# HG changeset patch
# User Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
# Date 1394470716 14400
# Node ID 79d17299ada080e93973d992e164f4baeb4ce5b5
# Parent  1904bdd70254569486aa91f056b8803f1017fcc2
misc ideas.

diff -r 1904bdd70254 -r 79d17299ada0 org/ideas.org
--- a/org/ideas.org	Mon Dec 30 00:02:37 2013 -0500
+++ b/org/ideas.org	Mon Mar 10 12:58:36 2014 -0400
@@ -31,6 +31,48 @@
 getting credit.
 #+end_quote
 
+- suicide parasite :: sometimes, people kill themselves for no good
+     reason. We often explain this with things like "hidden
+     depression" or we say that they had something like chronic jaw or
+     back pain. I think that smells of rationalization. I don't buy
+     it. I propose that in many suicide cases there is a disease that
+     causes the suicidal behaviour. We already know that certain
+     parasites have mind-bending properties in other animals, even
+     mammals like mice. It's not much of a stretch to imagine a
+     parasite that causes suicuides in humans. Some problems:
+     - What does the suicide parasite get out of it? :: This might be
+          answered by the whole thing being a glitch caused by
+          cross-species contamination. Toxoplasma works this way.
+     - What predictions does a disease model make :: suicuide should
+          be more common amone people who share a contaion
+          vector. There should be suicuides that don't make any
+          sense : people who weren't really depressed, who had no
+          reason to kill themselves. People who have killed themselves
+          should have a higher incidence of some unknown parasite in
+          their brains. 
+
+- domestic insects :: People should eat more bugs, but why not do some
+     major domestication research to make very appealing bugs?
+
+- birth-clones :: What if each person was intentionally split at birth
+                  into a normal embryo and a few "backup" cells which
+                  is then frozen. The backup cells are created just
+                  the same way as natural identical twins. The backups
+                  can be used to regenerate organs. ect. Also, it
+                  would be a good sci fi concept, because you could
+                  have a culture where people reward people who were
+                  especially awesome are "reborn" from their
+                  backups. Imagine having a young bach every
+                  generation, etc.
+
+- cortex-search :: use the repertoire of actions learned to limit the
+                   search space of possible actions.
+
+- no-float-ice :: cup that has cross beams at the bottom where ice
+                  forms. Then when you drink liquid from the glass,
+                  the ice stays at the bottom and doesn't hit your
+                  lips. For bars and fancy things.
+
 - bitcoins for immigrants :: A common case with Mexican immigrants
      (illegal or not) is that they want to send money they've earned
      in the US back to their families in Mexico. They currently do this
@@ -674,7 +716,7 @@
      knowledge base, along with questions that are moreover altered to
      guide knowledge acquisition. Motivation: One book of
      knowledge. /One./
-
+- * Invalid capture template
 
 ** From Jacob's idea list