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The purpose of pleasure is to encourage activities that are beneficial for our survival, correct? Why is it that there are things in nature like heroin or tobacco which activate our pleasure systems? Additionally, why are things like oils and fat so necessary that we get pleasure from using them?
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What's schizophrenia like? What are its main characteristics?
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for anons in the top universities, what would happen with your reputation if your colleagues find out you post here?
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Science Summary February

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What was the most interesting notable constructive paper or event in science last month?

Is anybody here doing some metascience, building meta-level/general purpose tools or using scientometrics? What would you be interested in and have you used Scholia or OpenAlex yet?
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Is this book good?
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Are soft robots a meme?
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Can you counter shorter genetics if you breed tall?

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I am a man. I am 5'10" which is average here. My dad was 5'7" and my grandfather was 5'6". I think the reason why I grew so tall was that during my childhood I was a pig and I ate everything whether it be junk food or protein-rich meat. Now, if I breed with a woman who is 6' or taller, would my sons be taller than me? The average height is constantly rising and being beneath the average would launch havoc on a man's confidence.
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When did you realise that all "STEM" jobs are bullshit?

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There is no possible way to avoid horrible wage cuckery. Kaczynski was right. It's more productive and interesting to become a philosopher and just write books where you shit on this "civilisation".
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Can somebody explain why zeta(1/2 + i*14.1347251417346937904572519836...) = 0?

I just don't understand how Riemann and colleagues proved that this irrational complex number somehow outputs 0 when you input it into the Riemann Zeta function.

By what means does that number process into zero?
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