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by ptoo 10d ago
This essay was literally typed by billionaire hands. Please, do tell us more about your concerns regarding concentration of power, Jakub Pachocki.
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by ptoo 29d ago
Not only do they play but they also learn to care for each other. Parental effort doesn't increase uniformly with each child – if you're lucky and have done a good job parenting them, children create a society and help with raisin
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by ptoo 9mo ago
Exactly. >Share everything to the world, and let everyone make their own judgement based on what they see? What's the alternative to this? They don't share all the information with the world and we're expected to believe t
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by ptoo 3y ago
There will always be things humans can do that AI cannot. And if there ever comes a point when that's not the case, there will be no need to distinguish the two.
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by ptoo 3y ago
I'm leaning towards there being no causation between skin microbiome and wrinkles. Did anyone in the study have botox? Crow's feet wrinkles are generally caused by two things: UV damage, and movement of facial muscles breaking dow
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by ptoo 3y ago
I was hoping to do this as a project. The issue I had was having access to a database of all books with an ISBN, or which books to include.
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by ptoo 3y ago
People have tried to create alternatives to Reddit numerous times over previous controversies. It never sticks. I don't see this time being different.
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by ptoo 3y ago
The premise isn't exactly that people shouldn't select for traits that they desire, rather that it is irresponsible for journalism and other forms of media to make allusions to height being a positive trait. If people want to make
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by ptoo 3y ago
Sure, some forms of intelligence or other personal qualities could be opted for when choosing a mate. Should inconsequential physical traits such as race and height? You tell me. Or at least explain the distinction between the two as you se
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by ptoo 3y ago
To me, that's even further evidence that both race and height are totally inconsequential. That fact that these things can bestow social advantages is no reason to view either of them in a positive light. Racism is certainly bad and
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by ptoo 3y ago
I'm not implying anything about the biological racial differences between humans. When I say racism, I'm talking about people of colour who experience prejudice based on the colour of their skin which is indisputable.
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by ptoo 3y ago
I think we can ignore the outlier of basketball players playing at the highest level. We could also point to CEO's of Fortune 500 companies and their races but that shouldn't lead us to make judgements about which phenotype is bet
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by ptoo 3y ago
That's a good corroboration of my point that height being a positive characteristic is largely cultural/societal and of no true importance as it relates to a person's worth.
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by ptoo 3y ago
The majority of women, especially before we began to actually combat racism, would also agree that being white is preferable, as would black men who were subjected to the results of living in a racist society. We currently live in a heighti
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by ptoo 3y ago
My point doesn't relate to whether rural or urban children become taller. Height is largely genetic, and discounting malnutrition it has no bearing on a person's health. Shorter people actually live longer on average. Social advan
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by ptoo 3y ago
Again, substitute the "socially beneficial" arbitrary trait of height for race and ask yourself if that sounds acceptable. Should people opt for white children simply because racism exists? Should people opt for tall children beca
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by ptoo 3y ago
Height certainly exists, but it has no bearing on a person's worth, despite what this article or society at large would have you believe.
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by ptoo 3y ago
Why does it matter if they reach their full possible height, barring health complications? At least 80% of height is genetic so creating a value system based upon something that has no bearing on a person's qualities, aesthetic or psyc
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by ptoo 3y ago
Using the terminology of children turning out slightly "better" in cities in the context of height is slightly distasteful, even though it is societally quite prevalent. Height is an arbitrary physical trait, much like race. Who c
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by ptoo 4y ago
Re the AppleCare+ point. If you are unlikely to break a screen more frequently than every 2 years on average, it's more economical to just not get the service. This is ignoring other benefits the AppleCare+ may provide.
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How Does a Computer Physically Store Binary Code? (2019)(androidgrl.github.io)
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by ptoo 4y ago
Could you elaborate on Sapiens' anti-human bent? I was going to get around to starting it soon.
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by ptoo 4y ago
This comment is nonsensical, it genuinely feels like it was written by GPT-3
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by ptoo 4y ago
My solution was to generate random sentences in my head. I then iterate through the letters of each sentence, and if the letter is M or later in the alphabet, I select right. If the letter is before M in the alphabet I select left.
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by ptoo 4y ago
How do you reconcile point 1 with the fact that atheists on average have higher IQ's than non-atheists?
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by ptoo 4y ago
But every trait or behaviour that survives on evolutionary timescales does serve (or did serve, in the case of vestigial features) a purpose. I'm not sure what the exact mechanism is for one's life flashing before the eyes, but th
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by ptoo 5y ago
I don't think mimicking someone's Tourette's, which is what these children are doing, makes them mentally unwell. It's very possible that they are simply attention-seeking or enjoy the idea of being special. It reminds m
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by ptoo 5y ago
They should perhaps have said digital assets instead but their point is valid. Not all property has to be physical. We live in an era where digital and intellectual property exist and are rightfully protected by law.