tungstenfurnace

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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Many diets seem to be based on temporarily fooling the mind. e.g. a meal that fills the stomach to capacity but with little calorific content Initially the dieter loses some weight. After a while, he notices that he isn't deriving pleasure
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
So I'm reading this blog which advises me to stop reading books and find a mentor. Somewhat paradoxical. Why can't I have a mentor etc and still read a few blogs and books? Maybe what he means is that we learn most from mistakes which cause
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
>Too much information Yes. I believe it is thinking too much that spoils our recall (not speed-dial and suchlike as the author claims). There's been an explosion of content and communication in recent times. Too much noise makes it hard
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Following rules isn't the worst thing, but their use is limited to not offending people in obvious ways. (Unless you try to follow rules about body language, which ultimately will creep people out.) The main thing in a social situation, ge
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Buy some a soft cloth and some cleaning fluid (that won't dissolve your screen). Make a big show of cleaning it.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
The problem is that businesses have to grow or they die, because they are competing with other businesses, and because they are heavily taxed and regulated. New features mean sales. So it's mainly up to the consumers. As things are, if you
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
ID cards are a bad idea everywhere. Loss of privacy; loss of the presumption of innocence. Being required to produce the card by aggressive cops. Corruption and collusion between fat cats and government. The cards will be hacked and sold on
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Perhaps where evolution is really happening, then, is in the criteria we use to decide which limited number of books to read. * So much important information is being posted outside books: on the web, on kindles, etc. In evolutionary te
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
OK, so what's the optimum strategy? How about starting with a CD and book of nursery rhymes and then listening whilst following the text. Then eventually ditching the CD and reading/singing the rhymes from the book out loud. Then (having re
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Yes, some kinds of competition are good e.g. products competing for market share. However, even here, comparative advantage (specialising and creating a niche) seems to promote survival more reliably than competitive advantage. The issue is
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
The way to rise above IQ is to stop thinking about oneself and stop being so competitive. This parochial attitude leads to depression and failure. The truest, most promising motivation for mastering a field or a craft lies in the beauty of
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Perhaps free will seems unreal because you believe that you can only make one choice in any situation, and that this choice is predetermined by physics. However, according to the many-worlds interpretation of QM, you do in fact make every p
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
People here want to be helpful and responsible and so they are recommending seeing a doctor or psychiatrist immediately. I certainly wouldn't advise against that. However, it is also helpful to put up a few countervailing arguments: (1) Whe
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
I agree. Audiobooks are often recorded by fine actors and speakers. Listening to them improves one's sense of the rhythm of language, emotional nuance, pronunciation of new words, etc. They make it more real. One's own diction and language
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Yes, that would be useful. And it remains open to you to try both now and compare how they make you feel. The article seems to be claiming that all lifestyles without meditation lead to suffering. This is a pretty strong claim, don't you th
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Objective measurement is cool, sure, but more important here is how meditation makes you feel. Actually this is a kind of measurement, one to which only you have access. It might be condemned as subjective rubbish by some, but it is a per
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
I managed to when stuck in a classroom.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Sure it factors. That's why pills help during the withdrawal, because they don't trigger the full pleasure ritual, which includes taste, smell and anticipation. But note that every ounce of pleasure you extract from drinking coffee is exact
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Hi Xenophanes. I would like to remind you of my theory, which stems from the fact that boys and girls are born with slightly different brains (due to genetics). You will say that that doesn't matter: brains are universal computers. Well, ye
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
It certainly is. However, don't discount the corresponding hangover period. Since there is no time-averaged gain in pleasure, presumably the benefit lies in being able to time the pleasure, say to compensate for mood changes due to other
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Yeah. Caffeine wakes you up when you start taking it, allows you to function during the period when you're taking it regularly, and makes you drowsy when you withdraw from it.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Taking the article seriously, perhaps your statement could be rephrased "I cannot live with caffeine withdrawal." BTW, taking one or two caffeine pills (50mg) per day can see you through the withdrawal period with no headaches.
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
I couldn't agree more. Forcing oneself to do tasks is a pretty sure way to shut down creativity.
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
Who needs grades anyway? Do employers need grades? I think the purpose of grades is primarily for bureaucrats to compare schools. Teachers are the ones being paid. Grade them, not the pupils. Children need to know which classes are worth at
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
Yes -- having a great list, it's hard to find worthy new material.
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
I'm going to have to blame blaming . It's the opposite of problem solving.
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
If a skill is truly vital then I will _want_ to learn it, sooner or later, whatever my present interests are. So there's no need for 'needs' to overrule 'wants'. (And in particular no need for thousands of people to be paid to deem what chi
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
Exactly. Why is it important whether boys or girls or Chinese or gay people are better at maths? Why are scarce research funds going into this? Questions I would be more interesting in: how can elementary maths be made more interesting? And
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
carpet scuffing around the desk area
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by tungstenfurnace 18y ago
1% for something that takes virtually no effort at all For any resource, including electricity, there will be an optimum level of wastage. Perhaps you would place it 0.1%? Attempting to reduce the wastage below this point, wherever it lie

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