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Recent content by Neonatal RRT

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    If Life is a simulation

    Perhaps, but I do agree that many people have a difficult time with their reality. Likely because a part of intelligence is the ability to predict what will happen in their world. When we are unable to predict, that unknown can cause anxiety and stress. Related. However, I disagree with this...
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    If Life is a simulation

    Personally, I am of the mind that there is "something else" beyond our human sensory systems and beyond our current tools to measure. What that is, I can only speculate with my own human experience and cognitive biases. All I can say is (1) I am open-minded enough to entertain these ideas and...
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    If Life is a simulation

    Personally, I am more, albeit weakly, more biased towards the hypothesis's and theories surrounding the multi-verse. Understanding the multiverse requires shifting from a "single-timeline" view to one where reality is a vast web of possibilities. While physics provides the framework for these...
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    If Life is a simulation

    Background per A.I.: The idea that we're living in a high-tech "Matrix" is most famously tied to philosopher Nick Bostrom’s Simulation Argument (2003). It’s less of a sci-fi trope and more of a logical trilemma. The Core Logic Bostrom argues that at least one of the following is likely true...
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    Politics are overwhelming me

    ... and the obvious response would be, "Are we to entrust the politicians to abolish politics?" The only way to do this is, in practice, to embrace a "king", an authoritarian dictatorship, to "clean house". Do we, the people, take to the streets in active, violent protest and physically remove...
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    Politics are overwhelming me

    Politics is about "winning" and "losing" control these days. It's not about picking your representative and having that representative speak and make decisions upon your behalf. It's about money and power. The reality is that there is only a limited amount of money flowing into the system...
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    Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum

    I was one of those people. Personally, hindsight being 20/20, I didn't "know" I was different in the sense that my masking was unconscious, my intelligence allowed me to adapt and function well... on the other hand... likely because of the autism component, I didn't know that my "sensory...
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    Dealing with extreme loneliness

    I am thinking the worst thing we can do to ourselves is to physically self-isolate. I totally understand the implications of our "social battery". I don't have a problem with people, in general as long as it's in small doses. However, being Gen X, there were no computers and phones to hide...
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    Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum

    If I could summarize, Uta Frith's view is that there is "autism classic" (those "significantly" impacted individuals quickly diagnosed in early childhood) and all the rest is "something else". I appreciate where her mind is trying to go here, but likely not accurate nor as simple as she would...
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    Adapting to New Realities

    Pretty much the same here, as well. Same I do plan a lot... 1, 5, 10 year plans. Day-to-day... my life is a lot like that. New situations and learning opportunities... especially at work. I routinely get thrown into situations I've never been in... even after doing the job for nearly 40...
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    Introducing myself :)

    My wife and I have been to Minneapolis a few times visiting our son and daughter-in-law... so much to do... I'll have to put the Minnesota Zoo on our "to do" list.
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    Why would my ex boyfriend tell me to fix my autism symptoms in order for him to have the patience for me?

    He's been subjected to a lot of false information. Autism is a genetic/epigenetic, prenatal, neurodevelopmental condition... there's actual anatomical differences in the structure of the brain... the neurons, themselves are different, the migrational patterns are different, the conductivity and...
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    Lessons you've learned in employment?

    Every company's well-being is dependent upon its asset-to-liability ratio. If your position and decisions make the company more money than what you're getting paid... you're an asset... if not... you're a liability. It is in the company's interest to reduce liabilities... low to mid-level...
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    Lessons you've learned in employment?

    1. Your co-workers do not care if you are blind, deaf, autistic, pregnant, etc... whatever the case may be... they only care that you can perform well... and they don't have to "pick up your slack". Are you dependable, reliable, skilled, accountable, and responsible? Your issues are your...
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    Shorter than short?

    The point being that there are many different systems of mathematics and measurement. In this case, we happen to use the speed of light.
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