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by pawsforthought 4y ago
I have to wonder about the real-world applicability of any such simulation, under the assumption that the systems in question are chaotic, and so extremely sensitive to initial conditions. Do we end up needing to simulate the whole world? B
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Right. There are enough cases of extreme neuroplasticity following lobotomies, even hemispherectomies, that this case doesn’t seem too surprising. It is still fascinating though, that our brains are so malleable and self-reconfiguring.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
The pragmatist in me says you make a good point. The idealist in me shrivels in disgust nevertheless.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Agreed. Furthermore, I say billionaires need publicly shaming for such material extravagances. These superyachts are, quite frankly, an utterly irresponsible use of our shared and finite planetary resources.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Yet, people can and will use heuristics as GP does to make such inferences all the time. I don’t think we can help it. Whether that’s a problem depends on what one does with such an inference. In the case of a suspected cold, it’s perfectly
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
The real issue is that they’ll be forever restricted to Russian airspace.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Is nature going to put a stop to our rape of this planet by directly killing millions (maybe billions) through heat, fire, flooding, famine, drought, etc.? Is that what it will take? Am I wrong to be despondent about our capability as a spe
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
To be fair, one should be comparing numbers of evidence-based dentistry journals to those of comparable sub-fields, not medicine as a whole. The other points are also only anecdotes. Not to say I’m not inclined to believe them, but some bet
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
And let’s not forget that cheap meat is possible only because of industrial-scale mistreatment of animals, the abuse of antibiotics, mass devastation of the natural world to grow feed for said animals, etc., etc. We reap what we sow. We’re
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
Watch either of these documentaries and tell me whether you’re still irked [0][1]. [0]: https://youtu.be/8gqwpfEcBjI [1]: https://youtu.be/dvtVkNofcq8
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
If you can stomach it (and, frankly, I think anyone who eats meat should know how their food makes it to their plate), I suggest watching Earthlings [0] or Land of Hope and Glory [1]. For reference, an estimated 99% of all farmed animals in
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
https://archive.ph/pEz2h
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
When will people learn that wild animals should not be pets? This just saddens me.
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
https://archive.is/3G15F
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
Indeed, days of lived experience are not fungible.
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
Absolutely. I dislike the offhand dismissal of things as first world problems, most especially because, if we can find a way to a future where the rest of the world catches up in living standards, these will be everyone’s problems.
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
In what way did Firefox throw anything away with Rust? (Just don’t know the story.)
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
Let’s put this in perspective, walking biohazards for the professor, sure, and I wholeheartedly support his tirade. The students to each other, not so much, but he’s right that they shouldn’t go to his class.
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by pawsforthought 5y ago
At least Spotify allows me to pay for the service. I just wish that in return for that payment, they were a little more innovative with music discovery. They must be sitting on an absolute gold mine of data that could be used to create an i