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I woke up today wondering about fallout. Wich modern, mostly fusion weapons, it surely cannot be that bad.
The amount of grams of plutonium used before detonating the fusion reaction should be too little to generate the mass histery about fall out, this is not the sixties.
Epistemic status: I only have hunches and have to confirm what I just wrote with facts.
I think there is a discussion to be had about if a country that has countless military bases of another country in their land is occupied of just an “ally” It’s not clear to me there is a big difference in practical terms.
How could one end up taking the correct medication without knowing first that they’re lactose intolerant?
I don’t see how that could happen. To end up taking lactose pills you need to know there is something wrong with your lactase tolerance in particular.
I don’t see how Claiming hate speech changes anything about the underlying ideas.
I have done fasts before, but I did not partake in this year Vavilov Day, because, well, my birthday happens to fall in one of those days.
Thinking about it afterwards, I should have. And I think this could be a positive thing to do for most people. Let me expand on that thought.
First, Most people have never been in a state where their body does not have food in their stomach, and the sets of feelings that come with it are interesting and thought provoking at the least, and can be life changing at best. most humans historically have fasted, voluntarily and involuntarily, and I don’t think removing these set of experiences fully from our life it’s a good thing, so any effort on bringing it back is a net positive in my eyes, but again, I do fasts from time to time.
Second, Done with a bit of care, meaning, taking enough electrolytes, the Keto Flu feeling disappears, and you are left with the feeling of constant energy that Ketosis gives you, which can be an interesting feeling, plus, Giving a break to our digestive system is actually valuable.
The reason to celebrate Vavilov with a fast makes sense to me. Specially when doing a fast can increase focus, and celebrates a historical event that really changed the world.
I hope to get in the bandwagon next year.
Hey, Interesting post.
Artificial General Inteligence has nothing to do with simulating brains.
The approaches are different, the math formulares are different, We’re slowly moving to sparcity for some things (wich is similar to how a brain works) but still.
I dont think you are calibrated properly about the ideas that are most commonly shared in the LW community.
Nobody is saying “we will get a so good brain simulator that will kill us” That’s not the point.
The point is that we can create agents in other ways, and those Agents can still kills us, no brain simulation included.