LawrenceKerr

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by LawrenceKerr 1mo ago
Doesn't seem like the best of weather now in Iceland, hopefully it clears up. Otherwise it would suck for the people who have planned the trip months if not years in advance only to get a clouded sky, but that's always the risk wi
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by LawrenceKerr 2mo ago
Yes, it's a bit of an odd h1, website also looks very Claude-generated, but regardless, probably most people understand the intent.
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by LawrenceKerr 2mo ago
Many such open source projects already (which is fantastic). I lose track of them. Today it happened I needed a simple way to embed & query 1TB+ of documents, and I was looking at open source options. Can anyone tell me what their go-to
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by LawrenceKerr 5mo ago
It's incredible when it finally clicks. Arguably the best thing you can do is simply keep a dream journal (aside from deliberately waking up in the middle of the night and falling asleep with a clear intention - but that is more invasi
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by LawrenceKerr 8mo ago
Is lobbying the same as corruption? Would you say the same thing about the covid vaccination campaigns during the Biden administration? Because billions of dollars were poured into those as well, with record profits for big pharma.
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by LawrenceKerr 1y ago
If you're going to make the comparison with vaccines, and if history is any indication, the more realistic worry would be the other way around (since that's where the money is): that genetic modifications will be mandated, and tha
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by LawrenceKerr 1y ago
Those astronauts maintain normal CO2 levels, and divers can experience increased CO2 buildup if they don't exhale properly, which is the opposite. It's not made up. Plenty of people here who tried breathwork can attest to its powe
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by LawrenceKerr 1y ago
Surveying people is pretty important in a study like this, and valid science. Regardless, if you read the paper, you'd learn that they did do objective measurements, namely etCO2 levels and bio-markers from saliva. Of note: "when
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by LawrenceKerr 1y ago
Do I read this right? Is the author really saying "parapsychology is false" simply because of the possibility of fraud or negligence in the replicated studies? Jumping to conclusions, much?
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by LawrenceKerr 1y ago
You are right that he is making some heavy-handed generalizations, but then again, he is replying to the OP making a very populist generalization about people with wealth as well, as if he has figured everything out - and OP isn't gett
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
> Capitalism generates crap software. As opposed to state-funded software development, which is renowed for its high quality and innovation.
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
The comment they are replying to suggests taking down all the major social media networks by government force ("Just get rid of all of them"). Arguably, even if you are not prohibiting the content itself, if you take away the mean
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
I mean, the whole point of the site is to highlight what the Nixon shock left in its wake since 1971. It truly was special in that regard. I'd highly recommend reading the book "Broken Money" by Lyn Alden for understanding th
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Why? I mean, nobody forces you to use tech tools for lucid dreaming. This is like saying science and technology should stay out of the area of... whatever, say, running. Nobody forces you to wear high-tech gadgets while running.
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
I mean, there's galantamine... Although the experience for me is different than a naturally induced lucid dream. (And in many countries it's a prescription drug for dementia, so don't take this as advice)
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
The experience indeed can be very much like the "Oasis" video game that runs entirely on fast transformer inference. Dream reality works by association and expectation rather than having a strict ruleset.
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
True, with the lottery the information density is a lot higher. In market predictions with binary outcomes, you really only need 1 bit of "information transfer". And about the economic argument: let's continue the thought exp
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
I did say my preface does sound like a rationalization... The difference with religious arguments is: here we can gather statistical evidence, build better experimental protocols and generate hypotheses about potential mechanisms. And the b
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Can you please explain why coordinate-based vs. image-based RV is relevant here? I mean, if you assume psi is possible, sure, then it's a valid criticism that this is a confounding variable that causes the believers to score better. Ho
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Please read before replying first.
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
I'm sorry, but comments like this have no place on HN. If you read what I wrote, you would've seen the reference to one example published in Brain & Behavior, so yes, there is peer-reviewed research. There are more examples, m
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Phew... where to start? I think before randomly citing research, it's best to approach this subject theoretically first. Assume "psi" exists. Purely as a thought experiment. What does this mean? One key implication would be t
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
This oversimplifies decades of research. While early remote viewing studies at SRI had methodological flaws, later experiments at SAIC addressed these issues and produced statistically significant results that haven't been adequately e
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
In general: technoetic software - tools for exploring consciousness through technology. I have this idea to try to revive the terms "technoetics" and "psionics". I feel like there's still so much ground to cover in
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Did you try moving & touching stuff while flying far away? The thing about flying very far is that you're probably in the same fixed Superman position, not really moving your dream body anymore. If you don't move, your conscio
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
It's pretty easy. If you're the type of person who rarely dreams, it takes about a month or so. First consciously cultivate interest in your own dreams (through dream journaling, and consciously looking forward to your dreams befo
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Did you ever try though? Did you try to initiate a lucid dream with the conscious intention of recalling your waking state? A lot of limits in lucid dreams are entirely self-imposed and often broken through or bypassed with conscious intent
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
How can you "safely say that it has failed"? Bitcoin is in the top 10 largest assets in the world, just below silver. I think few people would've expected that 15 years ago. That's a pretty high bar you're setting.
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
The (centralized) part you put in brackets is quite important. That's the differentiator. Both systems can obviously co-exist. Much like how gold co-exists with fiat money. Or how there's bittorrent and S3. And it is true the adop
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by LawrenceKerr 2y ago
Except for it creating the possibility of transferring wealth digitally, to anyone, across borders, without any centralized intermediary you have to trust. That's pretty amazing, especially for people who live unbanked, or in hyperinfl

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