Johnjonjoan

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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
If cost is the only issue we should be subsidising it and turning farmland into succession forest.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Please link the study showing eyes are a known vector. AFAIK we can't say one way or another. The only evidence I've seen is anecdotal from people catching it whilst using a mask. This would not be surprising if aerosol is a thing
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
They hold (most) all the cards when it comes to food source sustainability. I'd even dare say our current negotiation position is over leveraged. Edit: they hold many other cards too - Food source sustainability was just the first to m
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
>All that said, this is inequality not income. Inequality is unfair. The more unfairness someone has to put up with the less sensitive they will be to other stressors and perceived unfairness. This obviously isn't as simple as I&#x2
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
If you live in a society that has stopped you from experiencing most things that suck. Think boredom, Hunger, insecurity. Is it any surprise that when something that sucks that we can't prevent - rejection, death, loss - happens it hi
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Stoicism would be my guess. Remember emotions are relative - having something bad happen won't necessarily cause as large an emotional response if you are used to bad things happening to you.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
This was pretty obvious when a hotspot put out a tourism campaign "Milan is open" and the Italian government told their public about the northern lockdown allowing a flight from the north to south before it took effect. I don&#x27
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
I think a variation of the argument is: You couldn't simulate the universe in the universe because you would need at least as many resources as the universe has but are limited to resources within the universe (unless you want to get h
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Does it not depend on the way of reproduction, is it only asexual? Do you believe you can make a gai that is smarter than you? If so can't the AGI make another AGI in the same way as you made it that is smarter than itself?
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
This is how I imagine 'mad scientists' justify their work.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Without free will you've never made a decision. Try telling anyone they didn't decide what they do or like or wear and you'll see that (for now) identity is tightly tied to free will in most peoples minds.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Am I the only one who takes great pleasure in traveling (relatively) slow? (hyperbole) Give me a train over a plane any day. I don't want to seem old fashioned but I think there's great value in seeing the world go by at a speed y
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Thanks for the chuckle. I agree with your suggestion.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Interesting. I am not so certain. Scratching tends to happen when you play fight with a cat. I would expect people who could be described as depressed would care less about being scratched by a cat than those that aren't and are theref
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Like toxaplasmosis? We don't really like entertaining these things because our identities are very attatched to the idea of free will.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Whichever word I repeated in my head as I heard it was what I heard even if looking at another. I could easily and reliably make it change between brainneedle, brainstorm, greenneedle and greenstorm using this method. Edit: kind of think th
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
I'm so sorry for your loss and for this comment if it turns out to be unwanted. We can always do more. Don't let that overshadow what you did do. You showed yourself to be a loving and caring daughter/son. Please don't f
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
It's not only effecting the elderly though. Elderly people are parents and grandparents and have many loving relationships. Their suffering and passing before their time will have devastating effects on many young people.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
As most of the counterarguments make the same point I will make a blanket reply: China among other nations have been playing a game for a while. I call it "can we get away with it" (all states play this game to some extent). This
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
When the Hong Kong stock exchange listed a Chinese tech index the other day I realised Hong Kong had completely fallen. The CCP rules Hong Kong in totality now as far as I'm concerned.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
I don't think it's a given we can reverse or even stop climate change. There are many positive feedback loops going on right now. AFAIK neither the Paris accords or any climate management proposals entertain the idea of stopping c
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
I would like to point out we're not questioning whether repetitive activity enhances plasticity but if dancing is better. Also when the study says dance they mean learning a new dance. If you were to do variations of the same dance ove
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Thanks for the info. In that case I guess we can only infer that dance is better than repetitive exercise providing you are not banging out the same routines over and over. (In which case it is arguably repetitive exercise itself) This alig
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
I do think your point that the physical repetitiveness isn't the only factor is correct, however I believe it is the main driver. Almost all physically repetitive exercises combine sensory and cognitive tasks to varying extents. I woul
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
I can totally see your point. Which makes me wonder... Is dance superior to repetitive exercise for seasoned dancers, or are they actually the same thing?
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I'd be inclined to think beatsabre is repetitive. Dance often involves moving your body in ways you haven't before or rarely do whilst beatsabre is pretty much different variations of the same move. I believe activating a relative
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
This is a point that is being missed. I think one way to solve it is creating institutions that invest in the job cutting technology on behalf of workers. This way workers pick up the productivity gain and not the businesses that employ the
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Yes that's exactly how I understood it. Otherwise anyone who has taken a picture of the night sky probably beat this image.
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by Johnjonjoan 6y ago
Another commenter said: "The two gas giants orbit their host star at distances of 160 and about 320 times the Earth-Sun distance." Just a guess but perhaps being in the Goldilocks zone the planets are harder to discern from Alpha
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I think the multi-planet system part is what makes it a first.

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