TheReanuKeeves
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- Comment on We'll be seeing an uptick in UFO sightings soon 18 hours ago:
OP say lot words to say AI getting big when few words do trick
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 3 weeks ago:
Morning update: Had 1 clove with dinner. Throat was still sore when I was going to bed but much better when I woke up. Although without a control group, I don’t know how much recovery to attribute to the garlic. But I do feel better!
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 3 weeks ago:
I usually try to take on sicknesses as natural as possible so I’ve never come across this first defence stuff but it does look promising from what I’m seeing, I really only get colds (starting to think what I have no isn’t a cold now though because it’s been kinda severe) once every 4 or 5 years but I’ll give it a shot next time if I remember.
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 3 weeks ago:
No it’s not extremely accurate and it becomes less accurate the more times someone takes one or knows about the tests. But it is the only scale we have to gauge intelligence. In the same sense that if I don’t have a measuring tape to tell you how long a stick is, I can give you a rough idea through many hand-widths long it is.
I don’t know about others, but I refer to intelligence as the broad dictionary definition of someones ability to learn, that pattern recognition and problem solving. Learning in itself is a skill, which is why there are courses in post secondary that are specifically focused on teaching you how to study and learn efficiently. If what you’re hung up on is whether or not intelligence can be increased through education or even at all through your life then I say with pretty good certainty, based on what we know so far, intelligence is absolutely something that requires work through your life to increase.
You need exposure to data, concepts, ideas, and even other people’s ways of thinking to reach your full potential. I’ll leave you with a scientific journal specifically analyzing the genetic and environmental factors (including education) that affect cognitive ability.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 3 weeks ago:
Ugh I hope it isn’t covid. I don’t have time for that. My throat doesn’t hurt when I drink or eat, it’s just painful when I’m trying to sleep because it gets so dry. The headache lasted about 4 days but I’ve had a few episodes of cluster headaches in the past that felt the same. Same spot on my head and frequency so I wrote it off as stress and lack of sleep triggering it. Almost no sneezing, mild cough with clear mucus. Night sweats the last couple days but it’s been 6 days already so hopefully I’ve gotten through most of it. I think you’re right though, it seems worse than just a cold.
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 3 weeks ago:
Very possible. I just couldn’t see myself purposely saying something I didn’t think was true and then doubling up with calling the other person dumb over it. I don’t agree with almost anything she does though so that checks out.
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
It literally says memorizing data isn’t what makes someone intelligent. Second guessing yourself because of factual feedback you’ve received and not being falsely confident in everything you think is what makes someone intelligent.
Haven’t read the stat in a while but it’s something like an average increase of 5 IQ points for every year of school you attend. That increase isn’t necessarily because of the data you’ve retained, it’s from being tested on it and adjusting how you approach new concepts based on that feedback.
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
Which part is ambiguous to you though?
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
I may have missed it but I’ve only seen you and 1 other comment say I mix up the terms, if you can point out where I’m mixing them up then maybe I can correct or clarify myself. I am fully aware of the difference between knowledge and intelligence.
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
Tools and info yes, but the feedback is what I’m saying teaches people to adjust their confidence levels closer to their actual understanding of a subject.
Like if you wrote tests but never got graded or told what you got wrong, your confidence in your ability likely wouldn’t match your understanding of what you were tested on. Someone who wrote tests and were shown what they got wrong has a better understanding of how well they know something. I think that constant feedback is important and not something many people consider as a takeaway from being educated.
And yes, “stupid” people don’t have the ability to connect all the dots
- Comment on Introducing: iPhone Rock, iPhone Paper and iPhone Scissors 4 weeks ago:
What about lizard and spock?
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 4 weeks ago:
I have no idea, is that what you do or recommend?
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 4 weeks ago:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6465033/
Found that quickly and even though it says the results may not be significant, I’m willing to eat a couple cloves of garlic with dinner. I’ll let you know how I feel tomorrow morning.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve heard garlic has anti bacterial properties, does this actually work? I’ll eat a whole bulb of garlic, I don’t care.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 4 weeks ago:
I was originally going to include “what part of this is intelligent design?!?!” But I didn’t want it to devolve into a religious debate. But seriously, how intelligent is our design when our defense mechanism makes recovery even more difficult to achieve?
Like some asshole is out there designing a vehicle that runs on solar but you’re also only allowed to drive it when the sun is down.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 4 weeks ago:
Yes, I know it’s the natural defences popping off but I’m saying I’m having a hard time keeping this plane in the sky when my copilot keeps slapping me with a hot seafood entrée. Y’know??
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
Knowledge is remembering facts, intelligence is pattern recognition and problem solving. Where did I mix the two?
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
I’m not saying people without formal education don’t have the capacity for intelligence, I’m saying education increases intelligence through reevaluating your own thoughts.
From what I recall, it’s generally accepted that your potential for intelligence is based primarily on your genetic luck and environmental factors. Your genetic potential being how well your biological processes work, the hardware you’re given, and then environmental factors like injury, nutrition, and education that determine how much of your potential you reach or are hindered from. If there were 2 clones, one born to a rich family with high IQ parents that understand how to nurture intelligence and one born to 2 mentally challenged parents who not only lack the ability to take care of their kid properly but require their kid to take on a caregiver role as a child. 99% of the time, one of them would reach their full potential while the other wouldn’t.
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
And it’s difficult if not impossible to be more intelligent with a closed mind no?
- Comment on Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong. 4 weeks ago:
How about we meet in the middle and say “learning the concept that you might be wrong will help your intelligence”?
My mother who “allegedly” graduated high school has more confidence than anyone I know and will say things like “you can’t divide a small number by a bigger number” or “temperatures don’t have decimals, only full numbers”. Then as you stare at her blankly trying to figure out if she’s joking or not, she’ll tell you you’re clearly not very smart if you don’t know that
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- Comment on How often do guys have a haircut? 4 weeks ago:
Like birds come in and eat your hair or something?
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 4 weeks ago:
No need to improve your art skills. All you need to do now is feed your 2026 Civic some keywords to generate an AI image.
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- Comment on New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens 2 months ago:
Those are examples, you obviously would need to attain alcohol or drugs if you ask ChatGPT too. That isn’t the point. The point is, if someone wants to find that information, it’s been available for decades. Youtube and and Google results are personalized, look it up.
- Comment on New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens 2 months ago:
I think we need a built in safety for people who actually develop an emotional relationship with AI because that’s not a healthy sign
- Comment on New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens 2 months ago:
Is it that different than kids googling that stuff pre-chatgpt? Hell I remember seeing videos on youtube teaching you how to make bubble hash and BHO like 15 years ago
- Comment on Does it damage my phone in any way it I use a faulty cable to charge it? 2 months ago:
Ok so it’s more dependent on what actually is malfunctioning. It’s just my cable that’s messed up, I bought a new one that works fine but I was wondering If I left it plugged into an old phone 24/7 as like a digital picture frame/alarm or something if that would be bad in the long run