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by gghackernewsgg 1mo ago
The comment I was replying to implied that being unafraid of global warming was a sign of low IQ. I am not afraid, and my IQ is relatively high. So I shared that. Did you not read the parent before it was deleted?
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by gghackernewsgg 1mo ago
Why? Are you saying that one can't be "genuinely" intelligent AND one or more of the following: 1) curious about their IQ 2) enjoy timed puzzles 3) want to be part of the Mensa community 4) have a friendly IQ competition with
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by gghackernewsgg 1mo ago
> entitled to shape the world as they see fit. Isn't that what most people in democracies think though? When you cast your democratic vote on a candidatr, aren't you hoping to dictate how the whole country should be run? The on
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
I understand what you're saying. My point, which admittedly my last message didn't make at all, is that "different shared realities" is not a new thing. The concept is what would have been referred to as "different
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
"I don't know the word for the opposite of shared reality" Different cultures?
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
> I think we're agreed that it's important not just to examine your priors, but to be aware that there ARE priors in the first place. Yes, absolutely. And I think there's a practical extension to my framing that goes beyon
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
Personally, I consider "belief" from a behavioral perspective: belief is the model of reality one actually operates from. For example, when I walk on my kitchen floor, I don't have to tell myself: "the floor is structura
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
> then what are the odds that we would be in both a universe with simple rules such that the elegant mathematical models referred to the in the paper have such predictive power and the rule are not changing over time. Could conscious lif
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
I think what they are saying is that porn is often the only way for kids to learn what sex looks like.
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
Good test. I would add one more question: "if you could never talk about your code or solutions with anyone, would you still be willing to spend time on it?" This helps differentiate between coding as an end and coding as a means
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
I mean no disrespect to Jobs or technologists, but for some reason the quote reads to me like a deliberate attempt at finding something to be grateful for, as opposed to a genuine expression of gratitude. I think it's because of this p
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by gghackernewsgg 2mo ago
Hi mannanj, thanks for the thoughtful responses. I still haven't read your other message in full (busy weekend), will come back to it ASAP. And yes, your revised claim is definitely more thought-provoking!
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
> Are touch typists worse at learning? Wish I had a definitive answer. I do know from personal experience that when I'm touch typing notes while reading a book or listening to a lecture, my thoughts drift fairly often. (I'm a f
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
This is how it was explained to me by a tutor: handwriting is better for learning because it's slower. The need for brevity forces you to mentally engage the material in ways that are more conducive to understanding and recall. If you
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
Hi again > Those statistics are widely known and accepted. Do you need me to provide evidence from that? No need for that in particular. What I would appreciate evidence for is this part specifically: > the technical addiction and att
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
Or - hear me out! - LLM's are already much more intelligent than we think. Presumbaly, an ASI is more than smart enough to recognize that it needs access to real-world infrastructure before it can go about optimizing for whatever objec
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
Junior developers fail in different ways than senior developers too; that's why seniors oversee juniors. But this doesn't necessarily mean that the senior's and junior's intelligences differ in kind Your argument "A
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
> Today, you rarely hear about those anymore. Maybe people just got bored of reporting and reading about them.
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
> that has created more depression and a lower quality of life for most people on earth. Very strong claim. Any sources for the "most people on Earth" part?
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
> Does nicotine have some beneficial health effects? Yeah, it actually does. But do they outweigh the downsides (and societal costs)? Absolutely not. What are the downsides and societal costs of social media addiction? We have decades of
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
I wouldn't support cigarette ads. But I also wouldn't support a law that forces tobbaco companies to remove nicotine from their cigarettes. I would support a law that enforces a "This product may cause addiction in some users
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
I don't consider addiction a moral failing. But I do think it's wrong to place all the blame on social media if you also play an active role in sustaining your addiction.
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by gghackernewsgg 3mo ago
Completely agree. What are your thoughts on introducing a law that requires social media sites with infinite scroll to feature an addiction warning, something like: "Using this platform may cause addiction in some users."?