brenfrow
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Software Developer currently working at SEOMoz, and creator of www.discusr.com
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Comment · 7 years ago
You're also in a society that focuses on getting things done. How about not getting things done and staying up late. Let's see if that article gets to the top of HN.
Comment · 7 years ago
I totally agree with this. You should question if the world is actually a sphere (most people don't), but once your gyroscope says its not you should move on.
Comment · 7 years ago
> you need to win the argument about how to think like a rational adult
I was watching the flat earther special on netflix last night and I was thinking, that although its ridiculous to believe in these things, society needs people who are distrustful and challenge science/popular consensus etc... thats also part of being a rational adult.
I use to believe fat was bad for me, I need orthotics for my feet, babies need to be bottle fed in sleep in a separate crib, I need to be on all sorts of medications instead of eating healthy etc... but thats just because I was butt owned by what societies consensus was.
Comment · 7 years ago
I wonder if they took fast vs slow metabolizers into account. It seems to be healthy only with the fast metabolizers gene:
https://drwillcole.com/caffeine-one-thing-standing-optimal-h...
If you’re a slow caffeine metabolizer:
1. Increased risk of high blood pressure (hypertension).
2. Increased risk of heart attack.
3. Higher chance of digestive disorders.
4. More stress and measurable cortisol spikes.
If you're a fast metobolizer:
1. Longer life.
2. Faster metabolism.
3. Better memory and mood.
4. Lower cancer risk.
5. Better blood sugar + insulin balance.
I'm most assuredly a slow metabolizer since caffeine makes me feel terrible.
Comment · 8 years ago
"Collapse" cover's Easter Island in depth. I'm not sure it's even mentioned in "GGS".
Comment · 9 years ago
How is this different than using Mist? (https://github.com/ethereum/mist)
Comment · 10 years ago
I wonder if the frequency of going to the Sauna was tied to the frequency of going to gym to workout? Here in Seattle that is basically the only place you can go to find a sauna.
Comment · 10 years ago
I was just about the recommend the same. This has done amazing things for me. See the book "Get out of your mind, and into you life".
Comment · 10 years ago
Let's say there is a God, or a higher being running a simulation, it would then be completely rational at that point to then think that they could do highly improbable things (it's their simulation after all). Furthermore, with the story of Jesus turning water into wine as an example: Jesus claimed to be God, so its completely rational for us to believe that he could do something so trivial. If he couldn't do something like that, well then it would be obvious he was just a man.
Comment · 10 years ago
Call me old fashioned, but I would rather be ignorant of my chances of cancer (even if showing me allows me to live longer). I know getting a high percentage would just cause me lots of anxiety throughout the rest of my life. I'm rather happy not knowing, living in peace, and dying sooner.
Comment · 10 years ago
I was thinking demolition man.