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The complaint is that if you strip the controls out, then you're no longer betting on diet. Because whoever maintains a fully plant-based diet is drawn from a population that 'prob…

...I did, a few years ago, when I went camping with some friends.

This does make me think about Kuhn's concept of scientific revolutions and paradigms, and that paradigms are incommensurate with one another. Since new paradigms can't be proven or…

I'm working on a Yelp alternative called Vibehuntr -- just something different to browse venues using Google's API, with a social layer so I can see what my friends like. It's very…

This is unreadable slop.

I was thinking about how the point of reading isn't to literally 'internalize' what you've read. When you're engrossed in a piece of literature, you don't remember the specifics of…

The 'capabilities' of simulated neural networks have nothing to do with consciousness.

I have some family in Hong Kong that lived in public housing for the longest time. Some of the newer apartments were pretty good. 40th floor, nice view, free WiFi.

I agree. You don't need someone's ketamine use to explain why they're a Nazi. You know who else uses a lot of ketamine? The rave scene, the queer scene, and people treating PTSD. A…

stuff like this gets taught in school? that’s like a take from the 1600s. literally descartes’s argument that animals are just automatons and only humans have minds.

Pretty much created the mind-body problem.

This is completely nuts. Well done.

There's a rigorous proof on Wikipedia, but there's simpler ways to show it. For example, we know that 1/3 = 0.333... 3 * 1/3 = 3 * 0.333... 1 = 0.999... You can also do it with sub…

What’s missing in the Gessen and Silver’s article here is that our ideological backdrop is largely realpolitik. If we’re talking about saying certain things to get re-elected, then…

Someone ought to write an article on Nate Silver’s straw manning in order to write this article.

Thanks for sharing. I saved your comment because it’s something I can see myself coming back to. I can definitely relate to your story. Child of first generation immigrants. We had…

I agree. If you have two narratives about your life, and both are true, it is literally pointless to hang onto the negative one. One's self-identity is important. The truth about w…

Her actions have more to do with her psychology and less to do with her keeping a journal. A lot of people keep journals and it probably has the opposite effect. She sounds emotion…

The assertion is not grounded in reality at all. It’s a common myth among people who live in a STEM echo chamber. Personally, I don’t know why people who haven’t even done more tha…

What part of Plato are you referring to? Republic is honestly written at a 10th grade English reading level. The most esoteric work of Plato is Timaeus, but most people do not see …

I don’t interpret this discussion as about absolving oneself of responsibility. To be fair, what people spend their weekends doing is none of my business. But it is true that Netfl…

>Search process underway to identify permanent successor. Put me in, coach. As someone deeply entrenched in the realms of AI development and ethical considerations, boasting a robu…

The “poor” in capitalist countries have a higher standard of living than medieval kings? In so far as they have electrical heating, access to global food products, information tech…

That's simply not true. Critical theories do not depend on modal logics, nor is your characterization of modal logics correct. Critical theory and justifications for essentially Ma…

This is what the author and some commenters are missing out on: entertainment value. If you're a young adult doing extracurricular debating, you're going to get very very bored doi…