if someone is stressed or sleep-deprived because of work, then surely taking vacations will have positive effects.
If someone’s mental health problems are caused only by insufficient free time/energy/sleep, then yes. I’d wager the majority of depression cases are caused by work-independent internal factors, and either would resolve on their own (even while working) or would not resolve even when taking three months off.
After my fair share of drinks during university, I rarely drink in the last 7 years – approx. since I joined the Rationalist communities –, even when others in my group are drinking hard.
Bit of a counterpoint to the post. Usually, I can trust a person more once we've gone drinking together; but interestingly, I can Rationalists relatively quickly without any drinks. (As a person, not necessarily as a friend.) Maybe this is because of the much stronger internal consistency of the community members, and that their statements can very often be taken at face v...
The linked website for military assistance (war.ukraine.ua) is dubious. Donations in fiat currencies are better done at the addresses listed on the official website: https://bank.gov.ua/en/about/support-the-armed-forces
Couple telltale signs:
A regular female name, short for Vivien. For a real example, see Vi Hart: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart
Meditation is quite different as in it's more of a state of mind as opposed to an altered mentality. With psychedelics there is a clear distinction between when you are tripping and when you aren't tripping.
However, according to some, even meditation done properly can have negative effects, which would be similar to psychedelics but manifesting slower and through your own effort. Quoted from the book review:
...Once you have meditated enough to reach the A&P Event, you’re stuck in the (very unpleasant) Dark Night Of The Soul until you can meditate you
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Northeast from Johann Strauss, under the trees. NOT the other big group closer to the statue.
Looking for help to bring edible stuff to Stadtpark.
Requirements: ability to carry ~15 kg for 900 meters (backpack provided), optionally stopping at every corner.
EDIT: thanks to Axel and Attila, now the problem is solved! We won't die of thirst.
Hello everyone! I'm the new organizer.
As Scott said, please feel free to come even if you feel awkward about it, even if you’re not “the typical ACX reader”, if you haven't read a post in a while, even if you’re worried people won’t like you, etc, etc, etc.
COVID requirements: You are required to be verifiably vaccinated or recovered or PCR-tested after 30 September 5pm. I will check this and then you can lose LW karma. Officials could check this, and then I will lose real-life karma. (Antigen tests are not sufficient as per the new regulations.)
This will b...
I recall Rhonda Patrick suggesting the TheraZinc oral spray (citation needed), which contains zinc gluconate. Unfortunately, it's a US-only product. (https://quantumhealth.com/shop/product/therazinc-oral-spray)
Talk topic has been settled: Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson's book, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life http://elephantinthebrain.com
Instructions on how to find the meetup room:
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True, they will fail to cooperate for some R, but the values of such R have a low probability. (But yeah, it's also required that uy and R are chosen independently—otherwise an adversary could just choose either so that it results in the players choosing different actions.)
The smoothness comes in from marginalising a random R. The coordination comes from making R and ε common knowledge, so they cooperate using the correlation in their observations—an interesting phenomenon.
(How can I write LaTeX in the comments?)
The game is indeed a clean example of Glomarization.
I might have misunderstood your main point, which I interpret as: “because of the counterfactual that I could have gotten a high card in this game, I shouldn't reveal a low card with probability 1.” Are you sure that it's because of the counterfactual in the current game, and not the possible consequences in my later interactions with B?
I would reveal my card if the game was truly unique, in that zero information leaks out. (Suppose B's memories of this game are erased afterwards.)
In real life, my decisio...
Interesting to contrast with Leave a Line of Retreat:
There, you leave a line of retreat for yourself; here, for your conversation partner.