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"I don't know the word for the opposite of shared reality" Different cultures?

> I think we're agreed that it's important not just to examine your priors, but to be aware that there ARE priors in the first place. Yes, absolutely. And I think there's a practic…

Personally, I consider "belief" from a behavioral perspective: belief is the model of reality one actually operates from. For example, when I walk on my kitchen floor, I don't have…

> then what are the odds that we would be in both a universe with simple rules such that the elegant mathematical models referred to the in the paper have such predictive power and…

I think what they are saying is that porn is often the only way for kids to learn what sex looks like.

Good test. I would add one more question: "if you could never talk about your code or solutions with anyone, would you still be willing to spend time on it?" This helps differentia…

I mean no disrespect to Jobs or technologists, but for some reason the quote reads to me like a deliberate attempt at finding something to be grateful for, as opposed to a genuine …

Hi mannanj, thanks for the thoughtful responses. I still haven't read your other message in full (busy weekend), will come back to it ASAP. And yes, your revised claim is definitel…

> Are touch typists worse at learning? Wish I had a definitive answer. I do know from personal experience that when I'm touch typing notes while reading a book or listening to a le…

This is how it was explained to me by a tutor: handwriting is better for learning because it's slower. The need for brevity forces you to mentally engage the material in ways that …

Hi again > Those statistics are widely known and accepted. Do you need me to provide evidence from that? No need for that in particular. What I would appreciate evidence for is thi…

Or - hear me out! - LLM's are already much more intelligent than we think. Presumbaly, an ASI is more than smart enough to recognize that it needs access to real-world infrastructu…

Junior developers fail in different ways than senior developers too; that's why seniors oversee juniors. But this doesn't necessarily mean that the senior's and junior's intelligen…

> Today, you rarely hear about those anymore. Maybe people just got bored of reporting and reading about them.

> that has created more depression and a lower quality of life for most people on earth. Very strong claim. Any sources for the "most people on Earth" part?

> Does nicotine have some beneficial health effects? Yeah, it actually does. But do they outweigh the downsides (and societal costs)? Absolutely not. What are the downsides and soc…

I wouldn't support cigarette ads. But I also wouldn't support a law that forces tobbaco companies to remove nicotine from their cigarettes. I would support a law that enforces a "T…

I don't consider addiction a moral failing. But I do think it's wrong to place all the blame on social media if you also play an active role in sustaining your addiction.

Completely agree. What are your thoughts on introducing a law that requires social media sites with infinite scroll to feature an addiction warning, something like: "Using this pla…