proteinbased

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by proteinbased 9y ago
If you interpret "computer" as a concepts rather than a specific class of devices, your view might shift.
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by proteinbased 10y ago
Regarding bicycles, I feel compelled to share one of my favourite articles on wikipedia. [1] Still, I think the point you made is valid. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_and_motorcycle_dynamic...
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by proteinbased 10y ago
>- Noticing that thinking constantly about things using language puts reality into categories that are essentially made up. This is a revelation of even higher magnitude for me. Especially if you are multilingual, you notice how many of
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by proteinbased 10y ago
I did not claim that legumes are some kind of wonder food with the ideal balance of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. Of course you need to eat different kinds of vegetables/fruit/plants. As for fats, nuts are a good choice. But
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by proteinbased 10y ago
Depends on your interpretation of plants. Legumes do contain a fair share of protein.
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by proteinbased 10y ago
https://xkcd.com/1102/
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by proteinbased 10y ago
great eli5. I attended a lecture by one of the Wendelstein-7X engineers a month ago, and the main reason why they would construct such a thing (took 10 years), from what I figured, was that a tokamak is operated in short pulses, whereas the
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by proteinbased 10y ago
I thought it would be 'luxury yacht' ;)
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by proteinbased 10y ago
I did not indent to convey that the empirical findings in biology/chemistry are not important. I agree that you do not necessarily need a quantum description to understand biological phenomena, but sometimes (eg single electrons in pho
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by proteinbased 10y ago
I think just the opposite is true. Biology can not explain life without physics, there might not be a complete understanding yet, but physics and math are the only tools that will get us there. Chemistry too, needs physics all the time. I t
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by proteinbased 10y ago
I am not a communist, but I must point out, that it works exactly the same way with capitalism too. If you got some time, there is a great documentation called 'The Century of the Self', which shows (among other things) how modern
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by proteinbased 10y ago
Short answer: because he was employed by tobacco firms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisher
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by proteinbased 10y ago
I like the writing style and assume this piece is well-intentioned. However, speaking as someone who had confidence problems all his life I think what he describes as (over-)confidence was actually confidence mixed with arrogance. I think
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by proteinbased 10y ago
I'm not so sure about the richness, though I get your point. (I recently pondered about the german word "jenseits" not in the sense of heaven, which it may mean, but rather as a pompous form of beyond). I agree with the FORT