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The problem with GMOs is that you can skip to dangerous islands of viability that would be impossible with standard breeding. At least that's my understanding of Taleb's argument a…

It's not only the pay but the immense cronyism* that goes into landing a government position and the general poor quality of customer service in face to face roles coughDMVcough. c…

IIRC, in the absence of writing, humans had great oral memory. Not only that but they used other mental tricks. EX: Aborigines connecting myths to places in terms like "... And thi…

And of course this "efficiency" doesn't put, into reckoning, the stress of population density on cognition. Especially "diverse density". Coming back from the military, I kept the …

Unfortunately you're not in a "moral and just" society. You're in a land full of shucksters who value a job and a pension over any sort of genuine moral interest. They didn't "calc…

It's like saying rapists will be deterred by a sexual harassment course. People are ruled by different passions and different ideals. College isn't going to change the person who i…

But you have to have the illusion that society isn't a pyramid scheme. Nobody will admit to being Chronus devouring his young.

Because everybody wants their cake on hand and to eat it at the same time. US politicians promise pensions but instead of (realistically) setting aside money, they divert money on …

"seemingly well-intentioned" After dealing with a few non-profits, I'm utterly convinced about this maxim. "Intention is nothing. Intelligence is everything." Ask a toddler to solv…

"overactive classification" Let me drop you off at Skid Row down in Los Angeles. A capacity for "overactive classification" will keep you from looking like a weak target and make y…

People work with the best hardware and software they can. And for a lot of people, both components are shit beyond coexisting with other members of a "tribe". A lot of people absol…

I wouldn't think of it as a theory. More like an off-the-cuff hypothesis, based on seeing and creating simulations of systems, that we ourselves are creations of a simulation. A si…

You also realize that democrats secretly promoted Trump because they figured he would muck up the Republican primaries and become an unelectable candidate. Not to mention how incre…

Your facts is what he says to the public. That's not a "fact", that's taking politics at face value. I told you, such men are sharks. Not merely the men you back on your own politi…

You're spoiled beyond belief if you view "toxic" comments online as a serious problem. If it is truly "a problem", then the larger problem is tying your emotions to what anonymous …

What's wrong with racism? I spent two years homeless on Skid Row. I will never, ever, move to a black majority neighborhood. That's not "toxic", that's me making an intelligent rul…

Dangerously minimizing? What's dangerous is a culture addicted to simulating political action by managing online comments. Instead if putting resources to making your local garden …

Toxic statements = statements from a different political orientation Why are people so willing to embrace Orwellian doublethink? My prediction is that such a sword will do decapita…

Do you think he cares about you the coherence of his statements when they provoke a strong emotional reaction from a dumb population addicted to emotionally reacting and addicted t…

It's almost like politicians manage their perception and image in strategic ways where they lull their enemies into being emotionally caught up with minor character flaws rather th…

Accountable for what? We have a disastrous dietary culture in this country, a never ending bomb of acute illnesses that waste trillions to merely mitigate symptoms that could have …

And to add, they're even worse than milkshakes. At least there's fat content which slows insulin resistance.

You act as if we were helpless. You're just seeing the ugly side of "average" people. How quick they are to form blobs around novel information. How lacking in critical thought mos…

And the old media was a propaganda machine. And a total waste of cognitive frames. How I wish I could trade all the stupid ads I saw for a memory of a few seconds with my wife. If …