MikeGale

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by MikeGale 10y ago
The study isn't published yet so I withold my judgement. Given that the results are beneficial to people selling adverts caution should be exercised. (Two of their big problems are that click through rates are abysmal and many people
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by MikeGale 10y ago
From my observation the majority of news media manipulate much of what they report in significant ways. When they're reporting on politicians they're generally slanting something already manipulated. Where the facts lie in many s
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by MikeGale 10y ago
There are claims that an entire Neaderthal genome has been mapped, see doi: 10.1038/nature12886, from 2014. There are also some low coverage genomes. Not sure what has been done since 2014. (Many of us are actually part Neanderthal so
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by MikeGale 10y ago
I've seen work suggesting that some of the surviving Neaderthal characteristics are pale skin, freckles, straight hair, brown, blonde and ginger hair. That might not be a high proportion of the genome but it sure is noticeable.
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by MikeGale 10y ago
Is there a practical way for us to declare independence from the guys who run national states?
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by MikeGale 16y ago
There's one area where variations on Conspiratorial Thinking happens regularly and much of the population has their minds bathed in the result every day. These ideas, conceived in the medical domain, apply, in some way, to the wider world o
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by MikeGale 18y ago
It's not a fixed place that interests me. In a world where on-line places are still a failure I'd love to see the rise of "online places" full of people who you can have a useful, short conversation with. Not hordes of people you "meet" onc
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by MikeGale 18y ago
For me this is all about "Mental Poisons". Mental Poisons are ideas that harm people, life and the universe. They are remarkably common. Paul expresses this one very well. There's a lot more out there too. Fossilised heirarchies and thoug
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by MikeGale 18y ago
Shame on you Paul. You discriminate against startups because of where they setup! Seriously. In an Internet age it's less important. I know many people depend on others to give them ideas, encourage their thinking and drive them in whatev
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by MikeGale 19y ago
I'm pretty sure that a lot of programmers, engineers and designers of many things get the message. A lot of them will understand the issue along additional axes too. The problem is the people who impact problems and haven't got a clue. Th