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jungletime commented on Brain DNA Refolds Itself to Aid Memory Recall quantamagazine.org/brain-... · Posted by u/scottlocklin

tovej · 5 years ago

Biological mechanisms like this are not directly related to human behaviour patterns.

This is a pretty big non sequitur. And a conflation of "identity politics" with sociology. And a misrepresentation of sociology!

jungletime · 5 years ago

But thats like saying legs aren't related to human behaviour patterns. Without the DNA for legs, I proposition, humans would act very differently.

jungletime commented on Study supports link between traffic-related air pollution and mental disorders kcl.ac.uk/news/study-supp... · Posted by u/CapitalistCartr

wolco2 · 5 years ago

It is not as simple as the amount of dust/dirt in the air.

Studies have found those living close to a highway or busy street have an increased chance of dying. The type of particulate becomes heavy more deadly.

I suspect the same effect is happening here.

jungletime · 5 years ago

I read before that tires actually degrade and that contributes to pollution. I mentioned room air filters, because that seems like it would be a wise investment for people that live close to highways, or people that spend a lot of time in indoors like programmers.

So that maybe someone with a room air filter can comment on which ones are worth getting.

jungletime commented on Brain DNA Refolds Itself to Aid Memory Recall quantamagazine.org/brain-... · Posted by u/scottlocklin

jungletime · 5 years ago

This is why modern Identity politics which is based on the notion that human behaviour is entirely a social construction is so silly. Proof that even your memory is guided by your DNA.

jungletime commented on Study supports link between traffic-related air pollution and mental disorders kcl.ac.uk/news/study-supp... · Posted by u/CapitalistCartr

jungletime · 5 years ago

Room air is much more polluted than outside air. Room air filters are more common in Europe. But pretty easy to find. I saw one at costco last month.

Planting more trees would also help.

jungletime commented on Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built cbs.mpg.de/empathy-and-pe... · Posted by u/CapitalistCartr

jungletime · 5 years ago

A good related book is "How to win Friends and Influence people". Basically its a guide how to make friends, with a realization that we live in a world full of selfish people, that are self centered and don't have much empathy. This is the default state of human beings. I watched an interview with Pol Pot and even he thought of himself as a good guy.

Quick Book Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qvUYtwASqY

Pol Pot last interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ9_BMshyiw

[edit] I should qualify what I mean by selfish as it relates to the book. Basically humans tend to act in their self interest by default. And will go a long way to justify that behaviour to themselves even when it hurts others, so they can preserve a positive self image. this a common behaviour pattern. The book doesn't claim its universal, and no exception exist. I'm sure there are exceptions. But even modern "saint" equivalents like Gandhi did some messed up selfish things.

jungletime commented on CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history cisa.gov/news/2020/11/12/... · Posted by u/cmurf

detaro · 5 years ago

An error happening, being discovered and corrected through validation (that at least according to some reports is going to be always done before certification of the result: https://mobile.twitter.com/jhalderm/status/13251633006996480... ) seems like the overall system working just fine? Something to fix (why have the early machine result if it's so easily broken), but doesn't seem that different than someone fat-fingering a number while reporting etc.

jungletime · 5 years ago

You either have a machine tallying the votes that works 100% of the time during the election. Otherwise, everyone can reasonably question the results from a machine that works 99% of the time.

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jungletime commented on CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history cisa.gov/news/2020/11/12/... · Posted by u/cmurf

ttul · 5 years ago

You’re actually linking to a Sean Hannity segment on YouTube as your source?

jungletime · 5 years ago

New York Post Article, hope this satisfies.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/06/michigan-gop-claims-software-i...

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