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Aella
@Aella_Girl
My ideal way of interacting with the world is intentionally contextless when handling specific questions, and dealing with the moral implications later; I think a question should be looked at independent of implications. I often do this on principle; 1/
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I know people will talk about the implications, but I'll handle it as straight as possible when we get there - but I don't want to let it stop me from asking the question. My goal isn't controversy, as a lot of my critics claim; my goal is to be unmoved by potential controversy.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I rarely tweet things just to be edgy, I tweet them in spite of being edgy, because I deeply value being able to think directly about a topic without flinching away from the fallout.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I'm often confused when people say I'm only what I'm saying because I'm trying to get attention. Beyond the relatively normal levels in which anybody who tweets is trying to get attention... No? I'm just being extremely principled. This is how my brain works, all the way down.
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Visa ✈️ NYC (Feb22–Mar13)
@visakanv
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@Aella_Girl
I deal with a version of this too – I've found that many people don't believe that principled people exist, and/or that anybody trying to be principled must be putting on an act. Sometimes it takes months/years for someone to come around and be like "huh I guess you're for real"
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Jeremy Bos (he/him/his)
@jpbos
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@Aella_Girl
Maybe motivated by fundamentalist upbringing? I do the same professionally in order to bring to light what is actually being discussed rather than subtext(political no-no). Relevant biblical reference would be references to if you are lukewarm better to spit you out. #allnails
Izjn Lo
@lilAZNsand
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@Aella_Girl
A simulation without context has no basis, only bias & vague data that comes from experienced/communicated context. Context that asks mysterious questions about humanity’s abstract consciousness of language and perception in generational short lived timelines true to accuracy.
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Justin Cohen
@trippdup
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@Aella_Girl
Looking at things independent of implications is apolitical and subverts the entire evolutionary purpose of humans’ runaway intelligence gains. Which, in my experience, is why it’s so difficult to find anyone who actually appreciates it properly. :/
Chris
@Aethnen
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@Aella_Girl
Yeah, these things are over-determined. If you think these things (attention seeking and public principledness) are mutually exclusive, I think you need to take a look at what you're doing with the same "principledness" you try to examine everything else.