NicolasGorden

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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
This seems naïve. Cost is a factor. Greg, a nobody who nobody likes says X thing - X isn't a big deal, and doesn't affect most people and about 45% of people would agree X shouldn't be said, even if it isn't a big deal.
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I'm not OP, but to me that means: 1- Ideas don't make people - actions do. If someone is a good neighbor, citizen, friend and father/mother, a valuable and contributing member of their community, that their beliefs on abortio
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
The title is misleading to the point of being click bait. No one is getting banned from wearing medically approved PPE. They are banning people who use 'body tents' (which take up way more space on an aircraft than just your body)
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I love Farnam Street. They produce some amazing content. But sometimes they fall into a trap of trying to define new concepts from disparate issues that don't have a clear natural delineation. I've seen the same in the New Yorker
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I haven't been tested for Vitamin D deficiency. But... and I'm very easily wrong here, but... wouldn't taking a multi vitamin make this testing unnecessary for the most part? I mean, don't get me wrong, it's always
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I've used a posture corrector. It's really very effective and cheap. Love it since it makes me conscious every time I start slouching.
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
Wow, what an amazing article. I never thought of it this way. But it matches what I've noted in many people. Super interesting concept. Thanks for this mental mode of seeing this phenomena. I'm going to really think it over. Even
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
> The chutzpah of "big wind" profiteers! pushing their deadly renewables, part of a shadowy cabal holding back the nuclear future. If you have a point, go ahead and make it. Hiding behind sarcasm is a bit weak intellectually an
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I like your idea. I'll give you a few pieces of friendly advice from a digital marketing guy: 1- Talk more about the benefits and less about the feature's. I.e. people don't want CV privacy problem solutions - They want to &q
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
Thank you. Not to mention in the article: No numbers are reviewed, no deaths per million KWh of energy produced. No balance of pros and cons and the mixture of energy sources needed to address a modern economy. No addressing storage or peak
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
My comment wasn't, 'doctors don't know math and I'm so smart', but rather the oposite. I was surprise was when I found a doctor who didn't have a firm grasp of basic principals of statistical analysis. And how
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I should have been more careful in wording my original comment. I know there are statistics classes given in most professions. But those classes generally are graded on a bell curve and many people I've known have passed such classes w
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I think a big part of the problem is the concept of sacrifice is falling by the wayside. I feel my grandparents had a much more realistic understanding of the world and it's trade offs. I get it, yes, it sucks to have controlled burns.
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I often think that one of the biggest changes that could come would be the mass adoption of through statistical analysis classes as part of graduate programs. There's far, far too many people I've know who just don't understa
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I'm not sure of the 'off the charts' point regarding Sweden and USA in terms of Corona virus. These countries currently rank #7 and #9 respectively on world wide deaths per one million population and significantly below other
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
Good spotting of a PR sub. Here's another iteration of the PR 'news' piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/07/03/next-g... I'm really impressed by the reach. Hats off
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
You're 100% right, sorry, I read through your answer too quickly. It was the land for trust thing that really covered my question and I wasn't thinking of fee land in that way. I'm very ignorant about this topic, thanks for s
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
Do you know if this means that the land on which buildings are built could be taxed by the tribes? I live in the desert in CA and here most buildings built on Indian reservations pay a yearly leasing fee. It would be such a huge power shift
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I thank you for your honesty. At least your being open about your position. Too many times people argue against rationality in disguise, acting like they like it but secretly hating it.
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
> You're attempting to use the clinical definition of an overreaction Someone can 'overreact when driving' and flip the car on a turn. I regularly over react when playing video games and miss a jump. Companies over react t
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
> An over-reaction is by definition the result of an emotional response. Pretending that it's not is being just as emotional even if they're pretending to be objective. Over-reacting is not 'by definition the result of an
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I never knew deleting anything automatically implied having no back ups. SSC even announced he had back ups. So... even for the assuming people out there he placed disclaimers. Yet more disingenuous statements.
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
You can consider it an over-reaction. But calling it a tantrum, using that specific word, really highlights your flared emotions. When people resort to value laden language instead of more objective, reasonable language, it says a lot about
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
It's disingenuous, he knows the blog posts are compiled into an ebook and says as much.
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I feel motive is important. Was there backlash because the NYT published an opinion some disagree with? Or was PPI going to be exposed that hurt a medical professional maintain his practice? I think one carries a very real reason for backla
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I read the article in full. I love his disclaimers at the end, it avoids people using this for their own confirmation bias. It seems there must always be a balanced tension between those that cooperate and those that pressure against cancer
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I read the actual research and it seems to me the authors are confounding a lot of things. I believe people with a decent background in business and economics should see this. A few things that jumped out at me: 1- The rise of specialized s
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
We agree. It's not necessarily bad. But it's also perfectly reasonable to be concerned. I think the difference is that I see selection for obedience as something most institutions will do unconsciously. It's literally the pri
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. People are deeply different in their world perceptions. I think you will love the Chinese saying of 'you can you up, no can no bibi'. It does have a point I'll admit. But then we
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by NicolasGorden 6y ago
Your bringing up points we've gone over already and which I answered. Like where I talk about my university experience with such thought experiments. But never mind that. According to you, I've never seen such thought experiments.

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