I think the main tangible risk is if you have an autoimmune disorder such as HIV. Seems like the reason for not treating in general is that human guts are already infested with all sorts of relatively harmless bacteria…
Come to Georgia. Quite a few people have 10-15 dogs. Even in suburban neighborhoods. I've subjectively seen more "pack of dogs" type people than "cat ladies". In popular culture:…
T. gandii and its lifecycle are not in the scope of evolutionary psychology, though. It actually reproduces (sexually) in cat gut and the (cysts of the) host animal actually need to be eaten by a cat (or other host). I…
>The young man broke into the enclosure, took off his clothes and jumped into the middle, horrifying other visitors who witnessed the attack. >Once inside, the lions reportedly immediately pounced on him and began to…
Don't Google search "parasitic ant fungus" then. When I first learned how HIV (and retroviruses) worked, it was the same level of amazement. Like "it splices its own genes into your cells' DNA, and when your cells…
> Normally, a protozoan is not very likely to end up in a cat’s gut because rodents instinctively fear cats. In Toxoplasma-infected rodents, however, the fear of cats disappears (Vyas et al., 2007). The mere smell of a…
1. Current (default) state: toilet broke. 2. I call plumber. 3. Plumber fix. 4. New state: toilet work. kqr: "Hi Mr. Plumber, could you let me know when 3-->4 happens. I need to use it once you're done, but I'm busy and…
Well, they can list the accomplishments just fine for their other subordinates, who submitted a non-blank performance review. Just not you.
At what frequency would you check? Is polling the toilet really more efficient than receiving a "plumbing complete" event from the plumber?
Fair enough. What you said sounds promising. My point stands though: we're not doing fusion at scale yet, so we'll see.
Why would you hire someone who refuses to summarize for you, once or twice a year, just at a high level, what they accomplished. Suppose you hired a plumber who refused out of principle to tell you whether or not they…
Of course, the classic corporate oppression of "hi we're paying you $200,000/yr to write code... could you list out your contributions for the past quarter so we can evaluate your performance?". I find it hard to…
”Regulatory bodies have vast experience in the realm of safety and security for fission. We are working with them to ensure that all applicable knowledge is transferred to fusion." Let me put the question another way:…
And somehow harnessing the power of the literal sun will have a better safety rate? It's all speculation at this point because fusion doesn't exist yet... but it does seem like a huge undertaking to get superior safety…
I think a major bottleneck for fusion research from the lay public (including myself) is lack of interest. Fission reactors work really well and have been around for 50+ years. If we are going to go nuclear instead of…
Oh. Wow, you are right. I honestly just read the definition in Gallian wrong, and then, even as I was typing it, I swear I thought it said "ba + bc = b(a + c)". What a crazy experience of confirmation bias by me. I…
Obligatory: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20141206.png
If you're talking about me (GP not OP); when I said "school" I meant during my undergrad at a university. I'm claiming that I skipped 2-3 years of math at university by self studying, specifically 2 years of analysis, 1…
I think this is an apples to oranges comparison. You get taught pemdas or bomdas early on and then use it hundreds of times throughout school and the rest of your life. The value of learning it is clear. Whereas ring…
My coworkers were talking about this at lunch the other day. An experienced tech guy asked all the employees there what they thought about whether a 4-year degree should be a requirement for tech jobs. All the new grads…
I agree with you except for the very last point, that "students need to be guided on problems at the time they do them". I think this issue is fundamental to the tradeoffs of self studying that I've experienced. I want…
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In social science and humanities, I agree with you that self studying is an uphill battle. You'll just sound naive unless (1) you've made a herculean effort in studying, and (2) you've thought very critically on your…
Sure, insurgencies don't need fancy jets or million-strong armies when they're fighting against countries that aren't investing much in this specific war. This concept of asymmetric war is literally as old as America…
Gosh I hope it will be overturned. My impression as an outsider is that banning large cash transactions is yet another step down a slippery slope of increasing authoritarianism in Europe. I hate to make this style of…
I think the main tangible risk is if you have an autoimmune disorder such as HIV. Seems like the reason for not treating in general is that human guts are already infested with all sorts of relatively harmless bacteria…
Come to Georgia. Quite a few people have 10-15 dogs. Even in suburban neighborhoods. I've subjectively seen more "pack of dogs" type people than "cat ladies". In popular culture:…
T. gandii and its lifecycle are not in the scope of evolutionary psychology, though. It actually reproduces (sexually) in cat gut and the (cysts of the) host animal actually need to be eaten by a cat (or other host). I…
>The young man broke into the enclosure, took off his clothes and jumped into the middle, horrifying other visitors who witnessed the attack. >Once inside, the lions reportedly immediately pounced on him and began to…
Don't Google search "parasitic ant fungus" then. When I first learned how HIV (and retroviruses) worked, it was the same level of amazement. Like "it splices its own genes into your cells' DNA, and when your cells…
> Normally, a protozoan is not very likely to end up in a cat’s gut because rodents instinctively fear cats. In Toxoplasma-infected rodents, however, the fear of cats disappears (Vyas et al., 2007). The mere smell of a…
1. Current (default) state: toilet broke. 2. I call plumber. 3. Plumber fix. 4. New state: toilet work. kqr: "Hi Mr. Plumber, could you let me know when 3-->4 happens. I need to use it once you're done, but I'm busy and…
Well, they can list the accomplishments just fine for their other subordinates, who submitted a non-blank performance review. Just not you.
At what frequency would you check? Is polling the toilet really more efficient than receiving a "plumbing complete" event from the plumber?
Fair enough. What you said sounds promising. My point stands though: we're not doing fusion at scale yet, so we'll see.
Why would you hire someone who refuses to summarize for you, once or twice a year, just at a high level, what they accomplished. Suppose you hired a plumber who refused out of principle to tell you whether or not they…
Of course, the classic corporate oppression of "hi we're paying you $200,000/yr to write code... could you list out your contributions for the past quarter so we can evaluate your performance?". I find it hard to…
”Regulatory bodies have vast experience in the realm of safety and security for fission. We are working with them to ensure that all applicable knowledge is transferred to fusion." Let me put the question another way:…
And somehow harnessing the power of the literal sun will have a better safety rate? It's all speculation at this point because fusion doesn't exist yet... but it does seem like a huge undertaking to get superior safety…
I think a major bottleneck for fusion research from the lay public (including myself) is lack of interest. Fission reactors work really well and have been around for 50+ years. If we are going to go nuclear instead of…
Oh. Wow, you are right. I honestly just read the definition in Gallian wrong, and then, even as I was typing it, I swear I thought it said "ba + bc = b(a + c)". What a crazy experience of confirmation bias by me. I…
Obligatory: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20141206.png
If you're talking about me (GP not OP); when I said "school" I meant during my undergrad at a university. I'm claiming that I skipped 2-3 years of math at university by self studying, specifically 2 years of analysis, 1…
I think this is an apples to oranges comparison. You get taught pemdas or bomdas early on and then use it hundreds of times throughout school and the rest of your life. The value of learning it is clear. Whereas ring…
My coworkers were talking about this at lunch the other day. An experienced tech guy asked all the employees there what they thought about whether a 4-year degree should be a requirement for tech jobs. All the new grads…
I agree with you except for the very last point, that "students need to be guided on problems at the time they do them". I think this issue is fundamental to the tradeoffs of self studying that I've experienced. I want…
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In social science and humanities, I agree with you that self studying is an uphill battle. You'll just sound naive unless (1) you've made a herculean effort in studying, and (2) you've thought very critically on your…
Sure, insurgencies don't need fancy jets or million-strong armies when they're fighting against countries that aren't investing much in this specific war. This concept of asymmetric war is literally as old as America…
Gosh I hope it will be overturned. My impression as an outsider is that banning large cash transactions is yet another step down a slippery slope of increasing authoritarianism in Europe. I hate to make this style of…