CarelessSmirch

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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
I think there are two unethical aspects to this: Firstly, less money spent will harm the economy, and, secondly, if lots of people do it, the system will adjust to lower salaries until it is not feasible anymore, i.e. this cheatcode depends
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
Such intrinsic interest to that extent was sexually selected for, so we're doing it only because of that. That's all I'm saying. Intrinsic motivation makes sense to learn about the world to some extent, but there was not much
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
I'm not smug. I'm concerned about dysregulation due to ignorance of basic motivational drives.
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
Long-term planning/deferred gratification. You were setting up a career as a source of status later in life.
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
I think it's accurate. There is no doubt about it. I also don't see that there is anything is wrong with it. I think you have simply internalized modesty memes, but that ultimately makes you ignore fundamental motivations which in
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
You risk getting bad reputation if you don't care about your offspring and social environment. People care about their reputation to be socially included (because that enables access to sex, among other reward signals of course, but se
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
> Obviously, you're only saying that to get laid, so who can trust you? That's correct, but why would that reduce trust?
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
Either it's a flaw in the engineers (lack of social skills to admit a mistake accurately) or in the working climate (fear of unreasonable repercussion make the engineers defer disclosure of failure). I'm undecided. Eitherway it se
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
Quitting is embarassing, certainly often locally a downward slope on the status landscape.
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
Some individuals are perhaps purely intrinsicly motivated, but I think it's a very tiny minority. I also think there is a good chance that intrinsic motivation itself is a status enhancing adaptation, evolved by runaway selection. So u
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
Most normal people decide at some point that math is not for them in order not to embarrass themselves by claiming competence in a domain in which they are not confident at all. And hence, compared to nerds or seriously talented individuals
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
On the upside, the dying process of oxygen deprivation seems to be quick and painless. https://jme.bmj.com/content/36/3/174
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
Would someone be willing to provide a brief summary for those who cannot watch the video at the moment?
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by CarelessSmirch 8y ago
What does your magit workflow look like?