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by trendoid 13y ago
Interesting. I was curious because how can the era which had slavery, didn't treat women equal to man and killed homosexuals could possibly teach something unique. There are bunch of atheist ethics philosophers who talk about good and
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by trendoid 13y ago
I am curious, impact How?
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by trendoid 13y ago
thanks, looks intriguing, something to look forward for 2014.
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by trendoid 13y ago
Reading 'How Mind Works'. Do you think his proposal matches the recent discoveries in neuroscience? Till now(120 pages in) he seems to be an evangelical of Computational theory of mind
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by trendoid 13y ago
We are not sure what will work but thats why new models need to be experimented starting now. Coming up with tools for teaching critical thinking and morality should be on high priority in SV. Yes, magic pill invented 300 yrs ago would hav
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by trendoid 13y ago
Wow, For a second I thought maybe someone hacked your account and posted that. Others have already pointed out what was the flaw, so I hope you get why exactly you were downvoted.
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by trendoid 13y ago
Yeah, and hence moral education(which imparts critical thinking and rational moral values) of next generation seems like the most important task to me. Why too much money and power are not the most important things in this world and showing
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by trendoid 13y ago
Brilliantly articulated. I think this might be useful for everyone : "The test of their self-superiority is their ability to rapidly find weaknesses in others, and to exploit it to its fullest potential. But that is not to say that thi
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by trendoid 13y ago
Thanks for this, appreciate the summary. Made me go have a look at the full article.
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by trendoid 13y ago
my dashboard is also almost empty. This basically means you need to get out of the house more, hangout at restaurants, coffee shops etc!
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by trendoid 13y ago
Someone really need to speed up with their Maps app for places outside US. I am in Indian subcontinent and other alternatives are nowhere near as good as Google. Google, what have you become? Reading lot of Ayn Rand lately?
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by trendoid 13y ago
>It's a pity the author can't start a part of this revolution by writing more clearly. By clearly you mean writing short articles that you can finish in five minutes? Adam Curtis always builds his stories with historical events
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by trendoid 13y ago
We still cant comprehend the impact machines will have over future-selves. Considering big-corps are only there for profit, I don't see any reason why majority of population won't lose their source of income. One case that comes t
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Misunderstanding 'selfish gene', again.(whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com)
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by trendoid 13y ago
>Long term, I hope it'll be enough to list coursera etc. courses, books you read and a github link on your resume. It sounds nice but problem with this is that you get so many people who join courses just to show off certificates an
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by trendoid 13y ago
Although its not available in India yet, it was trivial to figure out how to use it in countries where its unavailable. One of the best UIs you will ever see in a music app. My movement from one place to other is seamless. Their algorithm w
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by trendoid 13y ago
thanks, funny I am being downvoted for not being up to date.
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by trendoid 13y ago
Can anyone explain why 2009 news being posted now? OP has some context in mind?
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by trendoid 13y ago
from http://fixyt.com/about : "Thanks to toogl.es for the like/dislike concept. Toogl.es is an awesome YouTube alternative too."
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by trendoid 13y ago
All the videos that require sign in due to "rated content", seems to be not working since they require sign in. I dont even get a sign in option, just "error occurred".
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by trendoid 13y ago
and everyone here is asking this : WHY/HOW "Facebook is willing to pay that much and investors are willing to invest at that valuation"?
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by trendoid 13y ago
Not relevant to OP but I think companies like Snapchat becoming so popular might not be good sign for this society's intellectual health. As already been discussed here, we are becoming a society with very short attention span. I know
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by trendoid 13y ago
I really want to check this out but... seriously? only signup with twitter?
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by trendoid 13y ago
Finally, someone paying attention to this. Browser extension should be high priority!
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by trendoid 13y ago
good overview and relevant links at reddit : http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1qj6xd/wikileaks_... http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1qj6xd/wikileak
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by trendoid 13y ago
Similar experiments are being tried in India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income_in_India http://binews.org/2011/09/india-basic-income-pilot-projects-... here is an excerpt from the
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by trendoid 13y ago
block cookies from YT?
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by trendoid 13y ago
basically like global population.
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by trendoid 13y ago
I wonder how many people thoroughly read these gwern articles before jumping to comment their opposing views. There is a lot of information inside. It may take me 5-6 hours to properly go through it before concluding that gwern didnt take X
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by trendoid 13y ago
http://usgovernment.statuspage.io/incidents/0knqk2v79yn7 "In order to route funding to where it is most needed at this time, the War on Drugs has been downgraded to "Slight Disagreement On Drugs". Policy

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