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by caddemon 5y ago
Unfortunately I think the media has really mixed up the words "presymptomatic" and "asymptomatic". You're right there is little evidence that people who never develop symptoms can spread COVID. But it seems likely t
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by caddemon 5y ago
I'm curious what you mean by "soundless inner monologue"? I don't really experience much imagery at all but my inner monologue feels very close to how talking to myself aloud feels, so I wouldn't describe it as soun
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by caddemon 5y ago
What's more convincing to me than self report of image quality is self report of imagery use. Whether it should be described as aphantasia I don't know, but I never think in a visuospatial way unless I consciously stop and try bec
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by caddemon 5y ago
There are different types of epigenetic mechanisms anyway which have different levels of persistence/reprogrammability, so to dive into technical details one would need to get very specific. Different methods for changing the DNA seque
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by caddemon 5y ago
They are certainly different things, but that's why I think more specific language should be used when the difference matters. The other comment was trying to make a more abstract point about what sort of memories an individual neuron
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by caddemon 5y ago
It's arguable that some memories are stored via epigenetic modifications to DNA, depending on how you define "storing memories". It is very unlikely it is storing memories in the way humans typically think of memories. But I
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by caddemon 5y ago
Part of the problem is that the standard to say something is "good" can vary wildly, and often does end up becoming quite low. See inflation of grades, video game reviews, Yelp ratings, etc. If I see a 3 star restaurant I'm h
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by caddemon 5y ago
I dunno about Microsoft Stream, but they've done game streaming with Xbox.
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by caddemon 5y ago
TBH I'm not sure exactly what the hardware entails, I just work on the same floor as a couple labs that use the fMRI facilities so I know how much people stress over booking time on the machines. They somewhat recently added a new one
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by caddemon 5y ago
I don't see how mixing up a blank screen more often with one dot than with multiple dots indicates they think of "none" as a number. The more things there are the easier it is to detect at least one, so it seems completely pl
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by caddemon 5y ago
I highly doubt this is the result of a scan, fMRI doesn't have high enough resolution to detect neurons that prefer absence versus a particular number. It's also rare to see fMRI used at all on animal models, maybe a little on mon
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by caddemon 5y ago
fMRI machines are expensive as hell, most institutions share a few between multiple labs and even if they do get a new one don't decommission the old. IIRC the dead fish result had more to do with software than hardware though. My unde
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by caddemon 5y ago
I'm not lamenting how long it took, I'm lamenting that the claims were exaggerated to begin with, because Koko never stopped stumbling like that.
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How does that strengthen his point? Koko stumbled around frequently, well after the learning period was advertised as done. Kids stumble around less than was claimed, as you mention.
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Koko appeared much, much more in the media and pop sci publications than the actual scientific literature. There are also a number of researchers who questioned Koko in the literature, including people that tried to replicate with their own
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by caddemon 5y ago
The US has resources available if you know where to look, but children obviously don't, so it comes down to luck with parents (or in rarer cases a very good teacher). Perhaps the top Olympiad level types get "recruited". But
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by caddemon 5y ago
You know there are other career paths besides start up, right? Is it wasted potential for someone to be a doctor for 25 years and then decide they want to pursue some idea for a new medical device? Hell, I think certain spaces could use mor
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by caddemon 5y ago
I'm not sure that's true, a 20 year old is among their peers when trying to find a cofounder. I would expect it to be harder for a 55 year old to find a cofounder. I understand judging on not having a cofounder period, but age sho
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by caddemon 5y ago
The YC application requires you to list your age, it does not ask if you are vegan. I think it's completely legitimate to ask why age is explicitly included in the application process. I also think it's an interesting discussion w
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by caddemon 5y ago
A 55 year old who is new to entrepreneurship should be viewed as analogous to a 20 year old, not worse. Track record should be evaluated without reference to age, there's nothing wrong with pivoting in your career. I thought maybe OP w
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by caddemon 5y ago
Having a medical degree (for example) is inversely correlated with protected classes, so I'm not sure it is entirely up to industry gatekeepers to fix this. Having a college degree also is, so without a major overhaul of the way medica
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by caddemon 5y ago
IMO it isn't inherently immoral to select based on some correlate if it's also correlated with success, but I think it depends a lot on the details. How important is the opportunity, what is the typical acceptance rate, are there
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by caddemon 5y ago
I mean it remains sought after in top programs. The field is oversaturated from top to bottom, I don't think they will have any issues attracting talent. Particularly not from this story - every academic department probably has at leas
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by caddemon 5y ago
There are also a lot of AI researchers today though. I'm not sure about higher level positions, but for current grad students and postdocs DeepMind is still a very sought after place to work.
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by caddemon 5y ago
There are a lot of crappy 4 year institutions out there, the point still stands that the graduation rate at Oxford-comparable schools is very high.
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by caddemon 5y ago
Not sure if the CNN article is accurately representing the research, but it sounds like the social structure is mostly specific to female giraffes: "Male giraffes, however, only associate consistently with their mothers."
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by caddemon 5y ago
This looks interesting, hadn't heard of it before - thanks! Also in the Bay Area, I was able to feed a giraffe at the San Francisco Zoo, which was super exciting! Their tongues are really impressive, would recommend feeding a giraffe a
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by caddemon 5y ago
Many, many genes can contribute in some (usually very small) way to depression/addiction/other psychiatric disorders, and a single gene can contribute risk to a variety of disorders. So it's not as clear cut of a thing to ide
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by caddemon 5y ago
How much does the LSAT saturate though? The SAT, particularly the math section, is already very saturated at the top percentiles, which make up almost the entire application pool to the elite schools. That's why those schools basically
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I mean that's part of it, but the media/movie industry doesn't operate in a vacuum. People would rather watch a medical or legal drama than a drama about plumbers. Dealing directly with other people in high stakes situations

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