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Recently had a strange decision circumstance, I had to choose if I would go for a weekend course or not. There were reasons for why I would really go, but also wariness that it cou…

This is a common misconception, linking socialism with top-down bureaucratic control (what is this passage really is about). from google define: "a political and economic theory of…

link to the paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/06/11/1406556111 Although gene-expression and socio-evolution might have a bigger role in selection than the genes itself.…

I've got curious when you mentioned infrastructure and years to settle in the market, could you tell/elaborate your product? Love your zen but do you socialize besides customers? I…

Attachment and insecurity issues can be greatly improved with psychedelic induced trips (with safe setting). If mushrooms, ayahuasca or similars are very hard to get(in my country …

Second this, graphics-driver is an issue under Mint. Apart from this the E335 is wonderful.

Isn't there something other in the background, like you don't like programming, and these higher topics just suddenly present themselves as the escape route? With either yes or no,…

Porn can create/maintain different thinking patterns, underhabituate you for normal real-life cues. By withdrawing and resensitizing your dopamine circuits you might jumpstart your…

Ditch doctors (at least the majority), and medication. Read about glutene intolerance and possible connections. Take omega-3 supplements and stop glutene+dairy. Possible that it's …

"Mindfulness in Plain English" is very concise but still touch tangentially interesting "why" questions.

A stronger version of this problem is the speculations about the "age of mass robotization". As robots become more and more general-intelligent with cheap maintenance costs, creati…

Psychological studies found that humans have a notorious tendency to think about their environment and feelings in static terms and underestimate how much they will change in the f…

I got very interested and tried to find out but haven't suceed. So I just second it that I would be very interested reading that study!

Another benefit that your friends filter out what they consider noise, they will only communicate what is worth communicating (putting in the effort) by their standards. Taleb also…

Any idea/paper depicting this "recursive cortical network"?

There is some controversial study claiming that ADD might be linked to glutene/carbohydrate food intake.

It depends on your circumstances: 1. If you have money, consider going for a year to some cheap/sunny place and do exactly nothing. Take notes of that nothing. I've spent 9months d…

I think Philosophy of science is very good and contemporary. Also skeptics and stoics can be good read.

Ohh just what the fuck is this. As we could not have statements about sets of simply anything.

Go for your ideas, see it for yourself, collect the experience. Even if others say it's stupid.

umm "shallow" would be better I think, but you are right.

Absolutely agree, in the case of Minecraft luck was important. With fat tails anything can happen, partly because luck, most of the explanations are just hindsight bias.

When your business outgrow "garage" level it's simply starts to generate MORE and INTERESTING questions than what you could work out yourself, so you just make the decision(give to…

Voss's similar system(and I don't know why but for me it's seems more promising) : http://singularityhub.com/2010/04/13/exclusive-voss-turns-ar...