Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating

Re:Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating by clockworkelf on Saturday December 07, 2013 @02:51PM (#6867418)

Cmon people, this is pretty sad. Humans are not robots and shouldn't be treated as such. What's next? A pair of underwear to stop men from impulsive sex? We have a soul, a spirit. Find the real reason why you harm yourself and emancipate that in a spiritual way .. not an electronic bra.

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Re:Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating by cLeEOGPw on Saturday December 07, 2013 @03:34PM (#6867574)

First - humans ARE robots and have no soul/spirit, second - you should not treat non-human with disrespect just because it was of another species. Animals have feelings just like you, and in the future an actual mechanical robots might too. Would you still treat AI as it was "a thing", although it could feel, understand and act just like any human being? Because if so, you should treat every human being as thing too.

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Re:Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating by smtddr on Saturday December 07, 2013 @05:25PM (#6867970)

>> First - humans ARE robots and have no soul/spirit

I very strongly disagree with this, but I know on HN this makes me an absurd fool with no data to back myself up with. Ya know, on my myers briggs[1] test that took last year, and also about 20+ yrs ago when I was in highschool the results were the same. I have a strong sense of spiritualness and connectedness. I'll link this blog[2] but I suspect its contents will be dismissed around here as unscientific baseless nonsense. Not trying to change anyone's mind here, just showing how I feel. Maybe some readers will better understand the other people in the world, like myself, who don't think like vulcans[3].

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

2. https://findingourwayhomeblog.wordpress.com/tag/myers-briggs...

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(Star_Trek)

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Re:Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating by cLeEOGPw on Sunday December 08, 2013 @09:35PM (#6872605)

Regarding the MBTI test, take it with a grain of salt.

As for spirituality, if it is how you feel, it's nothing wrong. The way human body functions is not a matter of agreement between people anyway.

Also being reasonable and logical doesn't automatically make you emotionless.

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Re:Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating by clockworkelf on Sunday December 08, 2013 @02:58AM (#6869260)

Nobody was talking about animals.

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Re:Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating by cLeEOGPw on Sunday December 08, 2013 @08:43PM (#6872457)

Humans are animals. We are in no way special.

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Re:Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating by probably_wrong on Saturday December 07, 2013 @04:10PM (#6867700)

I actually see it as a sort of competition. There's a problem, namely, people overeating due to emotional distress. So let's have a race and see who can solve it better. The psychologist will say "go to therapy", the doctor will say "exercise more", the priest will say "try volunteering" and the engineer will say "here's an app for that".

If it turns out that the engineer's solution works better, well, a) it's up to the rest to come up with a better solution, and b) I can't blame the engineer for coming up with an engineering solution. I actually find it refreshing that they are working on that instead of Adwords/Zynga/NSA stuff.

And of course, this bra/bracelet thingy doesn't rule out the alternatives. If you don't like the engineering approach, feel free to try anything else on the list.

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