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Laoch
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Ya that’s for sure. Does that mean I have to think like them to get with them? Am I even capable of that. Sorry for the off topic post.
Yes it makes perfectly good sense. I find the idea that I’m physics doing something is solid. I can’t and wouldn’t argue with it. The whole concept of free will in it’s incoherency still seems to set me up for uncomfortable feelings that I seem to be able to do nothing about. I want to feel fine but panic wins instead.
When I talk about incoherence I mean things like what it means for my desires/actions/values to be free of causality or reason. If it were free of those things that means it would be random, and how can that be any more free(?!).
It’s times like this I wish I was a topclass mathematician/theoretical physicist/philosopher combined.
Thanks really helpful post. I’ve never had a close physical partner relationship and I’m not sure the kind of damage that has done to my affective state. I suspect an awful lot. But it has become the norm for me and find it extremely difficult to even relate to someone who is not in that situation. I’ve also developed a strong distaste(hatred) for normative behaviour w.r.t settling down and having kids even having a partner. I’m in a situation where it comes across as a personality death sentence. Also I struggle with the having of kids idea. So there’s a lot there that I don’t even no where to begin unravelling the problem especially since the problem has become a part of who I am.
As for the exercise front for example, I’d say I’m in the 90th+ percentile of my local society or even the world I’ve no data on the amount of people with 6 packs(me: 85kg 1.85meters body fat level where I can see my abs) but most men my age (30.5 rotations of the sun) have double chins. This does not seem to translate well w.r.t attracting females I find attractive. Maybe I don’t get out enough? My housemate tells me that the physical attractiveness of a man can be distorted when they open their mouth. I’m pretty sure my conversational behaviour and body language are rank with inadequacy, maybe even, juvenile.
The job situation is a crisis zone. I’m a software engineer, quelle suprise but I’ve never really embraced it, while I’m a good coder and have great grades and some decent experience, I’ve wasted a lot of opportunity in the world of s/w dev. My guess is the powerful, “call the shots” kind of people in the industry are usually people I don’t like, I find the developer, manager personality split nauseating (or maybe I’m imagining that split). On meta level I think my analytical skills could be put to better use somewhere else (MSc in CompSci, Machine Learning/CogSci). Pay isn’t so bad but definitely not good enough for me to have the lifestyle of my contemporaries in Dublin.
Would it be appropriate to thumbs up everyone who contributed?
I’m not alone then, what a relief. I can’t seem to suck any long lasting joy out of the universe presently. The best I can do is keep myself away from depressive thoughts. How do you combat those tendencies? They always seem to get the better of me.
I’m trying to find out if fatalism is wrong and why or why not. So I’m committed to that. I’m not saying I’m behaving fatalistically, I’m asking what choice do I have.
You mean like I’m ignoring real issues in my current situation that make me feel as though I’m out of control?
How to not be a fatalist? Need help from people who care about true beliefs.
Hmm I haven’t seen anything either, my bad. Tis a shame, I’m not aware of any other optimal diet science. Is there any?
Wires crossed moment. Yes they were indeed, pity they were sooo wrong and that the word fat is conflated with a dietry meaning and a physiological energy storage meaning. In other words people hear “make me fat” when you mention fat and how one(me specifically) eats so much of it.
Peter Attia and Gary Taubes have set up NUSI to get some much needed science behind optimal diet.
Peter’s site http://eatingacademy.com/ has loads of cool data on his experience with the keto fyi.
Thanks. It most likely the snarking. I wish I could have bragged about converting someone to the metric system though.
-2 points for suggesting the metric system or the conversions?
That they recommended that people reduce their fat intake (which is definitely true).
I’m sorry to say I expected more from you Chris. How do you reducing fat intake is definitely true? Especially when you’ve read Gary Taubes.
I’m finding it increasingly frustrating in figuring out how to get into a job I will enjoy. I took the RIASEC test(Holland Code is that the same thing?) and came out as IAS. I agree with the IA part but the social part is less clear. Wtf can I do with that code once I have it? Anyone have any suggestions please? I’ll provide a CV if that helps with suggestions.
Edit: CV
You yanks need to use the metric system already!
Edit: 358lbs = 162kilograms (Was this a front of back squat?) 264lbs = 119kilograms 407lbs = 184kilograms
For those who don’t lift that’s extreme impressive strength.
Bump.
Accidently retracted:
What’s a simulation of arithmetic except just arithmetic? In any case PrometheanFaun what does “approximate identity-focal body simulation” mean?
Look at your intuitions from the outside, as cognitive algorithms.
Which Less Wrong post do I need to read to find out how to do that? Also is there a hard definition of an AI programmer?
Can’t get the ones I’m interested in so I don’t want them, perhaps? Bit of a catch 22.