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by blix 5y ago
> Why do unhealthy things taste great Taste is only one component of the feedback system. The other ones are more important honestly. The toungue is easily tricked by sweetness, which pervades almost all easily obtainable foods in this c
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by blix 5y ago
Calories are only a single axis within the extremely complicated question that is food quality. It is quite difficult to keep all the variables in one's conscious mind when deciding what to eat. Humans luckily have a very useful set of
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by blix 5y ago
> Do you agree that eating less than 2000 calories a day when your body only needs 2000 calories a day will result in weight loss? The human body's caloric needs are not fixed at some number of calories per day; the human body'
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by blix 5y ago
> I've never heard of fluoride causing a change in a fermented product. I've never done a comparison myself, but I've seen this mentioned many times as a consideration when fermenting foods. A cursory search indicates tha
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by blix 5y ago
"Calorie reduction" is in general a rather poor goal when the result is overall health, and is overall not very well supported as a method of weight loss (which is only one axis of overall health). This is a larger blindspot than
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by blix 5y ago
I have a hard time considering a government that ruled over and fought bitterly to protect a global capitalist empire as truly 'leftist,' unlike the UK's geopolitical enemies of the time. It is also likely that subjects of ce
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by blix 5y ago
Glyphosate has demonstrated a very significant potential to impact gut microbiome. Imbalance in the gut biota has been linked to an extraordinary number of negative health conditions, including many cancers as well as modern epidemics such
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by blix 5y ago
I'm not sure what exactly is a 'healthy' relationship with food, or when the last time any significant fraction of the human population had attained this. Maybe before agriculture, but even that is dubious. I'm not convi
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by blix 5y ago
Herotodus lists 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, and over 5000 Greeks. It is possible that there are two different numbers because they describe two very different things. Spartan military excellence is likely exaggerated, but it is also likely
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by blix 5y ago
> Agriculture is a precondition for a society divided into classes (for social, not practical reasons). I would completely reverse this... a society divided into classes is a precondition for agricultural society (for practical, not soci
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by blix 5y ago
I've been starting a personal meditation practice, but I have no teacher outside what I read (mainly Easwaran). Do you have any recommendation for how one might find an experienced teacher while living in the west?
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by blix 5y ago
If an abstract threat with the primary impacts expected to appear in dozens of years, if not longer, is your primary concern, you have it pretty good. Not everyone has it so good. The way to get people to think about the long term is to und
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by blix 5y ago
I think it is actually a very common to use the word Nazi liberally, especially among young people with a leftist slant. But my retired left-center mom who watches MSNBC all day gets in on the action too. Maybe it would be better to reserve
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by blix 5y ago
I think GP is being a little hyperbolic, but it has been difficult to publically criticize federal health institutions over the past year or two, even for things like this, without being associated with a larger set of anti-institutional po
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by blix 5y ago
If the only possible opinions to have about hypothetical events are 'factually correct' and 'factually incorrect,' I don't think you will find many good opinions. I haven't the book and it will take me several
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by blix 5y ago
Thanks. Forbes-via-BLS reports $89k average for the same time period, but it seems they are not including overtime. A ~20% increase in median pay from overtime is pretty substantial. It'd be interesting to see nominal and actual compar
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by blix 5y ago
I appreciate the suggestion :) I will add it to my list. Based on a quick glance at some synopses, it seems the author accurate identifies the role of police in society but perhaps doesn't adequately account for how society would chang
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by blix 5y ago
If I were to talk to a fulltime hourly worker, I feel like they wouldn't include benefits when they tell me their hourly rate (I didn't when I was one). You make a good argument; perhaps they should. Even if the conversions are so
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by blix 5y ago
Based on a sibling comment's data, the only state that comes close to that level is California. I think this is reflective more of the messed up economics of the state than anything else. If this guess is incorrect please let me know w
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by blix 5y ago
Because I'm not convinced of the reliability of benfit-to-dollar conversions, especially given their history as a way to distract from falling real wages. I personally value real salary much higher than benefit equivalent. Maybe the po
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by blix 5y ago
> I’m not entirely sure why hourly wage is supposed to fit in here. Please read the original post I responded to. It explicitly mentions hourly wage which is the only reason I mentioned it at all. I thought their estimate seemed a little
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by blix 5y ago
$100/hr works out to about $200k/yr, maybe a little more or less depending on how much vacation you get and assuming no overtime (for convenience despite the sibling comment). Based on your data, the represents about the top perce
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by blix 5y ago
For your example you picked the highest paid officer in one of the richest areas in the state where police officers make the most money. It does seem that police in California make a ton of money, but it's really not representative of
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by blix 5y ago
I'd be wary of extrapolating from one exceptional person in the bay area to the entire country... Probably most cops aren't the single highest paid person in their municipality.
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by blix 5y ago
Assuming a 40hr/wk schedule, the average salary for police officers in the usa ($70k) works out to about $33/hr with about half making less (likely more depending on the skew in the distribution). There are job postings for usa po
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by blix 5y ago
Some time ago, there was a story where an alt-right 4chan troll woke up one day, converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State. I'm not sure what trend that flip-flop is following. Debunking articles exist to reaffirm the beliefs of
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by blix 5y ago
It's challenging to change a belief if you don't actually want to. Things are usually much easier if you want to do them.
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Certain schools of philosophy/religion/meditation are devoted to moving past these unconscious processes and making these choices conscious. If you sit with a bowl of snacks next to you as you work, you may find that your hand wan
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by blix 5y ago
Choosing to seek out changing your belief by seeking contrary evidence is a form of choosing to change it. You can also do it while skipping that step, though it takes some practice. If you say something to yourself enough times, eventually
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by blix 5y ago
Yes, I can. I choose to continue believing that I can can change my beliefs because it has brought numerous benefits to my life. I did not always believe this: one day I simply decided to start. Picking up or dropping an arbitrary belief ab

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