Comment author: CronoDAS 21 November 2012 08:06:51AM 1 point [-]

True. They're pretty similar chemicals, though.

Comment author: Kevin 21 November 2012 10:05:46AM 0 points [-]

And the suggested use is to mix it with acidic food..

Comment author: Kevin 21 November 2012 07:52:44AM *  2 points [-]

Perhaps the manufacturer of MMS actually specifically is trying to kill people?

Comment author: michaelcurzi 19 November 2012 07:48:24AM *  2 points [-]

On the contrary, adversarial questioners are often highly productive. I've already incited one of the best comments you've seen on LessWrong, haven't I?

Don't take too much credit. Steve_Rayhawk generated the comment by actively trying to help. But if his goal was to engage you in thoughtful and productive discussion, he probably failed, and it was probably a waste of his time to try. There happened to be this positive externality of an excellent comment - but that's the kind of thing that's generated as a result of doing your best to understand a complex issue, not adversarially mucking up the conversation about it.

Yes, my cognition is significantly motivated along these lines. Doesn't Hitler deserve some of the credit for the rapid development of computers and nuclear bombs? Perhaps I or someone like me will play a similar role in the development of AI?

Somehow I doubt that's the true cause of your behavior, but I'd be delighted to find out that I'm wrong.

Comment author: Kevin 20 November 2012 06:06:45AM 0 points [-]

Yup. And there's an established pattern on Less Wrong of consistently downvoted users that just get more and more trolly over time and end up getting banned, but waste a lot of everyone's time until it happens. Good thing AlphaOmega already Godwin'd themselves.

Comment author: hannahelisabeth 18 November 2012 10:33:23AM 0 points [-]

I can feel pain in dreams. I'm not sure if I can self-inflict pain in dreams (I've never tried), but I've definitely felt pain in dreams.

Comment author: Kevin 18 November 2012 10:48:43AM 0 points [-]

I can also feel pain in dreams here.

Comment author: AlphaOmega 17 November 2012 01:37:18AM 1 point [-]

Just a gut reaction, but this whole scenario sounds preposterous. Do you guys seriously believe that you can create something as complex as a superhuman AI, and prove that it is completely safe before turning it on? Isn't that as unbelievable as the idea that you can prove that a particular zygote will never grow up to be an evil dictator? Surely this violates some principles of complexity, chaos, quantum mechanics, etc.? And I would also like to know who these "good guys" are, and what will prevent them from becoming "bad guys" when they wield this much power. This all sounds incredibly naive and lacking in common sense!

Comment author: Kevin 17 November 2012 10:22:52AM 0 points [-]

I think this comment is disingenuous, given your statements that the extinction of humanity is inevitable and that you have a website using evil AI imagery. http://lesswrong.com/lw/b5i/a_primer_on_risks_from_ai/64dq

Comment author: gwern 02 November 2012 09:03:57PM 0 points [-]

Besides my dosage question: have you noticed any sleep benefits to supplementing potassium?

Comment author: Kevin 04 November 2012 10:00:33AM 1 point [-]

I think a general high water high electrolyte diet has benefited my sleep. I haven't noticed potassium immediately before bed decreasing sleep quality.

Comment author: gwern 10 October 2012 02:58:20AM 5 points [-]

The first time I took supplemental potassium (50% US RDA in a lot of water)

How much is that in milligrams? Googling, I see different values for RDA. Also, I take it you were using some sort of bulk powder? (The gel caps all seem to be ridiculously small, like 99mg when the RDA is >3000mg!)

Comment author: Kevin 04 November 2012 09:59:48AM 2 points [-]

I think I've been going with 4.7 grams as RDA. And yes, bulk powder. Due to potential digestive upset, I typically don't administer more than 25% RDA now.

Comment author: RobertLumley 02 November 2012 06:01:25AM 0 points [-]

Other Media Thread

Comment author: Kevin 04 November 2012 09:58:33AM 2 points [-]

A Slower Speed of Light is a first-person game prototype in which players navigate a 3D space while picking up orbs that reduce the speed of light in increments:

http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light/

Comment author: V_V 23 October 2012 09:20:40PM *  0 points [-]

Being non-anglo-saxon, I'm in a minority here. So you need to listen to me and keep me happy!!! You have to respect my opinions. Diversity is good. If you can't keep me happy, you're generally screwed as far as attracting (and subsequently not alienating) more non-anglo-saxons to this site.

Comment author: Kevin 23 October 2012 09:31:37PM -1 points [-]

Are you happy?

Comment author: beoShaffer 23 October 2012 03:50:25AM 2 points [-]

The headline had me worried, but the article was pretty good.

Comment author: Kevin 23 October 2012 03:55:10AM 7 points [-]

Usually headlines are picked by an editor, not the person writing the article. Also agreed that this is pretty good. I didn't notice any factual inaccuracies, which by the standards of the media might actually make this an incredible article.

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