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I found this a very interesting question to ponder. I think the answer is "no," without cheating by having my own memories of myself at 13. Too many things that could accidentally …

In many parts of Europe she would have had the services and access available & this wouldn't have happened. The US is creating these cases.

I prize the rind for throwing in ragu to melt down

I don't have a PhD in south-east asian history and it's not well taught but this doesn't comport with my understanding at all Isn't fighting China off a core part of their culture/…

I didn't know what the big deal was and thought it was silly until I actually lived in a place with a gas stove. Definitely motivated me to cook more. Induction also excellent. I'm…

Experts should be allowed to weigh in, not office workers and bureaucrats. Where were the aerosol dispersion specialists when the CDC/WHO were preaching "droplet?"

I mean, the enabling principle behind scalping is that demand is more than supply but supply does not increase to match. More people want the tickets than there are tickets, scalpi…

I wonder, though, what happens if you investigate the important variables - "up to", "during the rainy season," - maybe the human body can tolerate this for short periods of time, …

I enjoy https://crookedtimber.org/ ! It's indirect and all over the place, but it's opinion from people of a bit of a different political bent. Doesn't feel like the NYT / Daily sh…

I'm honestly baffled that anyone sees this any other way. It didn't even occur to me as a possibility. The whole betrayal was not just telegraphed, it was directly shown in every a…

it's a few hundred miles up instead of 22,300. this means that it's not geostationary and you gotta switch your dish between satellites often as they go overhead, but latency is fa…

Maybe one person has more delicate finger dexterity, or better hearing. Maybe another person is more easily distractable. Of course the genes would not be "a golf gene" or "a harsi…

You are not wrong that there are many people on the Left / spat out by the university ecosystem who have little integrity. The Right is, in my experience, on average worse. In many…

If you're motivated enough to believe something, you'll find a way to believe it regardless. If there are smart arguments in favor of what you want to believe, you'll go for them. …

Feels like this is a totally different topic. What if: Neuroplasticity allows you to build new base cognitive tools from sensory information, or dump/change existing tools. If you …

Flip side, get fully comfortable with your own beliefs all the way through, and suddenly the pill is no threat at all

I had a really tough time taking MDMA for the first time, much tougher than the last times I took psychedelics. I think it came down to expectations, though.

I really like this answer, because it has a spark that isn't in the groupthink. What if conditioning is designed to shape someone in a society or circumstances which no longer exis…

I think the scariest thing about MDMA is that it's not really the pill that can do that, the pill is just a shortcut to the type of high-intensity scenario in your brain which can …

I don't think you're likely to get blame shamed for suggesting that opioids (especially heroin!) or crack or meth are likely to lead to a bad time. There are, though, quite a few p…

This sort of regulatory response has already caused a problem: as a 100% legitimate business, you can already get totally cut off from all banking services if something about you f…

OP's post says "It avoids turning dating into a second job."

I love this modern Internet age and the fact I can google for a book and find the author throwing relevant ideas around from one hour ago https://twitter.com/FuDaoge

Building relationships with our allies in the area (TPP), State Department diplomacy, etc. to pressure China effectively. I think TPP was dead regardless of who won, but that State…

https://semiwiki.com/ has a lot of cool stuff on the semiconductor side. https://www.nextplatform.com/category/hyperscale/ has interesting stuff on uses and development you don't s…