LogicalBorg

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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
No, learn by teaching. Duh.
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
If I were a brain in a vat, why would the truth or falsehood of my beliefs matter? I can't interact with the world from the vat.
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Maybe we should crowd-fund science projects like we do Kickstarter projects. In the Internet Age, that's about as capitalistic as you can get.
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
If the coin is used by female Doges, does that make it a Bitchcoin? ducks
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
I think deflation occurs when the economy is in a downturn, therefore economists think it is bad. I myself would refer to "good" or "bad" kinds of deflation. It's OK when prices are falling due to technological ad
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Funny! Try skipping to the concluding sentence or paragraph. Or just reading the first sentence out of each paragraph. That's how I skim the long, boring stuff.
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Tor is a tiny wart on the Internet's nose. Even the darkweb of which it is a part probably isn't that large. The statement is just an attempt by the author to add color and drama to his story.
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
According to http://www.onlineconversion.com/prime.htm , the number 845145127 is not prime since it has the factor 503. So the sentence should read "By multiplying them together, the solvers found a new number..."
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
That is a sensible criticism. I agree that the human race is wasting absurdly vast quantities of oil and that they seem to display no more awareness of this issue than the average monkey. I'm not sure if "capitalism" is the
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Utopianism, of course. Imagine a civilization fueled entirely by hopium!!
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
"Global warming shown to be nothing but hot air". Ha ha ha.
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
I don't think cost of administration is a big deal. The outcome of the system in people's lives is more important. Otherwise you'll end up creating a system where people sit around in idleness and drink themselves to death
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
They're just a brainstorm. The simplest and most effective would probably be measuring BMI for rewards. It could put some brakes on the obesity epidemic. Being paid to do nothing isn't exploitable, because there are no rules, b
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Simplifying the welfare system is a good idea, but my idea is more like gamifying the system and giving people rewards for doing good things. Simplicity is not the only virtue, what about tangible, measurable outcomes that have improved pe
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Actually, it's more like giving them an insurance discount when they carry around one of those black boxes that measures their driving. But it's not very different from what you said, really. Is it inefficient and bureaucratic?
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
I had a genuinely new idea this morning. Paying people for idleness increases idleness, which isn't necessarily good for the recipient. Why not pay them instead for doing things that make their life individually or collectively bette
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Another nutty Bitcoin article, equal parts nonsense and hype. Don't forget that ownership of gold can be transferred digitally just like ownership of Bitcoins. A real investor would know that already. Plus it's a false dichotom
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
Or the doctor could have just told him that he had the disease without questioning it and with no chance for him to look at his own data and disprove it, giving him an even worse outcome than he had here. Doctors aren't all-knowing or
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by LogicalBorg 13y ago
I also stopped insulting random strangers on the internet for no reason. Until you made me start again. You dumbass! This is all your fault! jk