unparagoned (u/unparagoned)

unparagoned commented on Framework Laptop 13 gets ARM processor with 12 cores via upgrade kit notebookcheck.net/Framewo... · Posted by u/woodrowbarlow

amelius · 14 days ago

Apple: "We can't make great products if we don't completely control everything"

Framework: "Let us show you how it is done!"

unparagoned · 9 days ago

Apples integration of products leaves framework in the first

unparagoned commented on Why I don’t root for the Many Worlds team nautil.us/reality-exists-... · Posted by u/dnetesn

AndrewDucker · 10 days ago

It should be noted that Many Worlds doesn't even make the top two when quantum physicists are asked for their favoured explanation: https://archive.ph/k8BYs

And yet I keep seeing people comparing it with Copenhagen, as if they were the only two explanations.

unparagoned · 9 days ago

The Copenhagen interpretation isn’t coherent and has untestable postulates around wavefunction collapse.

Everett’s interpretation has postulates that have been well established and tested and its much more likely to be true.

Plus it’s not like is a popularity test. Some surveys of different populations of physicists do have it taking higher.

unparagoned commented on X.com is gonna snitch you out to the public if you use a VPN vice.com/en/article/x-sho... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

isodev · a month ago

I don't like the idea of linking VPN usage with something shady or illegal. Privacy is a human right, and knowing that I'm using a VPN or not doesn't change how "authentic" or truthful the post is.

unparagoned · a month ago

Most people are terrible at determining how authentic or truthful a post is. So not data to help them do that is helpful.

unparagoned commented on Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds theguardian.com/society/2... · Posted by u/lentil_soup

_aavaa_ · a month ago

My problem with it is that it’s a circular definition without a mechanism for why they are bad for health.

Discussions I’ve seen for why they are bad always basically boil down to “it’s the ingredients” without wanting to say this.

unparagoned · a month ago

There are plenty of mechanisms. Eg artificial emulsifiers damage the lining in the gut

unparagoned commented on Aldous Huxley predicts Adderall and champions alternative therapies angadh.com/inkhaven-7... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

alterom · a month ago

>Adderall is a stimulant with the effects Huxley predicted.

That's exactly my point: it is NOT.

Not for the people Adderall is prescribed to and was developed for.

See: https://romankogan.net/adhd#Medication

>I don't believe this is specifically about ADHD.

There's nothing to believe in here.

Adderall is a drug that's specifically about ADHD. It's a stimulant that helps people with ADHD overcome executive dysfunction:

https://romankogan.net/adhd/#Executive%20Dysfunction

You can't talk about Adderall without talking about ADHD just like you can't talk about allergy pills without talking about allergies, or talk about eyeglasses without talking about myopia.

> It also happens to treat ADHD

NO. Please reconsider sharing this sentiment.

Adderall is a drug for treating ADHD that also happens to be abused by people thinking it'll have the "effects Huxley predicted" (enhancing thinking efficiency).

It does not; that's the reason why it's a controlled substance. When abused, it will wreck your brain.

As an analogy: glasses make people with myopia see better, but wearing glasses without prescription is a very bad idea.

>I believe it's being used here in the former capacity.

I understand this, and it's a misconception I'm trying to dispel.

With evidence and scientific understanding, mind you, and not just with vibes about thinking what Adderall is.

Speaking of which, I forgot to take it, which means I'm about to have my breakfast at 5PM because I couldn't bring myself to do the eating task earlier.

This is what Adderall is for.

>The title is perhaps a bit unfortunate.

The title is repeated verbatim in the article, whose author has kindly replied in this thread and re-stated it twice (as did you), as if I weren't directly addressing the fallacious point that the author employed to attract attention to Huxley's lecture (which doesn't need such advertising in the first place).

It's not the title that's a bit unfortunate.

It's the mention of Adderall, and the myth that it's a "brain-enhancing" drug.

If it were, it'd be given to everyone already, and perhaps there'd be fewer people spreading vibe-based falsities in post titles, but I digress.

The point is:

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Adderall does NOT enhance mental efficiency, as Huxley's fantasized drug would.

Adderall HELPS people with ADHD overcome EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION.

That's what it's for. That's what it DOES.

If you take it for ANYTHING ELSE, you will NOT get the intended result, and you will likely FUCK YOURSELF UP.

Spreading the MISCONCEPTION that Adderall is a "brain-enhancing” drug (as the author opined in the comments here) drives the ABUSE of this medication, which HARMS people and makes ADHD harder to obtain for people who NEED it to function.

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I hope I've succeeded in bringing your attention to this issue.

If this hasn't changed your point of view, please let me know what else I can elaborate on.

Thank you <3

unparagoned · a month ago

Paul Erdős Proves you wrong.

unparagoned commented on Aldous Huxley predicts Adderall and champions alternative therapies angadh.com/inkhaven-7... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

latentsea · a month ago

The thing is, when you have ADHD and you take stimulants you don't feel any sort of high or however it makes people with normally functioning dopamine receptors feel, you just feel normal.

unparagoned · a month ago

That’s just a myth. Studies show that the drugs increase focus in everyone regardless of disease state. Surveys show that people with adhd take higher doses to get high as well.

unparagoned commented on No credible tie between Tylenol use and autism/ADHD study finds newatlas.com/adhd-autism/... · Posted by u/atombender

t0lo · a month ago

Funny- everyone on here was so convinced by the harvard study before trump and rfk hijacked it

unparagoned · a month ago

I prefer that study. The only difference is how they treated the Swedish study. The Harvard study gave it low quality since they didn’t ask the mothers if they took the drug. And their values of 7.5% were significant of the 50% every other study said.

unparagoned commented on No credible tie between Tylenol use and autism/ADHD study finds newatlas.com/adhd-autism/... · Posted by u/atombender

hshdhdhj4444 · a month ago

In other words, there’s no evidence of a link.

unparagoned · a month ago

No, there is strong evidence of a correlation. There isn’t sufficient evidence either way around causality

unparagoned commented on No credible tie between Tylenol use and autism/ADHD study finds newatlas.com/adhd-autism/... · Posted by u/atombender

Sohcahtoa82 · a month ago

> Even though the causation is not proven, correlation might give you pause to have such a catastrophic result.

You would have a valid point if there was a correlation.

There is no correlation between Tylenol and autism and ADHD.

unparagoned · a month ago

Even this study shows there is correlation.

unparagoned commented on Facebook enables gender discrimination in job ads: European human rights body cnn.com/2025/02/28/tech/f... · Posted by u/Bender

ivan_gammel · a month ago

>I don't know why anybody ever assumed that professions would ideally be 50-50 by gender

It’s not that. We know that in most professions there’s no reason to assume that they should have a preferred gender. This means that even if pool of candidates is 99:1, that 1 candidate must have equal opportunities for employment. And that means no pre-screening through targeted ads.

unparagoned · a month ago

So say a school has funding to find 10 candidates for a job using the biased algorithms. Are you saying it’s best to force the school to use an algorithm such that they only find 5 with it still unlikely that any of those 5 are of a different sex. In effect forcing schools to hire a worse member of staff(due to reduced candidate pool.)