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whoops, thanks. In that case, I hope something analogous is possible with TMS
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This seems like a big step forward for TMS technology. Without this fancy interference based method it was previously impossible to stimulate deep brain regions without a significant focality tradeoff.
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Interestingly I wrote an essay about morality that essentially follows your logic of maximizing the number of paths a person has open to them, although I used different terminology. https://medium.com/@Med_Student/on-mo
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Every state does it differently but in California, you can be held involuntarily for up to 3 days just on the judgement of police or a psychiatrist but being held longer than that does require a hearing with a judge and an attorney where th
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Visit China. It's definitely still growing.
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The baseline architecture is pretty bland, admittedly. But what makes LA an awesome city is not so much what is captured in photos but the whole experience of beautiful, sunny weather all year, hill-top views of the massive expansiveness of
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Living in LA could mean anything from Brentwood or Bel Air (which I'd strongly argue are not bad places to live) to ghettos in South Central. Most people speak in terms of neighborhoods in LA, and most people consider Santa Monica a ki
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I think mathematical formalism is necessary to communicate precisely what you're doing, however, I do wish academic papers supplemented the math with just some intuitive plain English describing what's going on. Sometimes you just
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Amen. Let's stop getting all excited every time someone shows the brain changes in response to some repeated activity. That's what it's supposed to do!
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An Accessible Intro to Topological Data Analysis(outlace.com)
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Causal Fermion System – A Candidate Unified Physical Theory(arxiv.org)
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SpaceX is beholden to NASA for big budget contracts. Maybe Musk is afraid of how Trump might coerce him via NASA so he has to tread carefully.
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I wonder if this can also explain the variable success of different societies and cultures. Perhaps societies in environments of greater disequilibrium will "evolve" cultures that most efficiently model their environments and thus
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Unfortunately, people often get credit for popularizing ideas rather than being the first to conceive of them.
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Medicine isn't really that intellectual. It's mostly based on vast amounts of acquired knowledge via rote memorization and repetitive experiences. It's not like physics or math that requires actual creativity and intellectual
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As an ordinary citizen, I'm definitely wary and suspicious of government surveillance. I probably prefer a slightly increased risk of terrorism vs an increase in government surveillance powers. But I wonder if I was the president and f
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Some people say it's impossible to have unbiased news. Of course this is true in a trivial sense, in that anything written by a human with intent to be interesting to read is likely to have some bias. And of course one can bias the new
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This is it. People don't stop to analyze the veracity of some internet meme before sharing, they will immediately share if it evokes some positive emotional state, or if it supports their pre-existing beliefs (confirmation bias). Thus
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I've thought similar things. While both sides absolutely lie and mislead, I hate when people demand that liberals and conservatives lie equally and about equally important things. Let's not delude ourselves in an effort to look ob
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Well he admits to being a catholic, so his worldview is already well-aligned with possible demonic possession. People see what they expect to see. People believe what they want to believe.
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My prior probability of the existence of demonic possession is very close to 0, so until I see better evidence than a few dubious anecdotes (that always have explanations for why we can't capture supposed paranormal activity on camera)
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Taken in context that quote is not very shocking and certainly wasn't racist. Moreover he clarified his remarks the very next day. Trump's remarks about the judge are racist in any context and he repeated them for several days. It
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On Objective Morality(medium.com)
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That's assuming we have no responsibility for the welfare of future persons.
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Read David Deutsch's book eh?
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Sorry, didn't mean to suggest tacit approval for carte blanche government surveillance. I'm just implying that just because terrorism has a low death toll now, doesn't mean that it will [since terrorists are seeking to exact
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But gangs aren't trying to secure nuclear weapons.
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That was adorable, "ahh I'm losing it here"
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I'd shy away from appeals to "scientifically-based politics" but we absolutely need a politics that is honest, sincere, free from religious influence, and accepts science (even when it's contrary to your ideology).
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Origin of life research: Understanding how life arose on Earth or can arise on other planets would be one of the biggest breakthroughs in all of science. [Sociology/Psychology] How to effectively promote reason, rationality, and critic

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