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  • David Hume wrote about this exact thing in (I think) an enquiry concerning human understanding.

    Essentially he said all thoughts come from 3 processes:

    Cause and effect - think of smoke so think of fire etc.

    Continuity in time and/or place - think of kettle so think of toaster etc.

    Resemblance - think of a photo so think of the person etc.

    The above example would be continuity in place, the carnival lead to thoughts in the same place.

    Also cause and effect…why do bees die but wasps not?

    Actually possibly resemblance too, as bees and wasps look similar.












  • It’s a really complicated situation as far as my understanding goes (I’m British for context). I believe most British would support Irish unification, at least from the people I speak to. But still the majority (or close to) would vote to remain in the UK. Plus it’ll be outrageously expensive a transition for Ireland. I don’t know why this is and would like to know.

    It’s not an easy situation, and in my own personal opinion we should be uniting as friends, allies and equals.

    As a UK person, I look at Japan as a nation very similar to ours, they’ve successfully united 4 islands (plus many small) much larger than the UK and I’d love to understand how it seems so easy. They had just as many conquering bastards, but everyone is happy being Japanese.