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Magnetic rings (the most mediocre superpower) A review.

Following on from a few threads about superpowers and extra sense that humans can try to get; I have always been interested in the idea of putting a magnet in my finger for the benefits of extra-sensory perception. Stories (occasional news articles) imply that having a magnet implanted in a finger in a place surrounded by nerves imparts a power of electric-sensation. The ability to feel when there are electric fields around. So that's pretty neat. Only I don't really like the idea of cutting into myself (even if its done by a professional piercing artist). Only recently did I come across the suggestion that a magnetic ring could impart similar abilities and properties. I was delighted at the idea of a similar and non-invasive version of the magnetic-implant (people with magnetic implants are commonly known as grinders within the community). I was so keen on trying it that I went out and purchased a few magnetic rings of different styles and different properties. Interestingly the direction that a magnetisation can be imparted to a ring-shaped object can be selected from 2 general types. Magnetised across the diameter, or across the height of the cylinder shape. (there is a 3rd type which is a ring consisting of 4 outwardly magnetised 1/4 arcs of magnetic metal suspended in a ring-casing. and a few orientations of that system). I have now been wearing a Neodymium ND50 magnetic ring from supermagnetman.com for around two months. The following is a description of my experiences with it. When I first got the rings, I tried wearing more than one ring on each hand, I very quickly found out what happens when you wear two magnets close to each other. AKA they attract. Within a day I was wearing one magnet on each hand. What is interesting is what happens when you move two very strong magnets within each other's magnetic field. You get the ability to feel a magnetic field, and roll it around in your hands. I found

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Medical decision making

Lesswrong Sydney runs a local dojo once a month to talk about rationality topics. This month our topic was "medical decision making". This is our notes for considerations on how to make decisions. Please feel free to contribute your own small pieces of advice to this repository of considerations about...

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Self responsibility

I see a modern puzzle of "self responsibility" which gets tricky quickly. At all times a person has responsibility to themselves. From child to adult, you are “self responsible”. It always applies. When a person isn't of a sound mind, they are still expected to maintain their responsibility but they...

Jun 19, 202417

Real Life Sort by Controversial

Foreword If you haven't already read the short story by Scott Alexander "Sort by Controversial", this post wont make as much sense. Head over there to read the story and then read on... Part of having access to AI tools is having a project or an idea to use them...

May 27, 20245

What would “The Medical Model Is Wrong” look like?

So you’ve been reading down a rabbit hole and you have seen something that doesn’t make sense. You feel a quiver in your heart that feels like a cross between excitement and fear. Could all the people who already know stuff be Wrong™. Could eminent researchers in their field be...

Apr 21, 20238

AstralCodexTen and Rationality Meetup Organisers’ Retreat Asia Pacific region

TL;DR: Retreat for APAC meetup organisers, mid 2023, apply here Application (5 min form) soft deadline: 31ˢᵗ Oct 2022 Why a retreat? We think we all benefit from having an international community of rationality and ACX meetup organisers who can go to one another for advice and support. The goal...

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I was asked about how to resolve strong emotional fear concerns around the basilisk and this is my instructions as to how to do that.

So you just read something about the basilisk and it freaked you out. There’s some emotional argument around being simulated, tortured and extorted by a future AI. You read it, feel quite scared, concerned or uncomfortable about it and now don’t know what to do about the phenomena. This won’t...

Apr 5, 202218

A conversation about growing through the history of the rationality movement and some of it's history

Daniel and Myself have been talking psychotechnologies and rationality and our journey through the community for 33 episodes now. This one is specific to the rationality community and it's history and how we saw it happening.

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Medical decision making

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What would “The Medical Model Is Wrong” look like?

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I was asked about how to resolve strong emotional fear concerns around the basilisk and this is my instructions as to how to do that.

A conversation about growing through the history of the rationality movement and some of it's history

Magnetic rings (the most mediocre superpower) A review.

Lesswrong 2016 Survey

Remembering the passing of Kathy Forth.

Medical decision making

Medical decision making

Self responsibility

Real Life Sort by Controversial

What would “The Medical Model Is Wrong” look like?

AstralCodexTen and Rationality Meetup Organisers’ Retreat Asia Pacific region

I was asked about how to resolve strong emotional fear concerns around the basilisk and this is my instructions as to how to do that.

A conversation about growing through the history of the rationality movement and some of it's history