leoreeves

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by leoreeves 7y ago
> Depression is a first-world problem because we have the time and luxury for introspection and contemplation. That's a myth unfortunately: > Now, for the first time, researchers went beyond deaths to examine the global causes of
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by leoreeves 8y ago
That's very similar to Schopenhauer's view: "Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills."
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These are the world’s highest impact career paths according to our research(80000hours.org)
1 points by leoreeves 8y ago|0 comments
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by leoreeves 8y ago
The author was one of the key critics that got that paper withdrawn! From the overview: > In the fall of 2002 George Ricaurte, the Dark Prince of suspect science, published an article in the prestigious journal Science that claimed that
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by leoreeves 8y ago
Indeed, this is a good overview: https://thedea.org/mdma-risks-science-and-statistics-technic...
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by leoreeves 8y ago
Indeed, I recommend Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom, which explores this topic in great depth, including the control problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_control_problem
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by leoreeves 8y ago
Thanks for posting, here's a post which describes the actual numbers of wild animals there are (by Brian Tomasik): http://reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-ther...
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by leoreeves 8y ago
Recommend this incredibly interesting article on plant communication and intelligence by Michael Pollan. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-intelligen...
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by leoreeves 8y ago
To be honest, I'm holding out for clean meat, eating insects just seems unnecessary to me, especially because of welfare considerations—insects potentially have the capacity to feel pain and you have to kill a significant amount of ins
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by leoreeves 8y ago
Other animals kill and murder their young, we shouldn't be looking to them for moral guidance.
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by leoreeves 8y ago
Agreed, also: >Fish caught on bait typically suffer a much higher mortality rate. About one third (33%) of fish caught on bait will die after being released and over 60% of deep hooked fish die. In general if the fish is bleeding it will
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by leoreeves 8y ago
Companion video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPql1VHbYl4
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The Intelligent Plant: Scientists debate a new way of understanding flora (2013)(newyorker.com)
1 points by leoreeves 8y ago|1 comments
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by leoreeves 8y ago
One could also argue that plants are the most successful because they have the largest biomass. Diagram here: http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2018/05/15/1711842115...
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by leoreeves 8y ago
How do you take the CBD?
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by leoreeves 9y ago
designernews.co for designers
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by leoreeves 9y ago
I'd recommend http://dotimpact.im/ , it's part of the Effective Altruist movement—people who want to do the most good with the time/money/resources they have.
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Deep Intellect (2011)(orionmagazine.org)
2 points by leoreeves 9y ago|0 comments
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by leoreeves 9y ago
Yep, it wasn't sarcasm. http://reducing-suffering.org/do-bugs-feel-pain/
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by leoreeves 9y ago
Yeah, pretty horrible.
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Major shake-up suggests dinosaurs may have 'UK origin'(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by leoreeves 10y ago|0 comments
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by leoreeves 10y ago
Clover is pretty good. http://ejie.me
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by leoreeves 10y ago
I use WhatsApp currently and so does everyone I know, is it worth switching and trying to convince other people to use it?
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by leoreeves 10y ago
This was me, when it first came out I was walking multiple kilometers a day but since the novelty wore off I haven't touched it at all.
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by leoreeves 10y ago
I used to use them a lot more but got overwhelmed by the amount of content of some of the websites I read were posting. They are very useful though for following multiple blogs.