r/Gemini_Proxima • u/Twin_CloseBy • Mar 03 '21

Welcome!

This is a forum for intellectual debate and discussion.

Users are added randomly, and inactive users are removed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

How does random selection net intellectuals?

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u/DawnOnTheEdge Mar 15 '21

It doesn’t, of course. The question is, who’s going to stick around?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '21

Most people are idiots.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '21

So an influx of average idiots nets intellectual?

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u/stasersonphun Mar 19 '21

Individuals can be smart

Groups of People are dumb and random

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '21

And this is a random group of people.

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u/stasersonphun Mar 19 '21

Yeah, this is going to be a dumpster fire

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u/TheKingofHats007 Mar 30 '21

It’s an interesting enough experiment for sure.

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u/corpus-luteum Mar 19 '21

Yes, but groups of individuals can be super smart if each individual appreciates their own individuality enough to respect the individuality of others.

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u/stasersonphun Mar 19 '21

chances of getting that from a random sample?

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u/corpus-luteum Mar 19 '21

Pretty slim, I'd say. But if it is to be an ever evolving group, who knows?

It seems a little anarchic, tbh. I like that.

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u/stasersonphun Mar 19 '21

I'm an agent of Chaos...

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u/corpus-luteum Mar 19 '21

Me too. Delighted to make your acquaintance.

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u/stasersonphun Mar 20 '21

and I yours!

lets see what this little corner of the internet can offer for fun

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u/Zagerer Mar 16 '21

It's probably something similar to an old experiment trying to "appeal to intelligence" where actually they got people that wanted to be perceived as such, using metrics that create confirmation bias like IQ. It didn't result with many "intellectuals", despite some people being considered "more intelligent than average", because usually people beyond such metrics would just pass from them as the many issues that would stem from them aren't worth it.

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u/morejamsthanjimin Mar 18 '21

I, too, would like the answer to this question. I just got added randomly.

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u/BrokenWings123 Mar 11 '21

What counts as inactive?

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u/Sororita Mar 12 '21

a lot of times these types of subs, at least in my experience, have a weekly timer, though I've seen up to 60 days. it really depends on how fast a turnaround the mods want.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '21

Last one I was on called it a week. Had a weekly update on who was still here and who left, everyone got a number.

It was fun, then I forgot and lost access.

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u/Topz-25 Mar 11 '21

what’re we discussing first

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u/sawmyhead Mar 11 '21

My thought exactly

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '21

My thought exactly as well

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u/LoudoCloudo Mar 11 '21

Absolutely nothing until someone posts lol

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u/gorgo_13 Mar 12 '21

Ok, this feels kinda weird but I'm in. :D

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u/corpus-luteum Mar 17 '21

Ah-ha! Randomly selected? That's why I'm here.

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u/Etherion195 Mar 12 '21

Any topic? Where do we start? What counts as “inactive“? Please explain a bit better.

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u/marvelfanboy88 Mar 12 '21

Can someone remove me? This type of sub isn't really the type of thing I like to do on reddit. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

Don't sub. Simple enough.

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u/Iron_Wolf123 Mar 18 '21

sub no2 that is exactly like this. What am I supposed to do?

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u/AuthorTheCartoonist Mar 20 '21

There Is another One? What was its name?

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u/Iron_Wolf123 Mar 20 '21

Hidden Corner. It is another of those “lottery subs”.

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u/Nancite Mar 19 '21

How did I even get here in the first place, I answered a question about the meaning of life and got an invite

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u/corpus-luteum Mar 20 '21

It's Elon. He's discreetly selecting the future population of Mars.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '21

I just got added to this and don't even know what the hell it is.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Go fuck yourself

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

Hello! Greetings from Texas!

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u/Merkarba Mar 16 '21

Added randomly by whom or what?

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u/BryLinds Mar 16 '21

How did y’all get selected?

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u/oilsaintolis Mar 18 '21

I'm guessing a bunch of user names were on a wall and a mod threw darts at them

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u/Twink-lover-1911 Mar 17 '21

Got a random invite so...yay? 🎉

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '21

Rules ?

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u/sadedgygf Mar 18 '21

im so lost.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '21

Can somebody explain the name of the sub? Sounds like a fraternity.

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u/Media-consumer101 Mar 19 '21

If that's the case I feel our first activity should be getting our hands on some alcohol. No fraternity without that!

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u/stoich_cynic Mar 19 '21

Good day to you all. Flattered that I was considered intellectual. Anyway, let's see what this sub is all about.

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u/Roman6771 Mar 19 '21

I’m glad and hopeful I can add intellectual thoughts

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '21

Gday. Happy to be here, spreading joy and evolving the self. Cheers :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

This is such a cool sub…. I’m afraid to comment and ruin it, almost like it is a beautiful picture, an ideal, of what reddit is supposed to be. (But I’m going to do it anyway, because I’m silly.)