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amfarrell617on You can just say it

What if there were multiple prompts and a simulated-conversation back and forth as I tried to figure out my own thoughts?

amfarrell617on We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do

That… that actually seems like something which society should want to predict with more precision so that we can hire someone with a net on a stick.

amfarrell617on Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens

Except humans are a social species and the bands of humans who survived were the ones with the behaviors which kept elders around because of their benefits to our capacity for social learning.

amfarrell617on 210 IQ Is Not Enough

But isn’t being special rather… lonely?

amfarrell617on The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

Thought about it. Watched half of Hegseth’s speech. You’re right.

How do we fix it? Treat hurricane season as a test run for manufacturing relief shelters?

amfarrell617on The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

> no different to the guy in the foxhole

In peacetime, the American in the foxhole doesn’t die nor does the American or Brit across from him. Everyone merely has simulated results.

amfarrell617on Pope Francis has died

He still is responsible for the team that wrote it.