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by trevyn 8y ago
Seems reasonable; grades are only partially a function of raw potential — effort plays a huge role as well. If a student is good enough to get an A-, I see no reason why demonstrating a certain amount of additional effort (extra credit) cou
902.
by trevyn 8y ago
I feel like optimizing your actual app as it runs in Chromium (Javascript, DOM usage, resources, etc.) is the right approach here. The Chrome dev tools are superb for measurable insight into this. App size is one metric, but as long as yo
903.
by trevyn 8y ago
Erm, most of the world is still like this.
904.
by trevyn 8y ago
“I have cancer and I went to the doctor and they gave me painkillers” is a non-US/EU thing.
905.
by trevyn 8y ago
I think it’s cultural; strong families/communities seem correlated with not wanting to be a burden on that family/community when your time comes. Individualism, as in the US, seems more correlated with trying to stay alive/he
906.
by trevyn 8y ago
I would be seriously disappointed if some of these people don’t have research projects running for this. You can get away with some crazy stuff once you leave US soil.
907.
by trevyn 8y ago
Maybe, tell me more. I’m running out of interesting experiences.
908.
by trevyn 8y ago
If the EEG is flat, then presumably these brains aren’t doing anything useful where we would start deliberately keeping them in vats at scale.
909.
by trevyn 8y ago
You certainly can under HIPAA, and I’ve done this several times without unreasonable delay. If you’ve had issues, I’m sure the “sternly worded letter from a lawyer” approach would get the gears turning.
910.
by trevyn 8y ago
The further toward the poles you go, the more mental healthcare is needed, so it makes sense they would have the experience and infrastructure! (Completely serious.)
911.
by trevyn 8y ago
This could also be due to people in the US simply seeking more care than in other countries.
912.
by trevyn 8y ago
Ah, this is quite good as well: https://leehamnews.com/2018/11/14/boeings-automatic-trim-for... Apparently it wasn’t the standard autopilot trim, but a special safety program specific to the 737 MAX. Which st
913.
by trevyn 8y ago
Here’s the actual safety board report, including flight data recorder graphs: http://knkt.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/pre/2018/20... Looks like there was a problem with the autopilot trim,
914.
by trevyn 8y ago
Like a package locker? Why did it take two minutes?
915.
by trevyn 8y ago
Note also that you can train these useful skills in ways other than extended courses of formal sitting meditation. (Which also often come with a lot of woo attached.)
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by trevyn 8y ago
Could this be partially an issue of semantics? - Why do we have subjective experience? vs - What causes us to have/creates subjective experience? - For what reason/purpose do we have subjective experience? - How is subjective expe
917.
by trevyn 8y ago
Also, it gets super weird when your BATNA is not measured in dollars.
918.
by trevyn 8y ago
This is great, thank you! From the wikipedia article ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_schema_theory ): “AST is a theory of how a machine insists it is more than a machine, even though it is not.” That would re
919.
by trevyn 8y ago
It’s not mysterious or important, it’s just where we find ourselves. If we are literally unable to see outside the bounds of the universe or the simulation, it is irrelevant to our experience, because it does not change how we should act. B
920.
by trevyn 8y ago
Molecular biology: https://youtu.be/_SGoDIkscXg?t=39 Game of Life: https://youtu.be/xP5-iIeKXE8 Sure, one is 2D and discrete, the other is 3D and continuous... oh wait, Lenia is 2D and continuous. That’s in
921.
by trevyn 8y ago
And yet, we can predict certain things with surprising accuracy. The fallacy is thinking that we must predict an exact state vs. a probabilistic prediction of an information-theoretically meaningful set of states. Reality is metastable, so
922.
by trevyn 8y ago
If your model is not capable of making predictions and being tested, I predict and can test that your model is providing you emotional stability and a comforting perception of knowledge despite a lack of actual knowledge. I agree that many
923.
by trevyn 8y ago
Your understanding of the reductionist view may be incomplete; it is very functional and there’s no need to ignore phenomena. Less scientific models can be simpler and functional, but that doesn't mean that they’re more correct.
924.
by trevyn 8y ago
I mean, how would you concretely propose we make better progress on this?
925.
by trevyn 8y ago
From the OP article: “Researchers have learned a great deal about the neural mechanisms underlying global states of consciousness, distinctions between conscious and unconscious perception, and self-consciousness. Further progress will depe
926.
by trevyn 8y ago
What is a non-physical method of testing?
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by trevyn 8y ago
I'm saying there is no mystery -- that people invoke mystery as an avoidance tactic when they have cognitive dissonance about an otherwise well-established conclusion, or when they find some pleasure in invoking the unknown and philoso
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by trevyn 8y ago
Exactly, and even if nobody has ever built it or written a formal proof that it would work, you can still imagine how it would work and prove it to your own mind. (This would work for a purely mechanical computer made out of rocks, too.)
929.
by trevyn 8y ago
We know exactly how to quantify it: When you have a network of neurons that is connected in such-and-such a way, where the neurons behave in such-and-such a manner, and are in a given initial state and evolve over time, you have what we cal
930.
by trevyn 8y ago
I'm starting to think that there's not much mystery left to consciousness, it's just that most people are really uncomfortable with the idea that "we" are just the complex interactions of electrical impulses and m

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