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by sevenfive 9y ago
> I recorded an agent of the court committing perjury. When is perjury not transcribed anyway?
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by sevenfive 9y ago
This "extremely small" argument falls flat, as is well known, pre-industrial levels were < 0.05 ug/dl. That said, I agree the result is suspiciously strong.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Source?
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by sevenfive 9y ago
It's called being colloquial, jeez
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by sevenfive 9y ago
At 76, I think it's fair to say he just died. I actually had no idea he was that old. Maybe he looked younger than he was because he had no wrinkles.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
What is technical analysis doing on HN?
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Uhhh, are you sure about that? My ten dollar sleep mask from walgreen doesn't touch my eyes, I don't think it even touches my lashes. Meanwhile every mask I've tried buying online has fit terribly.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
In retrospect, I've been leveraging this effect constantly since early high school. I suspect this explains many people's poor sleep habits. Anyone else?
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by sevenfive 9y ago
No thanks.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Not my observations, observational studies. Regardless of the exact reasons why plasticity declines with age, it's obvious that any fix is a long way off. I wouldn't take this news as positive, rather negative, actually, since it
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by sevenfive 9y ago
I mean, we already know the differences between 20- and 30- year olds from simple observation. So it's not really positive or negative.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
The difference is when you call something a "red herring" you also point out why. Or if you invoke "occam's razor" you simultaneously propose a simpler explanation. Whereas Hanlon's razor comments like the one
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by sevenfive 9y ago
I don't understand why people make these Hanlon's razor comments. This doesn't put forth any argument or new information, it just mentions the name Hanlon. As if the fact a pithy saying exists gives it authority in itself. Ma
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by sevenfive 9y ago
But where do intrinsic merits come from? Prenatal nutrition, genetics, role models who taught you "critical thinking" and good character? It's not controversial so much as incoherent.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
I still fear the potential censorship response to these russian bots a lot more than the bots themselves. After a few more years of these articles, who knows what people will sign off on?
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by sevenfive 9y ago
This is why I hate Hanlon's razor. It's a totally generic catchphrase that people on HN just keep repeating. It's not an argument.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
It's just a 100% empty comment. Literally every time something like this comes up, someone has to pipe up, "Hanlon's razor!" without any reference to actual details of the situation. Like, you are not smarter for knowing
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by sevenfive 9y ago
OP forgets that Kary Mullis did most of his acid binging in the 70's and invented PCR in the 80's. So even if it did turn him into a crackpot, it didn't prevent him from doing useful work.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
It's like Moody's. More political than educational. Downgrading the US may be fair, but the main purpose it serves is driving clicks. More to the point, the fact they downgraded the US shouldn't tell the average HN reader any
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Typical Economist analysis. Quite accurate and perceptive -- at predicting and evaluating things which have already happened. Also, seems to be paywalled.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
> special vitamins during pregnancy to hypoallergenic formula This is dangerous misinformation. Nutrition during pregnancy is quite important and worth getting right.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Curious, can you link the paper?
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by sevenfive 9y ago
> Any contiguous fluid surrounding a solid body will form a sphere around the system's center of gravity. Did you just disprove tides?
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Maybe.. radial lines with sharp angles? Whatever it is, it has to be a fairly simple combination of geometric primitives.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
It's not hard to just guess. What is a spider? Radial lines that move.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Thanks for linking me to an article about Supply and Demand. I hadn't thought about that. You are still wrong. The problem is that factory farmed animals usually eat grain which could be used to feed humans. Even if only 10% of their f
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by sevenfive 9y ago
So what is the trolley problem? People who are starving don't buy meat.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
I must live around weirdos. One person pays, and someone else always objects.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
This is such a lame argument. Nobody is going to cure cancer or build a better tokamak because they attended a fancy wood-paneled lecture on God at Johns Hopkins.
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by sevenfive 9y ago
Interesting to read all the responses in this thread observing incidental correlations between intellectual or practical accomplishments and philosophy. Famous scientists are sometimes interested in philosophy, philosophy majors score high

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