mikelyons

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by mikelyons 7y ago
Whenever we grow, the universe will test us. This is an example of temptation, will we resist? Will we find another way? Or will we double down on our biggest existential threat. Am I looking at this the wrong way? Help me to understand a m
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by mikelyons 7y ago
There will have to be time, but also immense harm and death before something will be done. It wont just take decades of the discomfort of wondering what they're doing with the data. It will take some sort of massive act against the peo
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Would notch be an example of this? Minecraft being what it is? I suppose it's too early to tell if he'll create any other software that compares but it seems at the moment that you could predict not.
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Are you saying everything is fundamentally just imagination?
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Are they any louder in Germany than in Britain? It seems that by suffering, they are just missing the benefit of the quiet rural areas. City dwellers of most stripes suffer worse noise levels according to my limited research. One example:
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Sure 90% of Americans now, but if society is changing, that could include a change out of the hegemon superpower position, and a change in perceptions and attitudes of things current average Americans would say is communism. It seems to my
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Life must be sustained , once it is lost, it seems that there is a bell that cannot be un-rung. However, our understanding of how much energy it takes to sustain life at a minimum seems to keep decreasing, like higher efficiency RAM in low
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by mikelyons 7y ago
This seems to be one of the ancillary benefits of Neuralink, although I could be wrong, I'm not super familiar with their entire road-map.
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Is this not true? or is there some flaw with this point? Why do people disagree?
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Population growth is vital for colonization of Mars. Earth will have to produce a lot of people to send to Mars in order to have the genetic diversity for self-sustaining populations on Mars. The people on Mars will then have to produce a l
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Our current understanding seems to be that the electrical activity of the brain is what maintains the mind-consciousness system. (From a physical/materialist pov)
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Unless using javascript to track people interested in this type of material is a goal of theirs or others with access to the site's source.
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by mikelyons 7y ago
This whole thing is one huge advocacy to remove money from politics in every way we can. If money is speech, only the rich are heard!
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Making these kind of claims often relies on obscuring any sort of foundation, and mental gymnastics to deny anything other than a sarcastic take on common courtesy.
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Is it outside our imagination that society would change? Would it be unreasonable that it could become more communal and unified? (edit: spelling)
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by mikelyons 7y ago
How do we avoid and prevent re-electing these types of governments?
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by mikelyons 7y ago
> Questions about the afterlife are not answered in this kind of thinking I would argue that questions of the afterlife can be answered in this kind of thinking, specifically practices like long term meditation, self-inquiry, use of
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Moving half of California into Seattle really doesn't sound like "winning out" to me ...
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by mikelyons 7y ago
If instances of corruption like this are so public, why can't anything be done about them? If something can be done about them why isn't anything being done? If something is being done why is it so ineffective? If it's effect
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Even if statistical literacy was normative wouldn't people's selfishness still cause them to use/abuse statistics to influence those who are less literate in them?
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by mikelyons 7y ago
right chevron / right arrow
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Replaced my roof this year. Small roof where roofs last for about 1/2 their typical rating. $5000 for 20 year asphalt shingles. With Tesla I would add: $20,000 for panels and powerwall.
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by mikelyons 7y ago
No. We need an educated populous, and not just educated in rationality but in spirituality as well. Not religious dogmatic mechanistic ritualism corrupted for selfish motives, but open one-with-all selfless spirituality that seeks to promot
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Is it possible that it's folly to think we're above these instincts cognitively?
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by mikelyons 7y ago
I have had some amazing relationships with amazing women, and looking back, I didn't always understand at the time the exact cause of the breakup, but knew it was my fault. Now I understand that it was always my immaturity and selfishn
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by mikelyons 7y ago
From my perspective* the biggest challenge facing humanity currently isn't even the challenges themselves, it's the resistance to the growing pains associated with tackling these challenges. It necessitates growth in the collectiv
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Strangely enough, a friend of mine who I tripped with in Thailand said that his lifelong tinnitus went away from the mushrooms we took. /anecdote
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Some people have "Profound Life-changing spiritual experiences" and it would be nice if those stuck around for longer than the week or two afterward. IME they seem to fade as you get wound back up in the culture and everyday grind
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by mikelyons 7y ago
He talks about whether we are being good ancestors. What have we lost that would prevent us from being bad ones?
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by mikelyons 7y ago
Humans are not rational, and it's naive to believe that they ever possibly could be. Governments need to be at least as big as the corporations and the other governments they seek to regulate and defend against, otherwise things get sq

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