First -- Thanks! But second, how do you have the right to that ? Doesn't the institution you work for or the paper's co-authors restrict distribution so to maximize the royalties and recoup research costs ?
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30 years later only my parents remained in the house and the neighborhood racial profile changed significantly. My mother said "I don't think I could sell to someone from the new ethic group". When I asked, "Why?!", she said, "because they'll put 10 people in the house". When I reminded her we once did the same she snapped, "That was different!". The way she snapped was a clear indication she still felt pain from what had happened many years ago.
To add further to my opening quote, I have taken severe beatings, as in decades of physical pain followed, based on my ethnicity but I hold no grudge in part because I am financially secure and physically strong now. So I no longer "hurt" in a sense or naively feel like I can be hurt. But my poorer family still talks about my beatings with a grudge against the entire racial group of my attackers.
Some other research that is relevant, sorry I don't have a source to link, but it is shown that a stressed rat will not suffer stress related health disorders if you give it a smaller rat it can periodically beat up. More optimistically it will also avoid negative health consequences if you give it something enjoyable to do (e.g., a stick to gnaw). But hobbies are unfortunately a luxury for many people whereas hate-speech costs nothing.
Finally for most of human history it was prudent to distrust anyone outside your tribe. With the standard brain OS, negative emotions rush in and humans explain their poorly understood emotions with knee-jerk stereotypical views. Also have some perspective: for example if your home was your number one asset would you happy to have my childhood family move next door ? Doubtful. Sometimes anger is an understandable reaction but how to keep it from escalating to violence or being exploited politically is a larger concern.
On a personal note, the amazing opportunities in my career have come from the outliers of my professional network. As in people who I didn't even think would remember me. So don't be too shy in reaching out.
But as another commenter mentioned, getting a patent would be great. Is the cost of filing preventing you from doing that ?
"The Small Arms Survey stated that U.S. civilians alone account for 393 million held firearms. This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents."[0]
--mildly upsetting story but it's relevant to my subsequent comment--
When I was 10 years old I would ride my BMX bike into a large vacant lot that had abandon cars that were stripped, riddled with bullet holes, and/or hollowed out by fire. But there were also small dirt mounds that were fun to jump. I paused to watch some kids do jumps when I noticed an angelic looking boy my age pointing a revolver at my head about 15 feet from me. I could tell the hammer was pulled back and I tried to keep calm by telling myself it was a toy.
We did not break eye contact and ~8 seconds into the staring contest I felt my face involuntarily twist into a blend of defenseless smile and tortured expression. That's when he pulled the trigger and the heavy hammer strike sounded confirming it was not a toy. His focused expression then changed into that special satisfied grin unique to sadists and we both resumed looking at the other BMX riders as if nothing had happened. I don't think his friends noticed the incidence or would have cared if they did.
I saw this repeatedly growing up where angelic looking kids commit crimes with impunity. I didn't have that look so I knew if I were ever to say something no one would believe me and perhaps I'd be the one in trouble. You also don't appreciate events like this as a child since everything is normal to child.
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At the risk of down votes, the U.S. should come to terms that the ship has sailed regarding meaningful gun control given there are more guns than people. We should teach gun safety practices including hands on training as early as possible in schools. Perhaps by demystifying guns the boy in my story above would have reminded his parents to lock-up there gun, know to treat all guns as loaded, and the criminal penalties his family could face. Perhaps one of his friends would have also have stopped him if we could change the culture.
As a reminder children are curious. Do not ever give your sweet looking child the benefit of the doubt when it comes to firearms. Later today I will ride my dirt bike in there nearby hills where again there are abandoned burned out bullet ridden vehicles, so the above story isn't just in my distant past.
"Somewhat surprisingly, the researchers found that happiness is maximized at 57 degrees Fahrenheit." http://gymlion.com/what-temperature-makes-you-the-happiest/
Is there anyone that would argue that one would benefit, perhaps mentally, from not listening to a podcast when doing routine manual labor ? Maybe trying to work 2x speed first and then listening to the podcast 2x after ? Note I do not consider sweeping/cleaning mentioned in someone else example as routine labor since there is something unique about every cleaning operation.
Also the PP had examples where the counter example is simply demonstrated. That's what parents should do instead of repeating them with implied certainty. Of most concern, I can't recall a single doom story from my childhood that came true or that I could work on by the time I was an adult(e.g., we'll be out of oil in 25 years, the Russians will drop a bomb on us any day now, the Japanese will own the US soon, world population growth will lead to world wide famine, collapse of the USD, Social Security will end in 10 years, etc.). My childhood years (and possibly most of my life) were lost to depression, negative rumination, anxiety, and hopelessness. It was only until I limited interaction with doom-sayers that I finally have a clear, calm, and focused mind and that is a prerequisite for solving meaningful problems.