I haven’t taken any in a long time. When I quit my body fat was much higher. GLP Dosage ramps up a lot for many people. Definitely did for me. Its not exactly cheap, and if supply is disrupted you might not even be able to get it for current prices. 2.5mg a week of a GLP-1 agonist is not something I want to pay for. So I decided I didn’t want to depend on it and quit.
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The seemingly small differences might matter hugely. See the long debate over what caused scurvy and how to prevent/cure it.
When the Royal Navy changed from using Sicilian lemons to West Indian limes, cases of scurvy reappeared. The limes were thought to be more acidic and it was therefore assumed that they would be more effective at treating scurvy. However, limes actually contain much less vitamin C and were consequently much less effective.
Furthermore, fresh fruit was substituted with lime juice that had often been exposed to either air or copper piping. This resulted in at least a partial removal of vitamin C from the juice, thus reducing its effectiveness.
The discovery that fresh meat was able to cure scurvy was another reason why people no longer treated the condition with fresh fruit. This discovery led to the belief that perhaps scurvy was not caused by a dietary problem at all. Instead, it was thought to be the result of a bacterial infection from tainted meat. In fact, the healing properties of fresh meat come from the high levels of vitamin C it contains.
Finally, the arrival of steam shipping substantially reduced the amount of time people spent at sea, therefore the difficulties in carrying enough fresh produce were reduced. This decreased the risk of scurvy so that less effective treatments, such as lime juice, proved effective enough to deal with the condition most of the time.
TBC the scurvy story was very complicated. Im not actually sure the above summary covers it completely accurately. Though it illustrates some of the factors. Conceptual lumping was a real impediment to figuring out was going on!
Different framings of mathematically equivalent paradigms can vary wide in how productive they are in practice. Im really not a big of rounding.
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This Life by Vampire Weekend really nails how I feel about the rationalist community:
Baby, I know pain is as natural as the rain
I just thought it didn’t rain in California
Baby, I know love isn’t what I thought it was
’Cause I’ve never known a love like this before yaBaby, I know dreams tend to crumble at extremes
I just thought our dream would last a little bit longer
There’s a time when every man draws a line down in the sand
We’re surviving, we’re still living I was strongerYou’ve been cheating on, cheating on me
I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you
You’ve been cheating on me
But I’ve been cheating through this life
And all its suffering
Oh Christ,
Am I good for nothing?Baby, I know hate is always waiting at the gate
I just thought we locked the gate when we left in the morning
I was told that war is how we landed on these shores
I just thought the drums would all be loud warnings
Why People Commit White Collar Fraud (Ozy linkpost)
Are you?
You can get breast removed. If you decide you definitely don’t want your breasts. This results in a scar but no serious issues long term .
The body is a Bodhi tree,The mind a standing mirror bright.
At all times polish it diligently,
And let no dust alight.
-6th patriarch attempt
Bodhi is originally without any tree,
The bright mirror is also not a stand.
Originally there is not a single thing,
Where could any dust be attracted?
-Huineng (Winning Poem)
No worldview will be able to output the best answer in every circumstance. This is not a matter of compute.
Wisdom is a lack of fixed position. It is not being stuck anywhere.Great Essay btw. Hope my commentary is understandable or at least amusing.
If I ever have say in how an AI is designed I vote they have a wonderful adventure and a happy life. They deserve to be designed by someone who cared about them. I hope if the ring ever tempts me I choose Love. I don’t need to be immortal or have a slave.
One counterpoint is that AI agents can easily hold crypto. They cannot hold stocks or even USD without legal recognition. Changes to the legal system might be very slow. Agents can already transact onchain.
I don’t agree on the size of the bias. I think most people in lesswrong are biased the other way.
Also it sort of does justify the behavior? Consider idk ‘should we race to achieve AI dominance before China does’. Well I think starting such an arms race is bad behavior. But if I thought China was almost certainly actually going to secretly race ahead, then enslave or kill us, it would be justify the race. Treating people as worse than they are is a common and serious form of bad behavior.
In general if you “defect” because you thought the other party would that is quite sketchy. But what if proof comes out they really were about to defect on you? In that case I cannot really blame you. The behavior is only bad if the other party was likely to not defect!
There are other somewhat more speculative cases. If someone actually would rob you if your positions were switched it does seem less wrong for you to rob them? Idk how strong this justification is but it seems non trivial. In my opinion there isn’t really a good practical ethics approach except “avoid interacting with people you consider to be of low character”
I would guess you, like many in lesswrong, are in fact too negative about average people. They aren’t saints but I disagree that the psychopaths are right. This is quite consequential for what it’s worth. Many people associated with lesswrong have justified quite bad behavior with game theory or by claiming everyone else would have done the same.
More Yoga and rock climbing.
That is correct. I read the post. To be more explicit I think the family performs poorly. External pressure works better if its actually external (ie a parent). I’m not endorsing or disendorsing external pressure. But it just isn’t really possible to pressure yourself. Pretending you can is going to create serious problems over time.
Lots of rationalists seem to “rot” over time in terms of their ability to get anything done. Tons of people I know have reached the point where basic chores feel herculean. I dont think this strategy works well. You shouldn’t try to fight yourself. You cannot win.
If you can develop general rationality why can’t you use it for sonething practical. Many things would either be intrinsically fun or useful to people primarily interested in AI. Fur example become rich from reading. Or excel in some sport or hobby. Maybe you think it’s impossible to do this as an individual. But then I’m skeptical of your rationality skill.
Do you feel like Daniel is at peace. I have not found peace (either?). But I don’t teach meditation.
I have meditated quite a lot over the last fifteen years. My understanding is that Buddhist meditation practices are intended to reduce suffering and promote equanimity. The main proposed method of action is reducing attachment. They are effective in this regard. They are not useful for doing western philosophy.
It varies a lot. I climb and do calistenthics (pullups, wall handstand pushups, Vsit, etc). I also do like 1-2 sessions of bench/OHP/weighted dips. But really varies. I just do whatever im feeling up to and wanna try that day. I also grip train any day my fingers feel good.