JackChristopher

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JackChristopher 1 May 2010 1:41 UTC
1 point
in reply to: Morendil’s comment on: The many faces of status
I always felt that LW/OB in general were/are using “status” in different ways than I understood it from studying improv acting.

pjeby’s highly voted comment best sums how I always thought about “status”.

On the dominance hierarchy theory: We should taboo “dominance”, and “submission” for that matter. What do we mean then?

JackChristopher 29 Apr 2010 4:06 UTC
4 points
on: Attention Lurkers: Please say hi
Hey all.

Basics: 23 NY “Self-taught” Mixed Background. I’m mainly interested in group rationality.

I’ve read OB, on and off, since late ’07 and LW since the beginning. Almost never comment either. I still don’t know a chunk of the jargon. Can’t tell sometimes if I don’t understand a post, or the jargon is confusing me to think I don’t, when I already may understand the topic.

I’m weary of blogs. I think a popular blog/blogger creates a cult of personality. It raise its author’s status far too high. That makes them high status stupid. And us low status stupid. And subsequently this botches any true community creation attempt.

JackChristopher 29 Apr 2010 2:47 UTC
4 points
in reply to: Morendil’s comment on: The many faces of status
What you’re describing is a canonical warm up game in improv acting.

JackChristopher 1 Apr 2010 0:10 UTC
2 points
in reply to: Jack’s comment on: Even if you have a nail, not all hammers are the same
One thing is the fat soluble vitamins (A, E, D & K2-mk4) are [cofactors]. Vitamin A (retinol) toxicity directly depends on Vitamin D3 status.

Vitamin A is used short term at high dose 50,000 IU to 100,000 IU adjunctly to augment cancer therapy as part of core integrative nutraceutical programs (incl natural beta-carotene, high dose vitamin D 25(OH)D 75ng/ml, high dose fish oil (4-20g/day), glutamine, butyrate, etc)

Why is Vitamin A used together with Vitamin D? Why are they found in potent quantities together in nature (ie, fish liver, oily fish, salmon, oysters, trout, catfish, egg yolk, zooplankton, butter, pate, fish eggs/roe/caviar, breastmilk)? All the best foods in life… (breastmilk—my kids were really into that stuff). Pasture-raised cows indeed produce butterfat brimming with a wealth of cardioprotective vitamins K2, A, D and E! I wonder why??

A synergistic effect has been observed for nearly all benefits studied. This makes absolute sense since they exist co-dependently physically located in the nucleus of our cells.

JackChristopher 18 Mar 2010 3:56 UTC
3 points
in reply to: byrnema’s comment on: Undiscriminating Skepticism
I agree, byrnema. Speaking that way is status lowering.

Talking matter-of-factly about things that the other person finds displeasing or offensive.

It makes people feel bad. So it’s no surprise site stumbler (from certain groups) are bound to sprint. But that wouldn’t prove they couldn’t talk controversials.

Side note: I have a mixed background.

JackChristopher 17 Feb 2010 3:37 UTC
5 points
in reply to: timtyler’s comment on: You’re Entitled to Arguments, But Not (That Particular) Proof
But what there saying fails to account for a lot of data. They’re ignoring it.

A popular article (w/Seth Roberts) covering the issue: http://freetheanimal.com/2009/09/saturated-fat-intake-vs-heart-disease-stroke.html

2010 Harvard School of Public Health (intervention/meta-analysis): Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease

Saturated fat, carbohydrate, and cardiovascular disease

Another meta-analysis: The questionable role of saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids in cardiovascular disease

Population Studies: Cardiovascular disease in the masai

Cholesterol, coconuts, and diet on Polynesian atolls: a natural experiment: the Pukapuka and Tokelau island studies

Cardiovascular event risk in relation to dietary fat intake in middle-aged individuals: data from The Malmö Diet and Cancer Study

JackChristopher 21 Jan 2010 2:14 UTC
2 points
in reply to: jimmy’s comment on: That Magical Click

“people have a very obvious ‘click response’- they’ll light up at a distinct moment and just get it from then on.”

Here’s the facial expression I’ve noticed: Head tilts upward but off to the side, eyes rolling upward. Followed by quick head nod downward, as if to say “Yes” — It’s almost always followed with an apt question.

I do this. But of course someone could fake it. One sign is they add nothing to the conversation after it. You’ll notice that. If you aren’t sure quiz them.

JackChristopher 17 Apr 2009 2:37 UTC
2 points
in reply to: Cameron_Taylor’s comment on: Of Gender and Rationality
I get link fatigue when read LW/OB. But I think it’s unavoidable. It has to be done for at least two reasons:
1. There’s a lot of conceptual “bittage”. As the writer, you not only have to close the inferential gap between new concepts, but close it for every new word. That’s a lot to explain (and to see, if a new reader) at once.
2. The medium of blogging wasn’t designed to visualize information of this depth.
And that means heavy link back.

JackChristopher 16 Nov 2008 17:54 UTC
0 points
on: Boston-area Meetup: 11/18/08 9pm MIT/Cambridge
A lot of info sessions at MIT are Tuesdays thru Thursday nights but by 9pm they’ll be over. There should be plenty of rooms to choose from, assuming our meet up is sanctioned by MIT.

Here’s the events calendar:

http://events.mit.edu/index.html?date=2008/11/18

There’s also a Transhumanist meetup this week:

http://transhumanism.meetup.com/72/