Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Is it trying to prove that a paper doesn't need to be any good to get published, or did I miss something? That was already proven a couple of years ago. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair
This should be its own submission, I hadn't heard of it and its interesting.
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#32What even are we? Who are you?
Once you can modify behavior, is there any doubt about free will.
There is nothing to us. No core, no self.
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It can be done with AI too.
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#33Oooooh, so THAT'S why Sequoia asked me if I owned any cats!
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#35Terrible title. This is specifically talking about toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection known to promote risky behavior.
Entrepreneurs need to have a tolerance for risk that salaried employees often lack.
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#37>Disciplines such as business and economics often rely on the assumption of rationality when explaining complex human behaviours.
Perhaps even more often, large-scale financial situations rely on the proven ability of a market to remain irrational longer than the most common participants can remain solvent.
No assumption about that.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
> current research has cast major doubt on the old idea that toxoplasmosis causes any psychological effects in humans Asking non-jokingly, how do we explain “cat ladies”? Women who hoard cats and seem to be crazy. They’re not typically “hamster ladies” or “dog men”. Sure with billions of people you’ll find examples of anything. But “cat ladies” seems to be an obvious symptom of something.
Cat people in general are noticably different from non cat people... Not really sure how but it's definitely a thing
But are they different because of the infection, or they are different and hence the infection. That is the question
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#39Before everyone shouts that the correlation may be spurious, I would like to say that some drugs (e.g. Parkinson's disease drugs), can have significant psychological side-effects, like increasing impulsivity and reducing risk aversion for those who experience them. People leave their spouses, buy expensive cars, get tattoos, and yes, leave their jobs to pursue entrepreneurship. My point is that it's not far fetch to…
SBF did it intentionally (so he says). > Sam Bankman-Fried Confirmed He Wears an Emsam Patch. [...] The Emsam patch contains something called Selegiline, which was originally used primarily to treat Parkinson's. https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-e...
MAO-B and A inhibitors (they inhibit the enzymes that break down dopamine, serotonin and other amines) are not too uncommon to be used as nootropics in the nootropic communities, and selegiline has probably some more nootropic effects. It is also used for ADHD. While definitely indication of risky behaviour (disrupting body's homeostatic and allostatic mechanisms is quite risky, people can die when taking this together with foods high in tyrosine) I doubt he used it specifically to increase impulsivity.
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#40What even are we? Who are you? Once you can modify behavior, is there any doubt about free will. There is nothing to us. No core, no self. and It can be done with AI too. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40459543
The idea that behavior can be altered by drugs or surgery is nothing new. You can also die, or kill, and put an end to all behavior forever.
The core is a step beyond that.