Hacker News: muttonette

New comment by muttonette in "Leave Me Behind"

muttonette — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:49:54 +0000

Is a room with 300 morons and 1 genius more intelligent than a room with 10 morons and 1 genius? In my model, there is negative intelligence, so the 300 morons would actually be less intelligent. We do have more stupidity degrees of freedom, that’s for sure. That is, the domain of human stupidity is greatly expanded. Smart people can be stupid in an ever increasing number of ways. So a very bright person 100 years ago might appear very stupid if they were time machined into the now.

New comment by muttonette in "Magnifica Humanitas"

muttonette — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:31:05 +0000

Google makes phones and phones are somewhat good. Better search had some value for humanity. Meta has no redeeming qualities or achievements, other than helping Trump get into office and defeat Iran.

New comment by muttonette in "The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients"

muttonette — Sun, 24 May 2026 20:58:42 +0000

you can overeat fruit and vegetables and not all fruit is the same. Bananas vs kale is a good example. You should eat more kale, but you should avoid bananas unless they’re green (lots of resistant starch)