why did you leave me at the chinese pavillion girl :(

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Cake day: April 14th, 2024

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  • Dunno if youve heard of it, but a number of years ago, there was a company called Theranos, a scam that claimed they could test for all manner of diseases in a short time with just a drop of your blood.

    Note that i said “scam” because its obviously BS. Im not familiar with the exact medical capabilities of the tricorder (only ever watched a handful of episodes) but i feel like real next-level medical analysis would come via nano-robots in the bloodstream, not some external device. Then again, its been a couple of years since i heard of advancements in the nano-robot category too.








  • Not gonna bud in on the “read marx vs. Campaign” discussion, but i would like to point out that politics is one of the few areas (maybe the only one?) where theory basically doesnt inform practice at all.
    In for example sewing, it makes sense to look at the theory first, since it will directly inform your practice (how to get the yarn into the eye of the needle, which yarn to choose, different sewing-techniques, etc.) All of this sewing-theory is directly related to sewing-practice.
    Compare that to politics: which political theory will actually inform political practice? Teach how to organize or participate in protests, found political groups, get media and public attention?
    None. You can read as much marx or bakunin as you want you will not get an iota better at these things. the counterpart to “political practice” isnt “political theory”, but “theory on political practice”.

    Imo i would say expecting political theory to tell you how to do practice is like expecting a compass to teach to you how to walk. It tells you the direction (like political theory) but not the process