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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.

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.

> 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.

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.

"Collapse" cover's Easter Island in depth. I'm not sure it's even mentioned in "GGS".

How is this different than using Mist? (https://github.com/ethereum/mist)

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.

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".

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.

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.

I was thinking demolition man.

The why is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j23HnORQXvs Its meant to be a world computer. However currently every node runs every contract, so it can only be as fast as one node. They will fix this in the future. Remember we are only in the very beginning.

Can you give me a link on more information on this? I'm very interested in including this type of research into one of my future presentations.

Anxiety and panic disorder can be so crippling. This stuff is so powerful and amazing (Exposure Therapy). Thanks for posting this, I hope it helps someone. Here's a link to my story: http://discusr.com/post/12/Fear-and-Hope-with-Spacephobia

How is this different than paying Spotify for the ads to go away? People don't seem to mind that.

Why do they have to knock bacon in this discussion to bring milk up? A big part of all of this is just to consume less sugar and carbs. I eat bacon, eggs, and vegetables all the time for breakfast and my blood work couldn't be better from my bagel/cereal/oatmeal days. Go eat more bacon too: http://authoritynutrition.com/is-bacon-bad-or-good/

I'm sorry... I could be the only one, but I've never had trouble with the configuration. I don't know if I would call it the worst. I think cancer would top my list.

I wanted to use medium.com but it was closed invite, so I made my own website and then added readability like viewing options. The name came from a previous website that was for people of different religions to discuss on a facebook like feed system. However I scrapped that idea.

Sounds similar to my domain http://discusr.com

So... how do I get past the second gem?

I was actually just getting a kick learning where all the "major" cities were up in North Canada.

It's also a lot better at telling us the downsides.

"Patients on immunosuppressive medications have a 10- to 100-fold increased risk of cancer compared to the general population"

I guess you do well if all your people die from the plague on year 10.