Danihan

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by Danihan 9y ago
My issue with replacing something like reddit is... what exactly to replace it with? Reddit is entertaining and free. Every time I quit, I end up still seeking out entertainment, but it's no longer free. Movies, gambling, restaurants
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by Danihan 9y ago
Sounds like SF.
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by Danihan 9y ago
>Without heavy hand regulation in a developing countries, these things don't magically come at the kindness of employers. They would "magically" appear if first world countries like the US added incremental import tariffs
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by Danihan 9y ago
Well, half of people are above-average though. Maybe the people who you talk to are just all above-average.
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by Danihan 9y ago
High IQ is the inherited privilege.
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by Danihan 9y ago
It's sadly ironic to me that a YCombinator commentator manages to be even more hyperbolic over gene therapy fear-mongering than an already very exaggerated message film. Disparities in IQ between people and groups are already massive
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by Danihan 9y ago
Ever since I saw Gattaca, I knew it was exactly where society would be heading. Minus all the fear-mongering and scary music. It's a very fundamental human (nay, multi-celled organism) instinct to try to pass on our strongest genes. I
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by Danihan 9y ago
It's mostly explained that way on the Wikipedia article, if you read between the lines a bit. His sister was also suspended from school for a bomb threat, so it seems to be a sort of recurring pattern with his family.
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by Danihan 9y ago
>Based on decades of compelling data (including the latest DNA analyses), many researchers, myself included, think that the g-factor is influenced mostly by genetics. Good luck trying to reasonably discuss this finding here, lol.
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by Danihan 9y ago
You mean the kid who disassembled a clock radio, intentionally made it look like a bomb in a suitcase, used it as a distractant in multiple classes, eventually got appropraitely disciplined for it, but then got tons of free stuff, scholarsh
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by Danihan 9y ago
>We can't vote them out when there's literally no one to vote in, and both the Democrats and the Republicans have a gentleman's agreement not to compete with each other seriously, the same way Comcast and Time Warner Cable
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by Danihan 9y ago
TL;DR - We don't really know. (but here's an observational study that says the more you sit around the higher your troponin levels are, and those are bad, so try to walk around more.)
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by Danihan 9y ago
>The best way to do that is to tell people what they want to hear. It's about providing validation and reassurance. Which doesn't always require telling people what they want to hear, but it certainly helps. Rush and Fox an
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by Danihan 9y ago
No offense, but I'm not sure I understand the point of this post or why it's relevant / upvoted.
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by Danihan 9y ago
>Fantasy is just as good as reality when it comes to T-Rex coloration The perception of realism would still matter. Just use test audiences to see what people believe looks the most real.
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by Danihan 9y ago
It's totally true.. links to Law of Attraction blog Come on now.
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by Danihan 9y ago
So the tens of thousands of people who have successfully used a keto diet to induce autophagy and lose weight are all just.. making it up, in your mind? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716748/ M
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by Danihan 9y ago
It's not silly when we're specifically discussing REALISM
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by Danihan 9y ago
Until the consequences of finite resources kick in...
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by Danihan 9y ago
So, just tons of STDs and overpopulation?
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by Danihan 9y ago
>being in a group of people who are all in it together." All in what together? Groups need goals, some sense of purpose..
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by Danihan 9y ago
Thanks, I'll check it out. Edit: The one star reviews on Amazon are hilarious.
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by Danihan 9y ago
Definitely not, start dressing like a crazy person and use drip instead. https://d.rip/
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by Danihan 9y ago
Even on YC. For a long while, you couldn't adopt any sort of conservative stance without a moderator (who is a self-admitted socialist on his startup bio) potentially banning you for being "inflammatory."
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by Danihan 9y ago
At a certain point, other people's ideas just don't matter that much. For someone who has years of expertise, or who has spent decades fine-tuning his or her worldview based on real evidence and life experience... what need to the
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by Danihan 9y ago
>Better Angels Media Network (BAMN) How ironic that their Network has the same acronym as one of the most violent Anti-Fa groups - By Any Means Necessary (BAMN). Very nice organization -- I was impressed with their video from Ohio.
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by Danihan 9y ago
Isn't this just the nature of reality though? A never-ending battle for resources and territory? On time lapse, even tree roots are fighting for water, and leaves are fighting for sunlight. I feel like this article might as well be ca
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by Danihan 9y ago
Same, why is this in my addons..? I really don't understand what they were thinking.
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by Danihan 9y ago
Great points, thanks for compiling these.. I was using firefox because I don't trust google. ;(
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by Danihan 9y ago
Orange clown --> Racist Henchmen --> Fear-mongering Public Education --> We still have it. Mental Health programs --> Still have 'em. Insect Biomass --> It's almost as if having 7B humans on the planet has consequen

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