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What if Gru Stole the Moon
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What if Gru Stole the Moon
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In *Despicable Me*, Gru famously steals the Moon. The film treats this primarily as a logistics problem, but the consequences would extend far beyond astronomy. The Moon is responsible for most of Earth's tidal forces, and its sudden disappearance would immediately alter coastlines, ecosystems, ship...
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Embryo Genetic Selection
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Embryo Genetic Selection
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With 1 in 36 babies being born through [in vitro fertilization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation) every year, IVF has been firmly established as reproductive healthcare [1]. Each potential baby is screened for gross genetic disease but otherwise the embryo to implant is usually a...
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Guilt
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Guilt
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Guilt is an emotion you feel when you believe you have caused harm or committed a violation of morality. The brain self-polices even when an infringement is unproved by the rational brain. Guilt attempts to fix the past by punishing the self in the present. Instead of guilt, separate yourself entir...
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Cramming is rational
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Cramming is rational
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Teachers often excoriate students for using cramming as a strategy lamenting the students laziness to use a method that prioritizes extreme short-term retention over long term retention. Psychological science has long confirmed that cramming is inefficient as a strategy for long term learning but th...
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Evolution as a universal force
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Evolution as a universal force
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Almost everyone has heard of Darwin's famous theory that natural variation of traits combines with an adverse competitive environment produces evolutionary selection. It is obvious that animals compete with other species --- humans are no different. But within human societies the same pattern emer...
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Time value of lives (edited) (temp)
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Time value of lives (edited) (temp)
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In economics, a key insight stems from the realization that a dollar’s value decreases over time. This is due to the potential interest accrued from a dollar and therefore a dollar today is “worth” more than a dollar tomorrow, next-week, and any time after. In philosophy, many frameworks emphasize...
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Time value of lives
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Time value of lives
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In economics, a fundamental realization came from the idea that future money is worth less than money today.[^1] This is due to the fact that money today has more opportunity — e.g. it could grow due to interest — so a dollar today is "worth" more than a dollar in twenty years. In philosophy, many ...
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You can... just solve some of your problems
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You can... just solve some of your problems
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For a long time, I have been annoyed with the ads on spotify music; In the middle of some relaxing music, comes an annoying blaring ad reminding me about the value of spotify premium. It took me about 20 minutes to solve a problem I have had for years --- My solution was to generate a csv to get my ...
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The Power Process
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The Power Process
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My thoughts on morality have drifted so severely that I cannot in good faith call it "amoral egoism" anymore. In premise form the moral system is very simple: ### P1: Influence and Authority For any moral system to have real authority it must have the ability to influence human behavior. A mor...
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Amoral egoism
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Amoral egoism
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It is obvious that individuals commit actions. These actions are motivated by their desires and their self-interest—for example committing charity improves one’s self-image. Pyotr Kropotkin in an anarchists morality said “If the man who gives away his last shirt found no pleasure in doing so, he wou...
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Vapours of Meditation
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Vapours of Meditation
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--- All are vapors. --- The sun rises and the sun sets. Larger than the sun, our galaxy is smaller than a pinprick in the universe, which is rapidly expanding. If a cosmic god exists, it is likely that is he is indifferent. In our lives, all are vapors. One day, you win, the other you lose. One mo...
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Flagellation
Illfinntyr •
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Flagellation
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Flagellate — the word itself snaps like a whip in the mind. It evokes not just the physical act of whipping but a whole ecosystem of meanings that ripple across bodies, minds, and cultures. To flagellate is to strike repeatedly, yes, but more than that, it is to impose a rhythm of pain and disciplin...
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Website feature update
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Website feature update
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Dear User, Hello, I am the maintainer for this website. Last week I moved a new update from dev to production. • Now comments can be rated from 1–5 stars simply click the star you wish and your rating will be added • On hover, you can see a voting histogram. • You can give gratitude to a user by...
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Repeat great words
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Repeat great words
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They say repeat great words, repeat them stubbornly. Well give me some of your most liked quotes etc. write them in the comments and/or tell me and I will include it in the post. >“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” > — Captain Jack Sparrow. >Humilit...
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Sonder
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Sonder
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A few years ago, I went to a small, remote ski town in the middle of Colorado, taking a route through parts of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Along the way, I saw so many other travelers. We only had small moments: a brief “hello,” a nod, a have a good day. Nothing more. But it made me wonder. Every...
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The Colon
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The Colon
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In recent years, there has been a resurgence in people rising to the defense of the em-dash due to its usual employment in texts by Large Language Models. The humble colon however has been left behind. When I was younger, I used to write posts in a small shoebox. I never sent them. But I signed...
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Marvel is better than DC
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Marvel is better than DC
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So I know a lot of people on YouTube say that they prefer DC over marvel, and I don’t know why. One reason they said was that they have better games. That’s not a good argument because the only good games are Arkham Batman games and have you seen the slate of marvel games for the coming years? Marve...
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My utter disappointment with this website
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My utter disappointment with this website
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- - - From Hell, to the maintainer of this website - - - Recently, I was of a mind to make a post about the interesting phenomena of the futility of modern virtue. But it seems I am instead wasting my breath on you. I am utterly disappointed with the fact that there is no option to add images to th...
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It is what it is
Illfinntyr •
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It is what it is
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A couple weeks ago a friend of mine missed a flight. They shrugged and said “it is what it is”. I’ll admit it when you hear such a phrase the words feel thin, and worn. But this is partially due to the overuse of the phrase which distracts from its real meaning. At first glance “it is what it is” l...
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Future plans
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Future plans
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--- **“No one is coming to save you”** — *John Martes* --- Over the next twenty days I plan to spend them in self-improvement. **General schedule →** Wake up hopefully early—I wish to aim for at least 7 AM. Study math (mostly multivariable calc + linear algebra). Write for a short bit (1 h...
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When I write
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When I write
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- - - - - - When I write, I wish to convey my thoughts to you the reader. At the same time, I wish to sound profound—at least to my imagined readers— I am sure of very little but I am reasonable sure of the low reading of my posts here. That hampers my ability to write leading to a dreadful inertia...
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Mind afoot
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Mind afoot
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--- *“It is said that in the future there shall come a time when all gladness shall fail and sorrow shall sweep the lonely land.”* If you have any feedback on my writing style or this post in general, feel free to comment. --- As I write these very words, I’m on a walk through nature. Some of t...
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The body is not sacred. Debate me.
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The body is not sacred. Debate me.
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This is a post by me. Meat has no claim to personhood. - - - Below are some of the principles which from a portion of my worldview. I am interested in improving myself so I wish to learn how you would disagree with any of the following: 1. Personhood is contingent on the soul. 2. The soul leaves...
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Midnight and me
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Midnight and me
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- - - This is a work of my thoughts. Feel free to say whatever you wish. Perhaps the shadows we chase are but reflections of the silence we refuse to hear. - - - It is midnight, and all is silent. Let me tell you about me. I suppose a man should speak of what he knows best, but does any man truly k...