its status and mislead your audience.

Second, Nick Bostrom himself never concluded we are living in a simulation. He presented a trilemma, three possibilities, at least one of which must be true, but he does not know which one. He has stated that, in our current state of ignorance, we should apportion belief roughy evenly between them. But you repurposed his thought experiment into a conclusion he never endorsed.

Third, "logically sound and rationally consistent" is not evidence or proof of anything. It is merely the minimum requirement for any argument. History is replete with ideas that were perfectly logical and coherent at the time, but later turned out to be nonsense. Logic without evidence is just story telling

Fourth, you point to philosophers debating the idea as proof it deserves serious consideration, not mockery. But philosophers debate all kinds of ideas, many of which turn out to be fiction. What is important is not those discussing it, but whether there is evidence. In this case, there is no shred of evidence we are living in a simulation. The Idea has been rejected by numerous philosophers and top scientists who call it exactly what it is; myth and pseudoscience

For instance, Philosopher Norman Swazo concluded that because there is "no reasonably admissible evidence to count for the task of falsification," the simulation hypothesis is "only speculative and not scientific".

The theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has called it pseudoscience, stating that belief in it requires faith, not logic, and is "Indistinguishable from religion"


And again, Cosmologist George FR Ellis declared it " totally impracticable from a technical viewpoint", adding that its protagonists "seem to have confused science fiction with science. Late night pub discussion is not a viable theory"

Fifth, the Idea lacks any spiritual or philosophical support. No authentic esoteric tradition has ever taught that we live in a computer prigram run by invisible beings. Those spreading this falsehood have misinterpreted genuine spiritual teachings, like "the world is an illusion" or "As above, so below" both metaphoric references, and grafted them onto a modern sci-fi or Sci-Sp narrative.

Finally, what we're left with is a work of fiction. An interesting thought experiment, nothing more. It has no evidence, no scientific support what so ever, no spiritual foundation, and is rejected by the very experts whose fields it tries to borrow from.

So when you see criticism of this idea, please don't take it personally. The mockery is not directed at you, but at an idea that presents itself as profound but collapses under the slightest scrutiny


To be continued.

Cc Lordreed, Deepsght,

I will provide references later.

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Thank you, I will come back soon.

NairalandBishop:
Your Poll is a very useless question though. The presence of the US changed the dynamics of the first and second world war. Without the US, the allied would have been badly beaten, they were getting badly beaten by Germany. All the NATO countries put together without the US are grasshoppers.
Go read and research, the US provided more provisions, weapons and soldiers in WW2 and only then could Hitler be defeated and those grasshopper countries e.g. France could be rescued from Hitler's grip.

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Russia actually carried more of the weight in WW2.

wirinet:
That's the way they celebrate Trump, who doesn't know a single quote from the bible, to use their head to gain power..

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I had to come back to this. It fascinates me how many of them think Trump is a dedicated Christian.

cc: cococandy.

wirinet:
My brother, I am shocked by the way born again Christians are celebrating a simple comment made by Elon Musk. That's the way they celebrate Trump, who doesn't know a single quote from the bible, to use their head to gain power. It's seems born again Christians are looking for anything to validate their religion. Now, tell me which atheist, Muslim or even Ifa worshipper that does not agree with the teachings of christ? Japan a mainly Buddhist (well shinto) religion, celebrate Christmas (the birth of christ) more than any other country in the world, does that make them a Christian country? Someone says he is a cultural Christian, and born again Christians are getting ecstatic.

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Honestly!

This is the teaching that made Rome adopt the religion in the first place. it promotes submitting and subservience to your oppressors. Emperor Constantine saw the opportunity to control his restless empire.
The Jesus teaching I disagree with is the principle of having all your sins and transgressions wiped clean, just because you confess your sins and give your life to Jesus. It kills conscience, makes people commit sins and horrible things over and over again, after asking for forgiveness over and over again. It's against the very fundamental law of nature - Karma. Another person cannot answer for the sins of another person he has no knowledge of. No society can progress without an adequate system of punishment and restitution for crimes and transgressions. This is why deeply religious countries, especially Christian countries, tend to be more Immoral and corrupt than less religious countries.

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I could not agree more. The doctrine of the propitiatory sacrifice for sins in particular as well is completely against all justice. It also represents a barbaric tilt towards ritual human sacrifice.

tctrills:
So you are simply saying that you really have no idea but somehow, your heart just leans towards this theory.
If that is the case, there is no argument to be made here.
In a way, this is your religion. Like many others, you have no evidence but you just depend on faith. That's why you entertain such beliefs.
Basically, you think we are a movie playing in the mind of a God.

Again, to my question, how is this different from creation.

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I repeat, I am agnostic. I don't know. I am having this discussion with LordReed primarily to show him that its a serious possibility worth considering and not a fringe lunatic idea to be laughed off as he seems to think.

As to whether there is a difference between creation and being thoughts in the mind of a God, no there isn't much of a difference.

Small question. What if we are like little cells in the body of a God?

ufotunang:
..see what konji has caused for you 🙄

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This isn't about me Oga.
It's a fact out there.

Men pretend all the time for this purpose.

I even know a Muslim who went as far as pretending till he was made a deacon because he wanted a particular woman.

Wedding night, he brought out his prayer mat from under his bed.

tctrills:
Your entire point here is that you are a simulation in another being's reality. You are programmed.
But then, to understand you better, let's differentiate two things.
Many of us on the religious side believe we are creations.
You believe you are a simulation.
Can you make definitions and differences between the two?
Because at the end, we just might be saying the same thing.

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I like this post.

The truth is that I remain agnostic to this reality and its essential nature. Frankly I dont think we can ever know it while we are here.

Nonetheless the idea that we are "thoughts" in the mind of "God" is one I am acquainted with and frankly feel might just be the case. The very imagination of a divine or transcendental being. Its possible. That would be different from simulation theory but honestly the line is very very thin. Also it could well be that we are the "dream" of another being. It could well be that we are the "living and biological" projections of a mind that we cannot understand. It could also be that we are in a virtual reality spawned by someone else or something else out there.

I do have this persistent feeling though, that death is a pointer to the truth. Because the way the fire just goes out of the candle and the body rots is quite something to reflect on. I often feel it is a pointer to the fact that this world is some sort of fleeting contrived reality. If you have ever experienced the sudden death of a person close to you, it will strike you more poignantly, you will feel that effect of something being suddenly deleted or removed in an incomprehensible way which does not feel on all fours with the true existence of a living and real being.

To add to this the constants and details required to sustain this reality are far too specific such that one is led to believe that there is a design or program of some sort out there. What its purpose is, is hard to tell, but I also have the feeling it may just be an experiment of one kind or the other, a highly advanced experiment by cosmic beings we cannot understand.

There are many possibilities to ponder but even just looking at the workings of ants in an anthill, I will never believe this world is a work of chance.

Hahahahahahaha!
Poor lady doesnt know how far men will go to hit that spot!