1. Purpose. what is it that drives one?

2. Integrity. when does one compromise it?

3. Awareness. is one able to disengage when one's ego (fueled by credentials) is activated.

"There is no vaccine yet for this."

There may not be any vaccine, but there may be a cure. If we change the language used to communicate within a setting/platform such as Facebook, possibly by using a subset of the language previously used or by adopting a more Formal construct.

But Facebook is a virtual neighborhood, with greatly increased bandwidth and range. It is difficult or impossible to achieve it in their settings.

I came across Sibilant, which can do this for me on either side - I believe. Hoping to find out soon.

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--- databases (tech not yet researched) --- core logic (tech: sbcl) --- server compute & memory (aws?) --- routers/switches/network devices (tech: invented already at DARPA) --- client OS through access points on device (tech: variable) --- Client browsers (tech: engines and parsers for html, js, css) --- DOM (tech: put together by choices of models, views, and controllers using html, css, angular) --- User interface (tech: human)

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I want to remind us that rarely do enough credible (according to some formal and stringent definition) evidences exist for a given topic for an observer to make a conclusion with the kind of confidence we often display while remonstrating on these issues.

Specifically: it is naive to adopt a conclusive tone involving a person without liberty for over a decade, and possibly undergoing forms of punishment without due trial. I suspect not one of us here is trained enough in Law and have access to enough TRUE information to come to a judgment. If so, we are guilty of engaging in and spreading careless commentaries made about a case that combines possible human rights violation (its abundance in current time does not make this any less serious of a concern) with possible government interference in defining what constitutes journalism.

I want to leave you with this last thought - in majority cases in history, it has been profitable for the public to challenge the government on its policies, rather than to trust in its foresightedness and integrity.

I am not invested in this topic, although I should be. In fact, some of the information you shared is valuable to my personal life.

I have a problem with oversimplification of hard problems, then claiming that they are currently understood. Then proceeding to build more extravagant and potentially dangerous solutions on the said platform.

The point you are debating - that of the influence of salts/neurotransmitters/more on brain chemistry, and hence on one’s mental state, can be so profound as to create a world where one experiences a vastly different emotional response to everyday events than what most others anticipate - is understood.

I contested that this is not enough to encourage experimentation with consciousness itself.

edit: the impact of chemistry can render itself in ways where the idea of one’s personality becomes fluid. chemistry can control my reaction to simple things, and render my ability to live my life debilitated. I understand that chemistry can shake at the very sense of having control over my self. I also understand that the external world barely acknowledges the role of chemistry in this, and likes to blame it wholly on the individual.

Mind alterations are induced by drugs. Chemical imbalances influence the same. I just am not convinced that these evidences are enough.

Thank you.

the money they’ve raised so far is due to the possible improvements this proposed technology will bring to neuro research.

machines have us beat on speed. however, let us not be blinded by this singularly awesome edge machines provide.

Clause VI is clear in mentioning that in all of these cases, the incapacitation/suspension/resignation of the President's Office also devolves to Office of the Vice President, thus rendering currently adopted amendment unconstitutional.

It also prudently allows the Congress to make the selection of an "acting" President from a pool of people loosely referred to as "Officer", until return of sitting President to health or an election.

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There are examples of polygamy, polyandry, and group marriages throughout recorded history. It can be argued that these often served the purpose of allowing dominant male or female to create many offsprings with maximum genetic diversity.

Now in a more codified and urbanized society - a man or a woman who sees it fit to share her or his sperms or egg can do so through the medical system without requiring multiple marriages.

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Distance between our respective positions on this topic is enough that I have to spend considerably more effort to communicate using words a more complete explanation.

p.s. I love to edit as much as I am able to, and dislike those that are prejudiced otherwise.

outside of that I wrote 5-10 commands of DOS as a kid, then a bunch of years later wrote 50-100 lines of BASIC over two years to program this robot that won second place when we added a fire detecting capability to its sonar ears. the robot could follow you around, stop and turn at walls, detect fire using a heat sensor I think, and put water on it.

Is it possible for us to have a live chat-box that users can use to give answers to each other in real-time?

I believe this can be functional without being burdensome and intrusive. Hopefully one of us can write an intelligent bot that will filter useless spam and only allow valid stack-exchange like questions. The bot - as far as I know - won't be able to do a perfect job, but we can also have volunteer moderators to take care of spams that filter through.

The purpose of this chat-box would be to allow for the answering of a quick question that can be answered within 2-3 sentences.

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