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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   This piece is amazing. It masquerades as a critique of science, but at bottom I would argue it is really just a very complicated smokescreen for Obama-hating and anti-Keynesianism. I bet this guy Thiel just wants lower taxes. Thiel admits t
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   The most simple recommendation that I would like to make is to avoid at all costs becoming an evangelist for any particular political philosophy. They all fare poorly when taken too literally because people are too complex and reality is to
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   This is the most critical point in the thread, it seems to me!
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   Rkgblog is a great resource for anything search-related.
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   I agree that the internet would be better off if it was more decoupled from monolithic backbones. Even more, the commercialization arguments underway sound a lot like arguments to deregulate housing loans in 1995...I do not think that IP ad
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   The space elevator is the most game-changing investment we can make. The cost of getting into and out of orbit is the main barrier to any grand space scheme like mars, moon bases, or asteroid mining. It would also become a target of extremi
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   I agree that things seem more shiny than innovative. Maybe "easy" problems are a natural way of increasing our general software competency across the general population. Before we can get to the big-problem innovation in things like AI and
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   The problem is that the distinction between "earned" money and "handout" money is not so clear. If you "earn" your money by servicing porky government contracts, is this something that you have done entirely on your own? Are you entitled to
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   by zoomzoom 16y ago

   I have to agree that a routine update to security features hardly qualifies as front-page news. No wonder the Ruby guys think Python is no fun!
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Montaigne is also cool because he gets credit in most English deptartments for inventing the "essay" - at least in it's modern form. Kevin Kelly at kk.org is a good read for tech thinking.
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Actually, about 12 states have decriminalized MJ. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decriminalization_of_non-medica... .
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    This is a hot topic in modern (in the philosophical sense of modern, not necessarily contemporary) philosophy - the debate over what some will call "compatabilism." IMHO, the rationality of free will hinges on the definition of freedom. The
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    People have always been "nest huggers" - look at traditional societies like those in India. Adult children live with their parents and it is nothing new. It is new to the baby boomers in America, who grew up independent in the war and moved
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    so, you think that black people are stupid? That is your answer? Since when is HN the new HuffPost?
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    What if there is no "really interesting stuff"? What if the stuff in the world was all "regular stuff"?
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Penrose certainly popularized the idea. Kurzweil addresses this issue in his book "The Singularity is Near."
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Look - all the talk of the brain as a "quantum computer" seems to be more full of "bull" than the talk of mind uploading and 700 year lifespans. Quantum interactions happen in all matter that we observe, so they happen in the brain. There i
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Honestly, everyone reading the WSJ knows how math works. The point of the article was not to explain math - it was to blame "government" - and Barack Obama - for the lack of private hiring. A political statement gets (and deserves) a politi
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Thanks. And while I am still thinking about it - you might be interested in reading about Linus Pauling's take on nutrition and health. Something like this book: http://www.worldcat.org/title/vitamin-c-and-the-common-cold/... .
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Look - I think that my sparse history of commenting on HN says more than I can express here about my stance on flame wars. I don't want to start one. But this whole food issue is something that I feel quite strongly about. My surprise is ha
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    I'm surprised that you are so naive about what being "science-minded" on this issue means. There is so much variation in human physiology and digestive tract composition that a universal "healthy" diet is probably even more backwards of a n
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    Honestly, how can we pretend that we have a choice in the matter at this point? It is a matter of how we deal with the responsibility that technology forces on us. Even if the US could outlaw reproductive manipulation, some significant perc
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    by zoomzoom 16y ago

    I would save your time. The heat are going to win.