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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 10:49 PM
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Posted By Roboramma
Ah, I see, I misunderstood your point. ...

Ah, I see, I misunderstood your point.

That's actually consistent with what I had understood. Assumed I'd misremembered.

Maybe W.D.Clinger can clarify himself here.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 09:14 PM
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Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
What's misleading about it? 67 is consistent...

What's misleading about it? 67 is consistent with 70±5.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th March 2024, 11:45 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 439
Posted By Roboramma
Absolutely, as I said I agree in terms of the...

Absolutely, as I said I agree in terms of the principle.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th March 2024, 09:23 PM
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Posted By Roboramma
As I said in my previous post, you're conflating...

As I said in my previous post, you're conflating all "minuscule" things as being on the same scale. They're not. The amount that quasars can produce is minuscule compared to the current abundance...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th March 2024, 06:22 PM
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Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
So plausibly quasars produce a minuscule amount...

So plausibly quasars produce a minuscule amount of deuterium that can't account for its known abundance?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th March 2024, 06:03 PM
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Posted By Roboramma
This reads to me like, "0.00253% is a small...

This reads to me like, "0.00253% is a small number, quasars could conceivably produce a small amount, thus they could conceivably be responsible for that 0.00253%". But "small" is doing way too much...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th March 2024, 06:04 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
I don't really have a comment on this as I'm less...

I don't really have a comment on this as I'm less well informed about exactly what constraints there are on the various plausible candidates for dark matter and how they've been arrived at. I don't...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th March 2024, 04:00 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
I'm pretty sure that current evidence rules them...

I'm pretty sure that current evidence rules them out to a much larger degree, but others will have to chime in here.



That would still count as "exotic" dark matter. That article discusses a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th March 2024, 01:17 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 439
Posted By Roboramma
I'm sympathetic to this viewpoint in so much as I...

I'm sympathetic to this viewpoint in so much as I don't want apps doing things with my data that I didn't actually agree to. As a general principle I think this makes sense, and in this particular...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 07:02 PM
Replies: 1,491
Views: 52,691
Posted By Roboramma
That comment wasn't directed at you, it was...

That comment wasn't directed at you, it was directed as someone who I suspect doesn't understand what the efficient market hypothesis actually is.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 06:49 PM
Replies: 1,491
Views: 52,691
Posted By Roboramma
Please describe in your own words what the...

Please describe in your own words what the efficient market hypothesis is.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th March 2024, 03:37 AM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
Yep. Though I wasn't talking about a flat disk,...

Yep. Though I wasn't talking about a flat disk, but a sphere of dark matter whose center is also the center of the galaxy.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 12:31 AM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By Roboramma
This.

This.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 11:06 PM
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Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
Assuming that the dark matter is spherically...

Assuming that the dark matter is spherically distributed and its density changes uniformly with radial distance from the galactic center (or doesn't change at all), the dark matter that's at a radial...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th March 2024, 08:18 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
Yeah, this seems to be a fundamental problem for...

Yeah, this seems to be a fundamental problem for this whole tangent.

I mentioned earlier the scaling issue: that smaller objects will be more strongly affected by solar winds (because the ratio of...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 10:47 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
You mean that we could have measured G wrong? G...

You mean that we could have measured G wrong? G is measured from the force of gravity of two masses on the earth interacting with each other.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 12th March 2024, 09:58 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,582
Posted By Roboramma
At which point the usefulness of firearms would...

At which point the usefulness of firearms would quickly be rediscovered...

A BJJ teacher of mine had an enlightening story about a time he got in a fight with a guy at a party. After a bit of a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 09:22 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
In this analogy dark matter is the farms? I...

In this analogy dark matter is the farms? I mean, yeah, exactly.



I'm not sure how that relates to what I said, though. Your point was that we haven't actually observed the orbits, right?
...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 12th March 2024, 08:15 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,582
Posted By Roboramma
I don't know about the rationality of the...

I don't know about the rationality of the response on the level of the average individual Chinese person. But from the perspective of the government, whose power is at least partially related to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 05:42 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
I read this as thinking that the inverse square...

I read this as thinking that the inverse square law wouldn't apply to the inertia transferred by small particles instead of radiation. But the number of such particles that will hit an object will...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 05:38 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
Yeah, the solar wind discussion seems weird to...

Yeah, the solar wind discussion seems weird to me. We were talking about dark matter, and I thought Mike was saying "maybe dark matter doesn't really exist, what's really going on is that based on...
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th March 2024, 10:06 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 569
Posted By Roboramma
Seems one way to avoid this sort of thing would...

Seems one way to avoid this sort of thing would be for all cases that use DNA evidence to require results from at least two labs.

Of course, whether or not that's reasonable depends on how common...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 7th March 2024, 07:06 PM
Replies: 555
Views: 102,582
Posted By Roboramma
You shouldn't treat pinyin as having the same...

You shouldn't treat pinyin as having the same sounds as the letters would when written that way in English. Romanization of other languages is imperfect, so you sort of have to relearn what sounds...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 6th March 2024, 03:19 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 999
Posted By Roboramma
Yeah, that makes sense. Anyway, I'm definitely...

Yeah, that makes sense. Anyway, I'm definitely not the one to defend non-compete clauses.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th March 2024, 03:16 AM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By Roboramma
This is probably the first time Gulliver Foyle...

This is probably the first time Gulliver Foyle has written something I completely agree with.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th March 2024, 11:10 PM
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Views: 52,691
Posted By Roboramma
I haven't read the articles, but if anyone who...

I haven't read the articles, but if anyone who has could give a basic summation of the argument: is the $5 billion the agreed upon percentage of the ruling that they had with their clients going in,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 07:23 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
Yep, those I can open, thanks.

Yep, those I can open, thanks.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 07:06 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
I suspect that's the case, though I also suspect...

I suspect that's the case, though I also suspect that in Anton's case its more in the form of a clickbait headline (/video title) and, I'm guessing, the content of the video is more reasonable.

On...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 07:05 PM
Replies: 2,461
Views: 72,039
Posted By Roboramma
I think that's Mike's point. If it's impossible...

I think that's Mike's point. If it's impossible given our current framework, but it exists, then the framework must be wrong.

Anyway:


I'm interested in Mike's answer to this question, partly...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 4th March 2024, 06:36 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 999
Posted By Roboramma
The argument I've seen is that non-disclosure...

The argument I've seen is that non-disclosure agreements can be much harder to enforce (in the sense that it's harder to demonstrate that the information was actually disclosed).
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 4th March 2024, 08:01 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 999
Posted By Roboramma
Pretty common for people to try to limit the...

Pretty common for people to try to limit the number of people competing in their profession. WRT doctors: ever wonder why doctors in the US need to a get an 4 year undergrad degree before they can...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 4th March 2024, 06:13 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 999
Posted By Roboramma
Perhaps a little insight into the issues: ...

Perhaps a little insight into the issues:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3982/ECTA18128




I also find this argument against non-compete clauses to be compelling:...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 05:42 AM
Replies: 1,164
Views: 54,451
Posted By Roboramma
I found this...

I found this...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 28th February 2024, 07:08 PM
Replies: 1,537
Views: 37,221
Posted By Roboramma
"I'm right, therefore anyone who disagrees with...

"I'm right, therefore anyone who disagrees with me must be ideologically motivated".

I find these meta discussions of your opponent's reasoning not just disingenuous, but more importantly not...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th February 2024, 02:49 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,460
Posted By Roboramma
We all agree about what words appear in those...

We all agree about what words appear in those definitions. We disagree with your interpretation of those words.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th February 2024, 02:47 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 3,536
Posted By Roboramma
Haha, true. :D

Haha, true. :D
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 28th February 2024, 01:41 AM
Replies: 674
Views: 57,994
Posted By Roboramma
Yep. There's a reason that economics...

Yep.

There's a reason that economics differentiates between catch-up growth and cutting-edge growth.

And China's not the only nation to have undergone a period of extremely rapid catch-up...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th February 2024, 01:23 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 3,536
Posted By Roboramma
Some more...

Some more...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th February 2024, 12:18 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 3,536
Posted By Roboramma
The logic of self-preservation being a useful...

The logic of self-preservation being a useful subgoal to maximize the chances of achieving your other goals applies equally to software as hardware. If an AI is deleted, it can no longer achieve its...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th February 2024, 07:23 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,460
Posted By Roboramma
I'm still not seeing the similarity here. ...

I'm still not seeing the similarity here. theprestige is reacting to your claimed criteria for membership in the male category. Males who have had vasectomies produce sperm. There's nothing...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th February 2024, 07:04 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,460
Posted By Roboramma
What claim are you suggesting transwomen could...

What claim are you suggesting transwomen could make on this basis? Surgery and hormone therapy don't allow transwomen to get pregnant.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th February 2024, 05:21 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 590
Posted By Roboramma
It also correlates with income, with job...

It also correlates with income, with job performance, with health, it correlates negatively with chance to spend time in prison, etc. etc.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th February 2024, 07:02 PM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By Roboramma
She clearly doesn't have Bangladeshi citizenship....

She clearly doesn't have Bangladeshi citizenship. Whether or not she should is a different question than whether she does.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th February 2024, 06:31 PM
Replies: 146
Views: 3,536
Posted By Roboramma
Self-preservation is a reasonable sub-goal given...

Self-preservation is a reasonable sub-goal given most goals that you actually give your AI. If you've got an over-engineered agentic intelligent alarm clock that's designed with the goal of waking...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th February 2024, 05:36 AM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By Roboramma
The British government, obviously. Particularly,...

The British government, obviously. Particularly, the judicial branch. And its people get to base their views of their government, and particularly their judiciary, on the quality of those...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th February 2024, 05:31 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 590
Posted By Roboramma
You sound like a climate change denier. You're...

You sound like a climate change denier. You're dismissing the results of decades of science with ignorant objections that aren't related to the actual state of the literature. You think that IQ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th February 2024, 06:46 PM
Replies: 1,492
Views: 69,871
Posted By Roboramma
Yep.

Yep.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 25th February 2024, 05:09 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,133
Posted By Roboramma
Yeah, I've always known them as astrologers as...

Yeah, I've always known them as astrologers as well.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th February 2024, 04:26 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 3,536
Posted By Roboramma
My first intuitive response is to think it should...

My first intuitive response is to think it should generate an whatever image the model would naturally generate given that prompt.

But as I think both of the commentators I linked to mentioned,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th February 2024, 10:41 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 590
Posted By Roboramma
This suggests that IQ isn't a perfect measure,...

This suggests that IQ isn't a perfect measure, not that it's not a useful one. Also, IQ is attempting to measuring something underlying both "wordcels" and "shape rotators" (to use the meme). If...
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