Mercurial > thoughts
changeset 88:e0f8793b7aaf
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author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:59:38 -0400 |
parents | 79d17299ada0 |
children | 09d093d9b61f |
files | org/ideas.org |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+] |
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1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org Mon Mar 10 12:58:36 2014 -0400 1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org Mon Mar 10 12:59:38 2014 -0400 1.3 @@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ 1.4 depression" or we say that they had something like chronic jaw or 1.5 back pain. I think that smells of rationalization. I don't buy 1.6 it. I propose that in many suicide cases there is a disease that 1.7 - causes the suicidal behaviour. We already know that certain 1.8 + causes the suicidal behavior. We already know that certain 1.9 parasites have mind-bending properties in other animals, even 1.10 mammals like mice. It's not much of a stretch to imagine a 1.11 - parasite that causes suicuides in humans. Some problems: 1.12 + parasite that causes suicides in humans. Some problems: 1.13 - What does the suicide parasite get out of it? :: This might be 1.14 answered by the whole thing being a glitch caused by 1.15 cross-species contamination. Toxoplasma works this way. 1.16 - - What predictions does a disease model make :: suicuide should 1.17 - be more common amone people who share a contaion 1.18 - vector. There should be suicuides that don't make any 1.19 + - What predictions does a disease model make :: suicide should 1.20 + be more common among people who share a contagion 1.21 + vector. There should be suicides that don't make any 1.22 sense : people who weren't really depressed, who had no 1.23 reason to kill themselves. People who have killed themselves 1.24 should have a higher incidence of some unknown parasite in 1.25 @@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ 1.26 into a normal embryo and a few "backup" cells which 1.27 is then frozen. The backup cells are created just 1.28 the same way as natural identical twins. The backups 1.29 - can be used to regenerate organs. ect. Also, it 1.30 + can be used to regenerate organs. etc. Also, it 1.31 would be a good sci fi concept, because you could 1.32 have a culture where people reward people who were 1.33 especially awesome are "reborn" from their 1.34 - backups. Imagine having a young bach every 1.35 + backups. Imagine having a young Bach every 1.36 generation, etc. 1.37 1.38 - cortex-search :: use the repertoire of actions learned to limit the