Imaginary_Knowledge
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Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
You know damn well why people aren't using those things to fix obesity
Why not? "Smoke yourself thin" was an idea with real currency for a long time. And how many fat coke users do you know?
You know damn well why people aren't using those things to fix obesity
It's mostly because everything that cures obesity is either illegal or low status. Do you really think the harms of cigarette smoking outweighed the problems of widespread obesity? We made a terrible mistake by ostracizing smokers. I'm also not convinced that stimulant drugs are bad and that government bans on their sale and use are justified on utilitarian or public policy grounds. These drugs are ruinous to individuals only to the extent that state meddling increases prices and decreases safety.
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
once [an obesity cure] exists adoption will be near-instant and universal
How can you think that to the case when we have existing obesity cures that don't see broad adoption? Nicotine works. Cocaine works. Stimulants in general reduce BMI. You can claim that an obesity cure would be near-instantly and universally adopted, but public policy reveals a preference for things other than thinness. I think that's a shame, personally.
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
I prefer to view Trump's reinstatement as evidence that he's a spent force and no longer a threat. The cathedral wouldn't be letting him back on respectable platforms if he still had serious disruption potential.
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
He's right though.
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
Why do generative diffusion models have so much trouble with fingers in particular?
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
What was her motive?
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
What about DSL?
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
Roko's Basilisk, yes?
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
I don't think it's possible to stop this work. The cat is out of the bag. Biotech gear isn't like Uranium centrifuges: it's cheap, stealthy, and easy to get up and running. Were never going to be secure as a species by relying on research suppression. Only effective defenses against these things will save us.
Imaginary_Knowledge
1yr ago
Suppose you are a billionaire and want to decrease the amount of racism in the world; what decent options do you have?
Eugenics? The best way to stop people noticing group differences in IQ is to eradicate those differences. There's no reason that in principle we couldn't uplift all races to the same level.
So what if they're addictive? Caffeine is addictive too, and there's zero stigma associated with drinking coffee. Why is addiction to a plentiful and salutary substance a bad thing?
I do: state meddling. The government should stop trying to regulate what people do with their own bodies. Various amphetamines and other stimulants ought to be 100% legal.
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