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by dataflow 12 days ago
What is "intellectual curiosity" that doesn't include curiosity about whether, when, and how often the world superpower commits a war crime? For reference just the other day we had [1] on the front page. Was knowing the consumer price index for the month really all that much more satisfying of "intellectual curiosity" than this?

[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

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>What is "intellectual curiosity" that doesn't include curiosity about whether, when, and how often the world superpower commits a war crime?

It means "anything good hackers find interesting" and anything that "sparks curious conversation."

What does that mean? I don't exactly know. Certainly nothing objective. In practice it means whatever the people flagging the thread decide it does.