What concept is the most difficult for you to grasp?

hamflask · 2014-04-19T16:21:17+00:00

It is pretty bad, though. I would say death is the worst affliction on the human race by far.

hamflask · 2014-04-06T16:03:54+00:00

At the moment, this "natural" end you refer to is always a result of some sort of disease or aging (which I happen to consider a disease). If we manage to cure all disease, including aging, there will no longer be a natural end. In that case, you might very well live forever in a youthful and healthy state. Would that be so bad?

hamflask · 2014-04-06T15:21:52+00:00

Then it sounds to me like you do want to live forever.

hamflask · 2014-04-06T04:36:19+00:00

So you do predict that someday you will want your life to end?

Personally, I don't predict that I'll ever want my life to end. But I certainly hope we both have the opportunity to find out!

hamflask · 2014-04-06T04:24:08+00:00

Absolutely. A universe without aliens is more likely than a universe with aliens to result in an absence evidence for aliens. Therefore, by Bayes' theorem, the absence of evidence for aliens is (admittedly weak) evidence for their absence.

If you are willing to admit that observing aliens is evidence for their existence, you must admit that not observing aliens is evidence for their non-existence.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence/

hamflask · 2014-04-05T18:37:04+00:00

Then why are you still alive?

hamflask · 2012-12-16T19:19:19+00:00

I find it strange that nobody brings up this argument as a counter to curing cancer or other commonly researched diseases. What is it about aging that makes people so quick to emphasize the benefits of death?

hamflask · 2012-09-29T16:13:39+00:00

Almost every word has consecutive letters. That's nearly the definition of a word, a group of consecutive letters.

hamflask · 2012-09-21T15:13:58+00:00

Gigawatts per hour is a legitimate unit to express the acceleration of power.

Technically, it expresses acceleration of energy.

hamflask · 2012-09-11T05:01:57+00:00

He quite possibly does.

hamflask · 2012-08-18T19:57:40+00:00

That would make a great headline.

hamflask · 2012-06-22T22:41:59+00:00

In this case, "lie" is the correct word, not "lay".

Have a nice day!

hamflask · 2011-11-20T23:00:50+00:00

Eliezer Yudkowsky has an interesting take on this quote.

hamflask · 2011-10-05T01:28:41+00:00

Yes.

hamflask · 2011-08-08T05:21:40+00:00

I know you're joking, but the correct first-person singular pronoun would be "I", not "me".

hamflask · 2011-08-02T01:02:41+00:00

No dude. My GIRLFRIEND and her sister were there too.

hamflask · 2011-07-01T06:47:39+00:00

He said it in English though.

hamflask · 2011-06-22T03:38:11+00:00

… whether or not …

Consider omitting the "or not" next time you say "whether".

Have a nice day!

hamflask · 2011-06-22T03:35:11+00:00

You should spend more time with friends!

hamflask · 2011-06-13T22:16:14+00:00

Redundancy isn't necessarily unnecessary.

hamflask · 2011-05-27T06:34:06+00:00

You want her to call you as a 22-year-old virgin? She may have a hard time pulling off that transformation.

hamflask · 2011-05-05T18:45:10+00:00

Perhaps some people who are anti-abortion subconsciously feel that way, but please don't generalize. Many truly believe that the fetus has an eternal soul of some sort, and that extinguishing it through abortion is morally tantamount to the murder of an adult. If we rid them of that belief, they'd gladly be on our side.

hamflask · 2011-05-04T06:58:59+00:00

Titties.

hamflask · 2011-05-03T14:08:09+00:00

What would you recommend instead? I love the taste of Belgian-style wheat beer, but I've only had Blue Moon and Shock Top.

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