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by alexryan 10y ago
There seems to be a lot of sharing amongst artificial intelligence researchers nowadays and it seems to be accelerating innovation. Sharing of medical research could potential accelerate innovation that could save a lot of lives (including
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by alexryan 10y ago
As long as important problems remained unsolved and human desires remain unfulfilled there will be opportunities to contribute.
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by alexryan 10y ago
I’m very happy to see this. The moment that we stop shouting at each other and start to actually “listen” to each other is the moment when it becomes possible to find win-win solutions. I would humbly suggest, however, that if you genuinel
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by alexryan 10y ago
Agreed. The tendency to cling to views and debate rather than pursue truth is extremely unfortunate. Sam Harris gave a talk on this subject that I found quite interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOL3kUHjp2Y
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by alexryan 10y ago
The 2 types of meditation that I practice I are mindfulness and concentration. Mindfulness practice has enabled me to become aware of the arising of unskillful compulsions, the habitual patterns of thought which give rise to them and to hal
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by alexryan 10y ago
Physics and chemistry are usually taught from an historical perspective and I found this to be very helpful for it fires the imagination. We humans seem to love learning by stories. The hero strives to solve an important problem, fails a fe
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by alexryan 11y ago
As I read this comment I thought of a mind which habitually creates a reality of powerless victimhood so pervasive that it perceives bad intentions on the part of everyone and feels compelled to lash out at perceived threats that don't
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by alexryan 11y ago
Mindfulness is BETTER than drugging yourself because it enables you to not only hold the unskillful emotional state in mindful awareness and disperse it at will, but it also enables you to discover the unskillful patterns of thinking that g
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by alexryan 11y ago
Whatever you do, do not allow yourself to feel like a helpless victim. That's what losers do. You are not a loser. But if you allow yourself to think like a loser you are finished. Not just in this job, but in life. Decide what you rea
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by alexryan 12y ago
Big mistake. Government regulation kills innovation. Do you really want the technology sector to end up looking like the healthcare system or the state run education system? Everything government touches turns to crap. To believe that gover