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by prestadige 12y ago
Yes, the paradox is that daydreaming and apparent purposelessness are, in the long run, about the most important things that get done. Or at least the beginning of the most important things: things which eventually become more active an
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by prestadige 12y ago
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shal
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by prestadige 12y ago
Agreed. It's a shame, though, that so many of us are expressing admiration for Putin.
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by prestadige 12y ago
Trying to get somebody to live the sort of life you want for them is a potentially harmful mistake. Why not pay attention to one's performance as a parent , and learn from that?
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by prestadige 13y ago
It seems to me that all professional experts are subject to groupthink. However, could anonymous lay forecasters still make such excellent predictions without those groups in place? Anyway, I think all this argues in favor of Robin Hanson
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by prestadige 13y ago
Ironic, isn't it, that solitary is a severe punishment in one context but is also part of the traditional means (going off to a lonely cave for a few years) of obtaining enlightenment?
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by prestadige 13y ago
>most people won’t tell teenage girls [...] that they are lazy and the quality of their work is unacceptable Yes. If a male teacher, for example, were to 'rampage' around female pupils, he'd be sacked.
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by prestadige 13y ago
The reason deniers exist generally is because there's a problem they don't want to face. Another, equally fatal approach to any problem is to attempt to jump to a solution. The correct approach is to try to understand the proble
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by prestadige 13y ago
What about Ellie Arroway in 'Contact'?
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by prestadige 13y ago
There are at least two major indignities connected to a conventional life and career. The first is that mainstream education is about winning prizes rather than learning what is interesting to you, for its own sake. The second is that most
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by prestadige 13y ago
>Or am I just an optimist? Yes, the future can be bright providing we work to ensure that civilisation isn't destroyed, which itself requires optimism.
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by prestadige 13y ago
Indeed, and although the US Navy has plenty of power already, I'm interested to know how the polywell prototype fusor that they've been sponsoring is coming along. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell
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by prestadige 13y ago
I think you can establish what's enough by how you feel, provided you have a minimum amount of sensitivity. e.g. notice how you feel now if you did some uphill walking and lost your breath earlier today.
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by prestadige 13y ago
My suspicion is that both health care systems are unsustainable because of rising geriatric care costs. To counter this we'll be forced to navigate the minefields of legal euthanasia and life extension technologies.
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by prestadige 13y ago
Does anyone know if the NSA can watch me on my iMac without the little light coming on?
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by prestadige 13y ago
If science had found biological origins or symptoms for mental illness in the brain, don't you think these would be used for diagnostic purposes? Szasz was indeed a deeply unpopular man, but progress often depends upon such people. For
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by prestadige 13y ago
>Good luck on that Yes, partly because there are too many countries and partly because each time the government of one country tries to shut it down, and fails, it makes bitcoin look stronger and more viable to the others.