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by vlehto 11y ago
"Although Brewster patented the kaleidoscope in 1817 (GB 4136), a copy of the prototype was shown to London opticians and copied before the patent was granted. As a consequence, the kaleidoscope became produced in large numbers, but yi
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by vlehto 11y ago
Those same circles usually advocate for well regulated capitalism. Monopolies need to be punished and externalities taxed.
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by vlehto 11y ago
I'd claim the fear can be just irrational. Maybe learned behavior, you we afraid of doing homework once. The next time you remember that experience and it becomes grueling experience. After some time you have learned to fear, but there
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by vlehto 11y ago
I didn't say Dunning-Kruger would suggest anything about should . That's why I posed the should as a question. Anybody can chime in, including you. But that comment was not very well developed. I admit that.
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by vlehto 11y ago
According to Dunning-Kruger effect, and expert should consider his accomplishments trivial in hindsight. Grothendieck and Gauss were mathematicians, not psychologists. It's likely that the predicate of the article is then completely wr
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by vlehto 11y ago
I think being willing to do the job increases chances of success a lot. Also some popular support seems to be indication of reasonable person. But when you go beyond Dunbar number, seeking popularity turns into game. Then it is matter of pl
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by vlehto 11y ago
I think "decentralization of decision making" is a result, not a cause. I love it. In geopolitical way of thinking, a state is always competing with other states. Not because we are bad people, but for the simple fact that states
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by vlehto 11y ago
I've perceived more of this sort: "OK these gay people are not evil after all. But this other group, they are evil! I don't hate anybody, but hating evil people doesn't count!!!"
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by vlehto 11y ago
"Private companies only change when they have to." I think this is true for all institutions. Change need to be first enabled and then forced. This is because institution is not a solid thing, it's a while loop. A process tha
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by vlehto 11y ago
I think that's good speculation. But with bit of Hanlons Razor, that seems bit too good picture of CIA. They are not stupid, but they are still a fallible organization. I think their priorities are: existence of CIA, genuine concern fo
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by vlehto 11y ago
I think this is great. He says pretty convincingly that collectivity is bad for us as individuals. And that individualism is bad for us as society. Then he suggests that we should abandon society so we could act as individuals. And abandon
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by vlehto 11y ago
For some reason I can't edit that comment. But I'd like to add that I still upvoted that article. Not because of that article itself, but because of comments here. A decent conversation starter.
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by vlehto 11y ago
In Finland one of the surefire offensive things to ask a person is "how much do you make?". The person cannot answer that "right" even if he lies. Any income threshold will make you either capitalist pig, or poor loser i
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by vlehto 11y ago
I think the real deal is to examine the confines of your perspective, not to try and abandon it. If you notice you are biased, trying really hard not to be will more likely to result lying to oneself than unbiasing oneself. Best you can do
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by vlehto 11y ago
I'd be happy with ideas. But those dudes didn't even remember what ideas they had. Then maybe it was just a feeling.
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by vlehto 11y ago
You really wish to win an argument.
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by vlehto 11y ago
Some of my friends report how eating certain mushrooms made the super creative. I have asked what they created? Nothing. The reason why they think they we're creative is because they felt creative. This article made similar thing for
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by vlehto 11y ago
Yes. If CIA would actually worry about the terrorist, then the terrorists still free would be 1. concern. They are really hard to catch, no matter how you try. Now if you go torture route, you might get some information that is quickly gett
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by vlehto 11y ago
"New jobs created" means nothing. Somebody hiring 100 popcorn salesmen and firing 100 popcorn salesmen causes 100 jobs created. You want to look at net increase of jobs. Then you want to compare net increase in jobs to population
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by vlehto 11y ago
I see no reason why computers getting better would fundamentally change the economy. They make everything more efficient, sure. But it's still about humans trying to gain resources at the individual level. And humans distributing resou
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by vlehto 11y ago
"Italy" as in Genoa and Venice we're big players in Mediterranean sea trade from 1100 to about 1600. During that time they developed banking, private companies, big amount of technology and took part in developing scientific
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by vlehto 11y ago
What is job growth exactly? If it is what I think it is, smaller population growth would explain that completely.
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by vlehto 11y ago
>Long before we reach strong AI will it be affecting what we are talking about here. I see absolutely no reason for this. Evolution does not mean development, just adaptation. It doesn't really predict anything alone. Everything ima
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by vlehto 11y ago
>The origins of the parenthood religion are obscure "The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was ratified on 1920.&qu
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by vlehto 11y ago
Simply not needed as much anymore. Minimum wage loses it's ethical argument with UBI. Job security is lot less needed because your safety net actually works. Unions would surely still exist. But they should not be able to hold as much
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by vlehto 11y ago
Thanks. Lots of post antiquity significant scientific advancements seem to have happened in HRE. My personal bet is that it has something to do with many lords with conflicting interests(Pope, King of spain(?), emperor and the duke). This l
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by vlehto 11y ago
College graduate is just as difficult in the early stage. But needs additional 20 years of expensive fermentation.
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by vlehto 11y ago
That is strong AI argument. If strong AI happens, I'm not worried about income inequality, jobs, economy or anything like that. How world is for humans after that point depends completely how somebody managed to program ethics and moti
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by vlehto 11y ago
>Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564 State of Italy did not really exist then. Pisa belonged to Holy roman empire.(?) I hate this shit. I'd like to know why Galileo from HRM did stuff. And some Joe Smart from Castile didn'
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by vlehto 11y ago
I don't get what this bigger trend is that shows how humans will be slaves for technology. Could you explain please?

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