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• Commented on The language of alienation
  Oh darn. Let me see if I can reconstruct. I once tried the experiment with a Louis CK comedy routine about everyday life as a single working father in New York City. I believe the most recently coined word was...
• Commented on Off the Map: Women in Science and Science Fiction
  Make it possible for men to breastfeed and be pregnant. Thats the single most important thing that could be done if we want to get a true equality careerwise (and probably in every other aspect too).Holy crap, no. I can't...
• Commented on The Anthropic Stupidity Hypothesis
  Charlie, I think the question is still ill-framed. What characteristics do you think a more intelligent human would have? Are they in the range of existing human variation? (I personally don't think the ability to do mathematics is very indicative...
• Commented on The Anthropic Stupidity Hypothesis
  Oh, not that slow. It's entirely possible to train yourself to become a mental calculator -- I know, I used to be one. Does it actually help in the real world? Well, it passed the time on road trips....
• Commented on The Anthropic Stupidity Hypothesis
  I could never buy the specific mechanism of that story....
• Commented on The Anthropic Stupidity Hypothesis
  To expand on my earlier comment, language depends on the rather close control of lips, tongue, teeth, breathing, and so forth. Anyone who has had their parts of their mouth anesthetized knows how difficult it is to make themselves understood...
• Commented on The Anthropic Stupidity Hypothesis
  Here's a different hypothesis: starting from mathematical primitives, the physical basis of the Universe is relatively easy to understand. However, biological brains evolve in too complex an environment for the ability to manipulative mathematical primitives efficiently to be much use......
• Commented on 2512
  Hi Charlie! I like the new system. In five hundred years, I'd expect the composition of the atmosphere to be closely managed. Most likely the climate will be tweaked to open up more of North American and North Eurasia's marginal...