Errancer

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by Errancer 3y ago
Stanisław Lem is an example I suppose?
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by Errancer 3y ago
I generally agree with you, but I would like to comment on the expression you used: "As a scientist, I can't really object to rationality on its own, but it may be worth considering non-rational, transcendent experience as a funda
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by Errancer 3y ago
I feel like this comment hits at the general discussion of "Why should I learn something which I won't be the best at?" and it applies just as well to maths, science and arts: you should learn it since if you really enjoy it
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by Errancer 3y ago
I agree with your description that this is a throat-clearing but I don't see why it hurts the clarity of writing. Dense texts packed with information can often benefit from such breaks. In general I find text which uses artefacts from
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by Errancer 3y ago
I agree, often I write first sentence in technical language to introduce the reader to the existing discussion and then say "In other words" to paraphrase the technical language into more familiar but less precise vocabulary.
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by Errancer 3y ago
Yea, the point about the same people changing their opinions was quite interesting so I mostly pointed out the lack of citation since I though that the article might misrepresent the paper and I wanted to verify it. And now that I am readin
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by Errancer 3y ago
Fair enough, this was a stupid oversight. Thanks for pointing this out!
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by Errancer 3y ago
I don't think I understand how your comment relate to what I wrote.
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by Errancer 3y ago
Well I wrote one of the negative comments and I think you give the article an apologetic interpretation (which is great). I can agree that if this is the point then it is a good advice, but how is it different from setting yourself SMART go
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by Errancer 3y ago
This one is funny since I deliberately checked how to write it correctly and I found the form 'ad nauseam' annnnd somehow left it in the incorrect form. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by Errancer 3y ago
huh, I thought this was a correct use. Thanks!
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by Errancer 3y ago
This article seems to relay on the idea that by default we can take no action and therefore we don't acquire helplessness as it is the default. But it doesn't seem to make sense? The norm is that we make actions all the time and a
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by Errancer 3y ago
I always felt like Wittgenstein deeply hated philosophy and all his work was aimed at showing its meaninglessness. That is why I felt that despite the theoretical opposition between his early and late work they are continuous. The proofs ha
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by Errancer 3y ago
what? i feel like it is completely opposite; per the "A Mathematician’s Lament" essay
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by Errancer 3y ago
This would be incompatible only if we require realistic interpretation of our taxonomies and theory of evolution can be true regardless of our (anti)realistic commitments.
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by Errancer 3y ago
The point as I understand is that interfaces in the OOP sense try to mimic what modules do. Therefore OCaml not having them is not a serious accusation since everything you try to accomplish with interfaces / design patters you can and
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by Errancer 4y ago
If we are looking for tests whenever we are tripping or not then sure, what you described is definitely the way to go. The categories I am drawing are not important for that. I make them to on the one hand tell people that they probably won
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by Errancer 4y ago
Okay, maybe my wording was off but I do in fact agree with you. I argue that hallucination is one property and personality-change is another. The article above says that they are working on hallucination-free lsd. Therefore the lsd they pro
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by Errancer 4y ago
So if this is what we would consider "hallucinations" then sure I experienced all this and more. One of the more interesting experiences for me is when I try to cook food on acid. On day to day basis I am quite good cook and I can
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by Errancer 4y ago
I am not denying that for some people hallucinations are possible and dangerous. I think my main point is twofold. First in the general debate hallucinations take too much space in comparison to other psychedelic experiences. Second I think
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by Errancer 4y ago
Partially but as far as other people commented I rather think that each person experiences it differently. I took few heroic doses and the closes experience I had was a running conviction that floor was trying to eat me because I binge-watc
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by Errancer 4y ago
I'm quite sure that the research itself is quite interesting but I hate how the "hallucinations" overtake all discussion on psychedelics. I never experienced any hallucinations, understood as believing that I perceive somethi
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by Errancer 4y ago
But Latour is precisely doing what you demand in the first paragraph. The fact that he is claimed to be anti-scientific is extremely ironic. His counter-intuitive conclusions come from the attempt of defending science because the tradition
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by Errancer 4y ago
Genuine question but how is space travel self-evidently useful?
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by Errancer 4y ago
I skimmed through and the article looks a lot like what I think as well. One bonus point I didn't see is that the more people take the intentional-based approach the easier it is to befriend each other. My best friendship was formed an
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by Errancer 4y ago
Eh, this article touches on something important but 1. the material aspect of determinism is the most boring one, if everything is materially determined then so is our feeling of freedom therefore it doesn't really change anything. Str
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by Errancer 4y ago
I really dislike this type of thinking insisting that everything we do has some importance to it. I used to think like this in moral terms, my every action has consequences and I should be mindful of those consequences. And if anyone watche
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by Errancer 4y ago
I actually had a reverse experience. I expected it to be butchered and unwatchable but it turned out really nice. Much different from the comic but this made be think that Sandman is not an usual piece of text but a kind of mythology and it
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by Errancer 4y ago
I heard that it used to be true but the chemicals in soap changed and now its safe to use, but I don't know enough to verify this.
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by Errancer 4y ago
I used "Eat This Much" for a while and if i remember correctly it has those features in the premium version.

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