Comment author: L29Ah 12 April 2015 06:03:45PM 2 points [-]

The one that makes people think cognitive biases are distinct entities.

Comment author: L29Ah 12 April 2015 05:53:04PM 1 point [-]

I'm unable to measure compassion so i don't.

Comment author: L29Ah 06 April 2015 04:52:22AM 0 points [-]

How many european kings can you name, off the top of your head?

Male ejaculation frequency variables?

-22 L29Ah 30 January 2015 04:34AM

I wonder what one would consider before having sex or a good fap given total control on one's ejaculations. The only thing i'm aware of is the psychological urge that presumably increases with the time since the last ejaculation, but i'm quite interested in more physiological variables that one might want to tune this way to avoid illnesses, maintain general activity rhythm or so. Wikipedia has to say only this, afais:

the protective effect of ejaculation is greatest when men in their twenties ejaculated on average seven or more times a week. This group were one-third less likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer when compared with men who ejaculated less than three times a week at this age.

Comment author: L29Ah 29 December 2014 11:51:45PM 0 points [-]

Prostitute?

I'd put some more information on my knowledge and more specific skills.

Comment author: Andy_McKenzie 25 December 2014 04:49:21PM 1 point [-]

This is interesting but I don't fully understand what you're trying to trying to get across. Explain further? Ie what does it mean to overcome yourself?

Comment author: L29Ah 26 December 2014 05:40:37PM 1 point [-]

I often try to persuade myself i'll change some part of my behaviour at some peculiar point of time instead of researching why i still haven't done this. By "overcoming myself" i mean modifying the behaviour one part of me doesn't like in favour of some other behaviour some other part of me doesn't like.

Comment author: L29Ah 25 December 2014 03:20:24PM 2 points [-]

I'm going to stop making new years resolutions and stop behaving like i need to "overcome" myself in favour of some poorly explored goals and social stimuli.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 18 December 2014 04:14:02AM 0 points [-]

Suppose you don't have any time to figure out which people would be better. And suppose no one else will know that you were able to pull a switch.

Honestly, it seems like your notion of ethics is borderline psychopathic.

Comment author: L29Ah 18 December 2014 05:40:44AM 0 points [-]

Suppose you don't have any time to figure out which people would be better. And suppose no one else will know that you were able to pull a switch.

Then my current algorythms will do the habitual stuff I'm used to do in similar situations or randomly explore the possible outcomes (as in "play"), like in every other severely constrained situation.

Honestly, it seems like your notion of ethics is borderline psychopathic.

What does this mean?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 18 December 2014 01:51:26AM *  0 points [-]

Please explain how say a trolley problem fits into your framework.

Comment author: L29Ah 18 December 2014 03:59:44AM 0 points [-]

Please explain how say a trolley problem fits into your framework.

The correct choice is to check out who do you want to be killed and saved more, and what are, for instance, the social consequences of your actions. I don't understand your question, it seems.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 17 December 2014 08:10:47PM *  1 point [-]

Not at all. If I do something that doesn't accomplish my goals that's generally labeled as something like "stupid." If I decide that I want to kill lots of people, the problem with that is ethical even if my goals are fulfilled by it. Most intuitions don't see these as the same thing.

Comment author: L29Ah 17 December 2014 08:38:31PM 0 points [-]

How does this contradicts my notion of ethics? You will surely use what you know about the ethical properties of manslaughter to reach the goal and save yourself from the troubles, like manipulating the public opinion in your favor via, for instance, imitation the target people attacking you. Or even consider if the goal is worthy at all.

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