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Ah yes, as soon as the world stops cultivating peanuts to accommodate my lethal (and heritable) peanut allergy. It should be a no brainer after all, with the nearly infinite other foods we have available as substitutes.

Your contrived example is by far the easiest one to tackle. Simply allow the people who are worried enough about this disease to keep topping up their vaccinations.

The people who live in projects next to the freeway don't have it as easy unfortunately. I hope you displace the dangers of the particles your car emits on your commute by donating some portion of your income to a charity that helps people find independent housing.

> B. If one doesn’t take the vaccine, one’s chances of dying or being disabled for years or permanently are much higher.

But for a young person with no co-morbidities, that chance is still basically 0%.

> C. If one doesn’t take the vaccine there is a significant chance they give the virus to someone else, killing them.

Even if others have taken the vaccine themselves? Either that particular risk is negligible if the vaccine works, or the vaccine doesn't work.

What if we built a device that could trace a particle from your car's exhaust and could tell you if that particle lodged itself in someone's lung at just the right moment to cause a stroke? Or how about a device that could trace the germs from when you skipped washing your hands for at least 20 seconds with a lather because you were late to your 1 on 1 with your boss, which then caused your elderly neighbor to catch an infection? Or what about sensors that could tell if your inadvertent non-intentional stink eye at someone with social anxiety was the trigger to push their mental distress beyond the point of no return? Or how about that coworker who you promised would be a hero for taking the vax, who then convinced their son to get it, who then contracted a heart issue soon after? Would you take responsibility for that?

Along those lines, Tintin is the best role model I've ever had

Is there any proposed logic behind the difference in thresholds between the two groups? It seems designed to do just one thing - overestimate cases in the unvaccinated, and underestimate cases in the vaccinated. What is the actual rationale the CDC provides?

He is also a Nobel laureate.

> "data to be annotated by human labelers"

Could you speed up labelling by using a combination of eye tracker cameras, road cameras, and brain signal sensors on real drivers? That way you could quickly understand what road footage corresponds with certain brain signals. Assuming brain signals are easier to label.

This person's baby walked at 8 months [1]

[1] https://www.scarymommy.com/complete-shock-early-walking-baby...

> I've said this so many times: But what does it doooooo???

Are you asking about Bitcoin or Crypto? Bitcoin doesn't do much atm, but Ethereum does stuff, and Bitcoin Cash is pretty practical as a currency at the moment. There's plenty that can be done, but the market will have to decide what to converge on.

Do you think we have the least entropy when we are born, or when we're at peak physical and mental performance, like mid 20's to mid 30's?

What I'm interested in seeing is the types of phrases that dropped during this time period. What is not considered a sign of "cognitive distortion"?

> "You know what's not going to happen... The government just sit back and watch 80% of the world's wealth disappear."

Probably depends on who it's disappearing from.

Since when is Teflon non-toxic? Scientists need to stay away from food.

Ok, but the headline makes it seem like it definitely was, when there's clearly room for interpretation.

I don't think you can call this anti-vax when when the ask was to favor one vaccine over another.

Good point. The word "wealth" does not need to be wed to the concept of money, and "opportunity" is a suitable synonym.

I see. So you would say that cutting farmers off from access to water they've had access to before, as stated in the featured article, is reasonable then in the current circumstances?

Would this not be considered out of the ordinary then [1]? I couldn't care less about the conspiratorial rhetoric. I just think he does a good job of finding and synthesizing interesting news on crops.

[1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/salgilbertie/2021/04/28/shrinki...

We export food to places that don't waste as much as well.

Ok, the full list of links to all the articles he referenced are at the bottom of this page [1].

[1]https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/07/21/global-wheat-supplie...

Fish over crops? We already have crazy shortages of corn and grains world wide [1] (ignore the conspiratorial tone in the video if you don't like it, there are still plenty of objective observations).

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNry6K908xw

This is hopelessly biased and outdated. Acknowledging the potential dangers of poly-unsaturated fats is more or less mainstream nowadays, but these guidelines promote canola oil, and warn against eating butter. Diet recommendations should come with caveats that there is a low chance that this actually works for everybody. That this is Harvard's Public Health guideline does not bode well for the subset of the population that put their faith in research from top institutions.

It's definitely in range [1]. You could also consider retaking it, or taking the GMAT, LSAT, or GRE.

[1]https://www.thoughtco.com/sat-scores-for-ivy-league-admissio...

+1

All the best colleagues I've worked with aced the SAT and/or other standardized tests. I would hate to not be able to refer to them while interviewing job candidates.

Honestly, standardized test scores and some case study type questions would be sufficient to make a decision (along with 1 on 1 convos). I hope a decision like this opens a channel for smart people to get to employment without having to go to school or spend as much time in it.

Edit:

Some people are commenting that relying on scores from years ago can unfairly disadvantage people who have improved since then, and can generally be misleading. I agree with that.

There should be a robust ecosystem of aptitude tests that are generally accepted, are as unbiased (culturally) as possible, and that can be retaken at any time.

I think it's developing, as I've seen some examples of this in the hiring process.

Have you seen the paintings in Tony Podesta's house? I know art is subjective, but if I saw someone who collects the type of art Tony does, I would stay as far away as possible, and maybe report them for it.

I thought it was trying to be a door handle

Does the light meter function properly while blinking?

The key is to eat starches with loads of saturated fat.