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   by nibs 11y ago

   Good. I am going to need unlimited will power to wade through the haystack of modern science and find the needles of truth.
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   by nibs 11y ago

   I ask if it is useful to others: the answer is probably no. In a group of 100 people at random, I am not the best one at breaking down complex subjects, nor the most likely to be a cultural pioneer, so the utility to others would be low. I
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   by nibs 11y ago

   Science also produced nuclear bombs. Science is pro-nukes. If one disagrees with nukes, that would be philosophical. To say science mutually excludes philosophy is to say that one only believes in the forward motion of humanity. Philosophy
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   by nibs 11y ago

   The only thing I would add to this would be how hungry the capital machine is for growth. Public equities are simply not outrunning the bear in a way that certain well placed and timed companies are. And those companies command astronomical
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   by nibs 11y ago

   Not entirely. Depending on the country, there is often a gap between the number of men and women. Mortality for young men in some countries is still much higher than women (ie. Russia). [1] By 65, there is less than 0.5 men per woman. And e
6. 306.▲
   by nibs 11y ago

   The only health problems associated with higher intelligence (as opposed to either low intelligence or completely independent of intelligence) are [1] high functioning autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Two can be treated with pill
7. 307.▲
   by nibs 11y ago

   (Non-serious): I think it would be funny to shut down the Facebook account of all senior Brazillian officials. 2006-Zuck would definitely do it but 2016-Zuck probably had dinner with them and promised to create lots of local jobs.
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   by nibs 11y ago

   Banks that work properly would be the ideal form of capitalism, to me. In Canada at least, very little lending takes place to people who want to increase their capital doing useful things, unless you already have $10M+ in assets in order to
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   by nibs 11y ago

   I know this is in the context of "consumers", but is that how most people see Internet of Things? I thought IoT was more of a name for business applications, or the trend in general, rather than the category of device. I thought t
10. 310.▲
    by nibs 11y ago

    In terms of survival resources, it is way harder to change your mind than it is to fiercly dig in on an issue. No contest.
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I read a study that I am now searching for that showed MRI scans of people trying to change their mind about a subject. It consumed huge amounts of energy. People's brains are built to build an accurate, complete view of the survival l
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    by nibs 11y ago

    The smartest people tend to do the most 'good' and the most 'bad'. It seems like no matter the endeavor, intelligence makes you much more likely to be successful. It also tracks pretty closely with how high conviction yo
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    by nibs 11y ago

    Disturbingly relevant. It would be too easy to think we could just change the water and solve Bipolar, but the concept that a small percentage of people would rise up against it violently is not hard to imagine either.
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I spent 20 minutes trying to find this reference and could not find anything convincingly close enough. It is a sci-fi reference or something that happened in our world? The only thing I could find was FireFly related. My concern in this ca
15. 315.▲
    by nibs 11y ago

    Thanks. I have read a great deal about human biology and come to understand that there are systems that reliably stop working across such a material percentage of the populationt that something like water fortification of the elements in qu
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I find it fascinating how many medical "problems" we (Western medicine) have that are perceived differently by other cultures and faiths. I do believe what you say. Presumably Lithium deficiency is something which does not serve o
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I think you perceived this in the context of the medication Lithium, of which I am familiar and have close friends who take it, as opposed to the element. My understanding is that in the Texas study, quantities <1000x those used in the m
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I am saddened that after reading stories like this one, people remain skeptical of fortifying water with Lithium. A study from the 90s [1] found that rates of violent crime and suicide was much lower in Texas counties with naturally occurin
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I tend to agree. People who love when governments control things and people who hate terrorists are both probably pro-FBI. People who want reduced government control or people who value digital freedom are probably pro-Apple. Not that these
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    by nibs 11y ago

    It is possible to order Uber on a laptop. https://m.uber.com/ with location services active on your browser. Works well. Just so this post is relevant to conversation... I use a Blackberry Q10 with the keyboard. I only have
21. 321.▲
    by nibs 11y ago

    Great minds think like me.
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    by nibs 11y ago

    Fun fact: you can hack this right now by dragging and dropping a file (ie. image) into the issues submission box and then using that URL in your code to display images.
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    by nibs 11y ago

    In Canada, our grocery stores are so competitive on price that most of the actual bottom line profit derives from fining suppliers for all kinds of things (products not selling through, mislabelling, late shipments, short orders, back order
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I think most people could probably perform math to a degree that is necessary to be a programmer or any other "close-to-math" profession at a sufficient level to remain employed using widely available tools. I doubt that all peopl
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    by nibs 11y ago

    ^ What he said. IQ is a measurement of capacity for development. So if you are perfectly healthy, have perfect nutrition, perfect exercise, perfect learning, etc. you could perfectly realize your development. This is unlikely to happen, and
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    by nibs 11y ago

    Toronto, Cannes, Hong Kong
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    by nibs 11y ago

    I think programming can be engineering (in the applied problem solving sense) and/or art. I think Facebook probably employs both. And I think obedience is still valued, although it is less likely to be the path to an abundant life. It
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    by nibs 11y ago

    In Toronto it is based on assessed value. You get a letter each year with a fairly conservative estimate of the value of your home, and your tax is a flat percentage based on the line item in the budget (city, education and transit). Calcul
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    by nibs 11y ago

    Also can be appropriately used to describe a counter-cultural enlightenment of any variety. Red pill = painful truth, blue pill = comfortable falsehood.
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    by nibs 11y ago

    If coding is intellectual in nature and the primary biological resource it draws on is our brain, and female and male brains are the same, how could this be true? Brains are the same source: http://www.sciencemag.org/news&#x