When I was a kid, we called it heat lightning.
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It would desensitize a person and it would take EVEN more disgusting things to shock their conscience.
I imagine it would break a persons ability to empathize with the victim thus putting a person on the path to psychopathy.
I think it's a fact that many pedophiles were victims themselves, and then sex and porn addiction are also known causes because they are progressive if not addressed. I imagine there are many paths there, like people in law enforcement exposed to child pornography and murder for years as part of their job.
People with a Cluster B personality disorder do not think and respond to things the way less disordered people do, and like all things narcissism and psychopathy exist on a spectrum. So maybe that would motivate some to genuinely want to reform but that not generally the case.
Excellent summary.
That is a very real aspect of this too.
Wrong. We are hear because good people are too forgiving, we are too tolerant, and until now haven't even been able to imagine the horrors that are a very real part of people's lives. Victims have gone unheard and perpetrators allowed to continue FOREVER. The problem of evil is a big problem.
You can't fight what you even can't name.
Who is going to do anything if they don't know what evil is or what it looks like?
Victims have been telling these stories for YEARS and no one believed them and were called crazy. Then there are tons of others that never said a thing because they knew NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE THEM.
It's not an either or thing. It takes discernment to know what to do. And the goal is NOT TO SUCCUMB to evil, which is happening to young people right now, at an alarming rate.
You don't read fiction much I guess. He wasn't talking about writing a how to guide.
Gemini AI
In-Q-Tel (IQT), a not-for-profit strategic investor for the US intelligence and defense communities, has collaborated with NVIDIA on various initiatives.
Key points about IQT and NVIDIA
Partnership: IQT and NVIDIA collaborated on SpaceNet, an open-innovation project launched in 2016, which aims to make precision-labeled, high-resolution satellite images freely available for computer vision research.
Government Funding: IQT is funded by the CIA and invests in companies developing technologies of interest to the intelligence community.
National Security Focus: IQT's mission involves identifying and investing in emerging technologies to enhance national security and the prosperity of the United States and its allies.
Accelerating Technology Adoption: IQT's model accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies from the private sector to government agencies.
NVIDIA's role in the defense sector: NVIDIA has received contracts and research grants from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop high-performance computing systems and embedded processor technologies for the US Defense Department.
In essence, IQT plays a role in connecting innovative companies like NVIDIA
with government needs, facilitating the adoption of cutting-edge technologies for national security purposes.
IQT has delivered significant mission impact for more than a quarter century by building a unique—and uniquely powerful—not-for-profit global investment platform…