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u/PragMATHimatiCOOL · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

No worries, I appreciate your continued interest and not dismissing this set of thought-patterns outright since there’s many compelling off-ramps / reasons they are not as common as you’d expect real/correct ones to be! :) Maybe the real “crazy idea” to me here is that it’s kind of wild how vastly common the non-reality-matching vague understanding is, when there is one that is more compelling / coherent / reality-observation-matching. I understand why we as humans have mostly begun thinking there, though, and it’s pretty interesting from a historical/evolutionary/meme-evolution angle.

Viewing the “mechanistic view” as opposed to “free will” is a false dichotomy—it’s crazy common though! In reality, the bundle of patterns we regard as “free will” is an emergent pattern FROM mechanistic patterns evolving. (In case you’re suuuper interested in a thorough slaying of the false dichotomy, the concisely-named Freedom Evolves by neuroscience-friendly philosopher-scientist Dennett is a mountain of science-backed evidence on the topic—but my caveat is he’s more annoyingly dense than anything you’ve just read from me! b/c this is hard shit we’re not very well set up / evolved to naturally comprehend—watching some YouTube videos of his might be more enjoyable)

I think the reason many folks view a vague concept of free will as vaguely opposed to a mechanistic view is often just (1) a failure of imagination — I can tell you I believe with extremely high confidence that there’s nothing non-physical about our brain’s operation in the mechanistic universe, and that doesn’t strike me as odd, wrong or irreconcilable. It just strikes me as—we were not historically great at thinking about how the very high level pattern of feeling of free will emerges from the low level pattern of the brain—given we didn’t even understand how the brain recognized objects based on our vision until less than 10 years ago—and it didn’t matter for our continued existence as patterns in the universe so why would we have evolved to care :D

Reason #2 is that many cling to a notion that the MIND must be somehow distinct from the BRAIN (i.e., “magical person sitting in your brain controlling it with levers” — we’ve peered into the brain and understand it quite well — that’s just not how the brain’s constituent patterns are structured). Why cling to such a notion? Why did we assume it’s distinct? Because it fits many of our preconceived world views — it helps us hold on to human special-ness, our religious precepts, hell—many words (fossils of past ideas) we are using to discuss with one another right now have these prejudices / assumptions baked in to them (notice the “I”s, “you”s, etc. — these are artificial distinctions we’ve just found evolutionarily / continued-pattern-existence useful).

We’re just in the last 5 or so years developing software thinking patterns (AI, narrowly focused than AGI) that have surpassed human-based thinking patterns in more and more fields. I can tell you with high confidence there is no ceiling that separates our bodies and brains and that which can be accomplished through software (even set within the Game of Life — just with a really large game board—the universe is vast like a super giant game of life game board). Those closest to development consider AGI something that will happen this century (myself included).

I believe there’s value in this reality-matching view becoming more common. It’s kind of like taking a dump and seeing things clearly when it clicks—damn—reality is all that is real. He’s a pattern, she’s a pattern, we’re all patterns, and that’s all cool!!

u/MrDanger · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

You are. Here's a fistful. Read 'em and weep.

http://fortune.com/2016/04/22/mcdonalds-benefits-wages-workers/

> Turns out paying people a higher wage and giving them more benefits makes them work motivated.
McDonald's (MCD, -3.21%) on Friday reported its third straight increase in quarterly comparable sales, helped by moves such as bringing back All-Day breakfast and offering new menu options.
But another move by McDonald's is behind this reversal of fortune for the hamburger chain, which had posted two years of declines through last fall: higher wages and tuition help for employees.

https://www.amazon.com/The-Good-Jobs-Strategy-Companies/dp/1480555541

> Ton describes the elements of the good jobs strategy in a variety of successful companies around the world, including Southwest Airlines, UPS, Toyota, Zappos, and In-N-Out Burger. She focuses on four model retailers—Costco, Mercadona, Trader Joe’s, and QuikTrip—to demonstrate the good jobs strategy at work and reveals four choices that have transformed these companies’ high investment in workers into lower costs, higher profits, and greater customer satisfaction.

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/19/our-wage-hikes-give-workers-more-money-to-spend-in-our-stores-wal-mart-us-ceo.html

> Wal-Mart's two-year initiative to give its employees pay raises has translated into workers having more money to spend in the retailer's stores, Wal-Mart U.S. CEO Greg Foran said Thursday.

u/dysprog · 2 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

This was a character in "Lady Slings the Booze" by Spider Robinson. The hero's love interest was a pair of psychic twins who were raised to believe she was one person. She effectively became a single person with 2 bodies. One body was better at piano. The other was better at sex. She works in an extremely high class house of prostitution. Together with the hero, they save the world several times.

https://smile.amazon.com/Lady-Slings-Booze-Spider-Robinson/dp/0743435788?sa-no-redirect=1

u/GotMyOrangeCrush · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

https://www.amazon.com/Wolo-497-iHorn-Mini-Hand/dp/B008MUGZ5O

Wolo 497 iHorn Mini Hand Held Gas Horn

  • Compact size

  • Simple press of a button delivers a powerful blast that will be heard from a distance

  • Ideal for marine, jogging, camping, sports events, etc.

  • Great anytime a powerful horn is needed
u/DatNiggaDaz · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

Great idea. You can get them here http://www.incensematch.com/ or on amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Incense-Matches-One-Each-Scent/dp/B00145STB2 .

They are really a great addition for any bathroom, especially at parties.

u/alt91 · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

It's not impossible. Street hustler John Bell said he made money through bar bets he was sure to win (http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Scams-Hustles-Hustlers-Bible-ebook/dp/B00EH4BDMO).
I hope his story in the intro was true.

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u/abell_east · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas
  1. If you think Congressman care about their $100,000 salary from the government, your understanding of how these people manipulate the system for personal gain is flawed.

  2. If poor guy makes 1, and rich guy makes 100. Average is just over 50. If poor guy makes 10 times as much, and rich guy makes 100 - average is just 55. If poor guy makes 1, and rich guy doubles income to 200 - average is over 100. Your theory is flawed.

  3. Who would calculate the average income? Oh, the same people who would benefit from the number being manipulated. A system like this would only provide a false sense of trust to the general public since all governments know How to Lie with Statistics
u/1khmtd_Surge · 2 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

I saw it on one of the reddits I subscribe too, brought back memories. Really them things were pretty cool. I'm going to see if they even make it anymore...BRB...

yep! at amazon here

edit: add-on

From the Simpsons

Dr. S: Wait, did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it.

[Dr. S picture]

u/ThePain · 4 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

I've got a big book which literally lists every major military movement and military engagement on every single day for the entirety of WW2. I like to think it'd be worth billions to the right people if I could go back in time.

http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Complete-Photographic-History/dp/1579124089

Some pictures!

http://i.imgur.com/ETiTSgq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nw5bql7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Zkt7nhj.jpg

u/Oooch · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

Pahahaha! Give away?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sims-IKEA-Home-Stuff/dp/B00169L7QK

More like, pay us money for the pleasure of seeing our brand in your game!

u/ListenBeforeSpeaking · 41 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

Here are some of the LED cover stickers they make for reducing the brightness of these lights.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this company or amazon. :)

u/lostwars · 93 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

Anyone that has not seen this movie. See it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Lives-Others-Martina-Gedeck/dp/B000OVLBGC

Edit: adding a few things from the wormhole I fell into after seeing this movie for anyone interested. Stasiland is an amazing account of life under the Stasi.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/jun/07/guardianfirstbookaward2003.biography

I can't find it at the moment but there is a video of the fall of the Berlin Wall where people are waiting for their chance to cross over into West Germany. Thousands of people. It's incredible.

u/romulusnr · 3 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

We had one. I didn't really work that well. Perhaps it was limited by its amount of internal memory (and the age of the data). One that was (dare I say it) wifi-capable would actually probably work better as it would have updated barcodes as well as updated cooking times.

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-WBYMW1-850-Watt-Microwave-Scanning/dp/B0000C8W7Z#

u/Hotel_Arrakis · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

You may need to add string cheese as the third plait to strengthen the rope.

Also, you may wish to add this to your Christmas list: https://www.amazon.com/FISCHERS-PICKLED-ROPE-BOLOGNA-5lbs/dp/B002L66MXU

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u/str8baller · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

As a communist I think you're actually on point in your analysis within the first world. I think many communists are coming to terms with this fact. There is a branch in Marxism that coincides with the facts you've stated about American employees and employers. It's Maoist Third Worldism.

“Communists must always go into the why’s and wherefore’s of anything, use their own heads and carefully think over whether or not it corresponds to reality and is really well founded; on no account should they follow blindly…” – Mao Tse Tung

Helpful introduction: https://anti-imperialism.com/2013/07/08/why-i-became-a-maoist-third-worldist/

More in depth: https://www.amazon.com/Divided-World-Class-Zak-Cope/dp/1894946413

u/Jamesmconley · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

I really like these. I put them on everything

Edit: fixed link

u/REInvestor · 18 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

There is a college-aged guy who did basically this a few years ago to counter Nickel and Dimed.

Book is called Scratch Beginnings and I think he started out homeless and ended with an apartment, a car, and like $5k in the bank after 1 year.

u/MrNetops · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

https://www.amazon.com/LightDims-Original-Strength-Electronics-Appliances/dp/B01BZBBITE

Stickers of all shapes and sizes to dim or block light.

I use a ton of them and they're fantastic!

u/jenilynTX · 1 pointr/CrazyIdeas

I just went and got the link to that book to reply here! Because that's basically what he did. http://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Beginnings-Search-American-Dream/dp/0061714275

u/pkpjoe · 2 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

This can be said for a lot of things.

An electronics company won't make a DVD player without DVDs and vice versa (argument doesn't work well for blu-ray since it was Sony on both ends)

But, why not take the idea one further and use the UPC code, which already exists on almost all frozen food items.

Edit: I guess the UPC version exists already...

u/Viscerae · 3 pointsr/CrazyIdeas

>not economically feasible

Holy crap, you weren't kidding. And that's WITH a $200 discount!

I still think the storage space is the least of your problems if you're trying to fit GC capability into such a small package.

EDIT: And GC games aren't 1GB a pop, they're more like ~1.3-1.4GB, so you'd need the full terabyte.