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by pengstrom 5y ago
While true, it might be worth noting that if you grind iridescent blue material it will loose its color. Pigment will not.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Many people have multiple equal family names. Leaving one out would be as wrong as adding another. Names are never simple.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Knowing that the "computer nerd" is the archetypical male fight/flight hybrid coping mechanism from childhood trauma, this is unsurprising. A lot of my own life struggles became easier to understand when I started unwrapping
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by pengstrom 5y ago
The context of art extends beyond the artifact. I image both PhDs would have trouble contributing meaningful novel work.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Quick note. >One of the main characteristics of fractals is that they are self-similar This is only almost true. A fractal is characterized by having a fractional dimension. This is what allows measurements to be different at different l
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Do we know this is true? Could the loop back also be an illusion? From a cursory glance it seems like "free will" is massively exaggerated. However, the belief of free will seems to be healthy.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Also relevant, the Behavioral Immune System and it's many vexing consequences. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_immune_system
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by pengstrom 5y ago
That's how you get orbits.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
This is going to end in a social media monitoring SaaS. Get curated alerts for "problematic" behavior. Completely transparent. Inevitable customer pressure will make current LGBT discrimination look quaint. Wonderful.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
If it really were about children's rights, then they would also be all for supporting families economically and putting resources into education. But they do not. The most probable explanation is still control over female reproduction.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
We can't forget that "error handling" is a civilization-level hard problem. Do you set up support structures to catch them when shit hits the fan, or do do you preventatively and excruciatingly suppress them? It's as muc
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by pengstrom 5y ago
The human condition?
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by pengstrom 5y ago
It's almost as if there's a kernel of truth in the criticisms of capitalism. Incentives rule the world.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
It's hardly a coincidence that we're missing laws that would be useful in this case. The bankers and politicians are too similar for this to be probable.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
My partner swears by it and uses it a lot.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
That just means everyone is suppressing wages to some degree. The whole class thing, you know.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
What? This has no basis in reality. What religious extremists call themselves left? They are normally radical conservatives and eschew progressive "leftist" ideals. The left made up with communism and matured, focusing instead on
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by pengstrom 5y ago
"Men" is both a social and biological differentiator. They are the only ones with power to stop this if they want to. We can play philosophy but reality is what it is. Sexism continues because men look the other way, not because w
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What's so Critical about Critical Neuroscience?(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
1 points by pengstrom 5y ago|0 comments
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Readers might be interested in the following philosophy subjects https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_dualism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_theory_of_mind https://en
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Might be true, but it's complicated by mental illness being defined in terms of ability to participate in society. This includes various deeply irrational behaviours.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Valve have been nothing but competent and financially successful. In sure they know exactly what they're doing, and it's not optimizing for customer ergonomics.
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by pengstrom 5y ago
It's a little more insidious than that. The great majority of people will never personally replicate a finding. They will depend entirely on the honesty of/faith in the entire chain between scientist and messanger. it just turns o
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by pengstrom 5y ago
With the exception of being based on analysis and generally welcoming genuine inquiry.
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Moderation Clarification to the Community(latitude.io)
1 points by pengstrom 5y ago|0 comments
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The fastest and shortest algorithm for all well-defined problems (2002)(researchgate.net)
119 points by pengstrom 5y ago|24 comments
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by pengstrom 5y ago
Treatment of minorities in Sweden is no joke.
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by pengstrom 6y ago
This is a chart of age-corrected excess mortality between the least affected European countries for 2020. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyH8yiZWgAkgt6k.jpg
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by pengstrom 6y ago
Not necessarily if the coast is fractal, no?
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by pengstrom 6y ago
Is this clever use of SLAM or something even more interesting?

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