vfinn

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   by vfinn 8y ago

   What you're saying is unnecessary negative and brings little to the discussion as it doesn't include any targeted arguments, and what's more, the site guideline states that: "Please don't impute astroturfing or shil
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   Thanks. I find it funny that some people who consider themselves rational and open minded are very easily discarding methods like this as superstition without hearing out what you actually have to say. I believe Tarot cards are a somewhat
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   You mean the novelist(?) Ian J. Strange? Which novel?
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   Thanks! I thought what I said was pretty trivial, but why I "got it" so quickly was that I had a similar idea myself. Sure, I'd be interested to hear more, at least.
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   I think we need something like this, but I'm not sure if this is the answer. This type of tree-like Q&A would be good for problem solving, e.g. "How to save the oceans?" -> "How to save the oceans from plastics?&q
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   This analysis is all over the place. I'm not sure I found how you would have prevented the incident exactly. Suicide watch because... and by whom?
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   I think you talk out of pure envy, which is understandable, but people are generally interested in prodigies and nature's wonders, it's just the way things are. What matters is that the kid brings a lot of hope and joy to people.
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   Yep, totally agree. One problem is the way many articles are written. People want efficiency, but the relevant information is buried and scattered in the article full of pointless drivel. I'm not generally interested in how this journa
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   by vfinn 8y ago

   Have to disagree up to a point. There's nothing good about players playing time at the end of the game by laying on the field "injured" and walking away from the field as if they had concrete around their feet. The flow of th
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    It's hardly demonizing without a reason. Sounds almost like a "it's not the guns, it's the bad people" argument, but here plastics will continue to create problems most importantly in the form of microplastics, no m
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    Vaguely reminds me of Hegel as Hegel describes in his Phenomenology of Spirit the history of the human kind as a progress of collective consciousness (and as I see it, in parallel the progress of individual consciousness). What Hegel descri
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    Trustworthiness plays at least a minor role in this kind of sells, even though you could say it's not the point. His good nature, honest appearance, and probably knowledge of science could confuse people, so he shouldn't sell the
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    Procrastination is due to not doing things on your own terms, which means that what you feel you have to do comes from the outside. Often this symptom comes from disparity between what you think you want to do and what should be done (the o
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    I came to say this. Write down the things you worry about as honestly you can. The end result is that your worries become more tangible and easier to judge.
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    That there isn't much/anything outside of rationality, so what you should be doing, is get better at being rational / make more rational decisions. This applies to interaction with other people (what kind of interactions shou
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    Yes, I was a bit unclear. In certain kinds of canned herrings there are over 15g/100g of sugar, could be in a form of tomato sauce for example.
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    Can confirm. Giving up sugar has been one of the best decisions in my life. I did it gradually, but in the end I gave almost any added sugar whatsoever (no ketchup, no canned fish, no juices, no syrupy breads, etc.). Maybe it's not nec
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    Bisqwit on Youtube has a nice series called "How to Create a Compiler": https://youtu.be/eF9qWbuQLuw
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    Minsky thought that consciousness is pretty much just a meaningless word, and that it's more interesting to divide it into pieces that you can work on: https://youtu.be/AO7F0n2Dclc?t=20m13s These are nice lectures in g
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    by vfinn 8y ago

    I think honesty is a good way to fight against this syndrome. State what you know, state when you have problems, and be open about your results. That way simply doing your best should be enough.