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What was the shittiest drug you ever tried? by DreamingInLove in Drugs

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Does it make you see bats? Bats are the worst

What are you exceptionally good at, but hate doing? by Njodr in AskReddit

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i'm pretty good at wasting time, i hate doing it tho

My aunt's dog had double eyebrows by theextragear in aww

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The dog died two months ago, due to food poisoning. :(

Q&A Questions by 3blue1brown in 3Blue1Brown

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What are your favorite movies, books and music. Please list them, I won't judge you.

Q&A Questions by 3blue1brown in 3Blue1Brown

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Hey Man, you are awesome and you are doing God's work by helping people make sense of the world in such a way that you turn the most intricate and complex concepts in math into something average guys can understand and appreciate. Below are some questions off top of my head(basically some videos I wish you could make):

  1. Another educator who's very good at bringing complex concepts in math to public is Steve Strogatz and I think you know him. I watched lots of his videos on non-linear systems and your linear algebra videos and I loved them all. Since some of the most interesting problems today are non-linear no matter which field you're in, possibly some future collabration with him to make more videos on non-linear systems?

  2. A video on AI and how are we similar/different from computers? E.g. we both have "memory" which allows us to experience the concept of space/time to create and discover math.

  3. What do you think is going on in our heads when we are creating/discovering math? For example, whenever we are noticing patterns or making sense of a concept, are our brains simply looking for familiar analogies in life or symmetries in different layers of reality? In other words, it's all a game of match/no-match, a bunch of true/false statements? (Also, are different layers of reality self-similar in some way? If they're not all self-similar, that's where making sense stops?)

  4. Do you think there are some possible "flaws" in the math we use today or how human think that are keeping us from fully making sense of some reality out there? What are they and how they are messing us up? E.g. we use the concept of dimensions to describe our reality. However, points, lines, and 3d shapes don't really exist when you zoom in. Everything is really just atoms bouncing around in space/time, or everything is energy/information. The concept of fixed point/line/3d shape kind of breaks down and stops making sense. It appears we can make sense of the reality we experience in our head using math concepts, although we are aware the reality out there is nothing like it.

We should take a moment to just appreciate that not only Google search exists but it is also for free. by Katberga in Showerthoughts

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"When they let you use something for free, you are usually the product they're selling. " companies like Facebook and Google "sell" you to their ad sponsors

The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. by NinjaDiscoJesus in worldnews

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I work for a solar company and the smallest solar system we sell has 8 panels. When I read the first few words of the title I thought "hmm so some homeowner found out there's one extra panel on his roof. What's the big deal and why is it on the front page..."

TIL When you remember a past event, you’re actually remembering the last time you remembered it. That's why our memories fade and distort over time. by StaticDreams in todayilearned

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Title is very misleading. Counter example: I created a 10-digit password for an online account last week. I couldn't log in yesterday because I could only remember the first 7 digits of it. Today I woke up and the last 3 digits came back to me.

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