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by leto_ii 7y ago
Indeed. Maybe we should demand it of him and of others in his position. Regular people are placed under a tremendous burden all over the world and they are expected to cooperate and to sacrifice. The very least the rich could do is shoulder
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by leto_ii 7y ago
This effort should be commended. However, I'm wondering, where are all the billionaires and corporations when the world needs them? I'm not even asking this flippantly. Seriously, how come they're not doing anything? Just for
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by leto_ii 7y ago
It's not yet clear to me if there's a difference between what Rutte proposed and the 'flatten the curve' strategy. Isn't it the same thing by a different name? If that's the case then they're aiming for so
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Interesting. Could you give a bit more details?
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by leto_ii 7y ago
To me the real tension seems to be between individual interests and societal pressure. I suspect most people, if left completely free, would end up undertaking quite a wide range of endeavors and might not even end up specializing at all. T
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> leading to horrific events like “grooming gangs” of immigrants raping native children. Typically at the point gangs of migrants are raping natives, we drop the word “immigration” and talk about “invasion” or “colonization”. I didn&#x2
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> Your comment assumes a very negative interpretation of what I said. Not sure that it does :D I'll address your points one by one: > Boundaries are an expression of each tribe exerting an area of influence. Modern boundaries, li
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> The boundaries aren’t arbitrary; they reflect ethnic differences between groups. > Homogenizing people is an abhorrent suggestion Ok, just for the sake of throwing gasoline onto the fire, why do you think that boundaries are a natu
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by leto_ii 7y ago
I don't get why coordination is equated by many people with centralization. You can agree on a set of measures that should be taken by everybody under certain circumstances and then let individual countries apply those measures.
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> Because it's everybody for themselves. That definitely shouldn't be the case. Epidemics/pandemics are a situation of "we either make it together or we don't make it at all". In a sense you're merely a
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Trump is part of the problem, for sure, but it seems to me that a world that is strongly divided into nation-states is just not able to effectively tackle pan-national threats. Even at an individual level we're so used to thinking in t
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> I’m stunned by the absolute absence of global dialogue for what is a global event. In Europe right now, you would never believe that there was a European Union. This is my key takeaway. A lot of the damage is in the end self-inflicted.
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> none of them go into any kind of depth as to how to actually practice the method Wim is selling his technique ( https://www.wimhofmethod.com/experience-wim-hof ), so that's probably why he doesn't go into much
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Nope. Dark skin is an adaptation to exposure to lots of UV rays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin#Evolutionary_origins Incidentally you can test this yourself: if you go out in the summer you will tan i.e. your sk
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by leto_ii 7y ago
The point of the leg and cast example was to show that anecdotal evidence can be useful. I deliberately chose a clear and simple example. Indeed the case of vitamin D is more nuanced.
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Currently I take the one from physalis: https://www.hollandandbarrett.nl/shop/product/physalis-vitam... You can probably play around with the brands and doses a little. I think the important thing is to take gel c
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by leto_ii 7y ago
It may still be worth taking a blood test, especially if you have some symptoms that match vitamin D deficiency.
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by leto_ii 7y ago
There is science around this though. If you take a vitamin D blood test that shows low levels a doctor will prescribe a certain dose. Vitamin D is scientifically known to be important for humans, it's not just my opinion.
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by leto_ii 7y ago
It can be that there are other hidden deficiencies. Vitamin D was the most surprising for me though because I wasn't aware that you can't really find it in food and that it's only synthesized in the skin in the presence of UV
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> No you can't. Yes I can :D While my experience is obviously not definitive scientific proof it can still bring some value. To give you a more simple example: when I broke my leg I went to the doctor's and put it in a cast. Th
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> i feel as if my memory is far better and i dont feel tired all the time. I agree. Don't overdo it though, 5000 IU daily seems a bit much :) I live in Amsterdam and take 2000.
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by leto_ii 7y ago
I can say from my own experience that the lack of vitamin D can have a significant impact on both mind and body. I suspect that essentially all people living at relatively northern latitudes have some sort of vitamin D deficiency. From what
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Vitamin D has a significant role in calcium homeostasis and metabolism. Its discovery was due to effort to find the dietary substance lacking in children with rickets (the childhood form of osteomalacia).[12] Vitamin D supplements are give
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by leto_ii 7y ago
While I always appreciate Huxley's writing and attempts of finding unifying principles, I think at the end of the day the explanation is quite simple: the perennial philosophy exists simply because all of these religions originate in
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by leto_ii 7y ago
There's even an episode of Last Week Tonight on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScmJvmzDcG0 :D
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Hmm, I may have missed it, but is the article strictly referring to companies? It seems to me that it's asking in general why nobody (in the public or private sectors) has cloned people. In any case, my comment was referring to the ide
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by leto_ii 7y ago
> Technology is driven by starting companies. Almost always scientific and technological breakthroughs are made in publicly funded institutions such as universities and research laboratories. The research done in companies usually takes
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Thanks for the details.
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by leto_ii 7y ago
I also have an older model of that. What I found however is that if my back is turned to it when it starts brightening up its effect is greatly diminished. It simply doesn't have enough power to brighten the whole room. Does the newer
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by leto_ii 7y ago
Thanks!

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