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  • Taking in Africans is political poison right now in Europe, and outsourcing local industries has never been super popular even if it makes sense.

    I’m sure it will happen, Africa will develop and start taking on lots of low-end manufacturing and similar, and Europe will probably be a very good customer. But, in terms of a strategic alliance for the EU, most African nations are not a contender. South Africa maybe.


















  • Definitionally, physicalism is actually more inclusive than materialism, not less.

    Physicalism is closely related to materialism, and has evolved from materialism with advancements in the physical sciences in explaining observed phenomena. The terms “physicalism” and “materialism” are often used interchangeably, but can be distinguished on the basis that physics describes more than just matter. Physicalism encompasses matter, but also energy, physical laws, space, time, spacetime, exotic matter, structure, physical processes, information, state, and forces, among other things, as described by physics and other sciences, all within a monistic framework.

    In a modern context where everyone agrees light exists and is not a fermion I’m not sure it’s worth even distinguishing the two, though.