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Fake mental disorders based on rich doctor's opinions using zero science. It's just exploitation for money.
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Machine Learning

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I just watched the 3Blue1Brown videos on neural networks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk
He explains neural networks using a character recognition example, and says that the network doesn't actually "learn" what it is that makes the character "8" an 8. If I have understood correctly, machine learning is nothing more than a slightly more complicated curve fitting algorithm. You tune the network coefficients by giving it a ton of inputs, and you hope that in actual use cases, your inputs will be similar enough to the training data for the algorithm to spit out a correct answer. Is this right? If it is, then why the FUCK is there so much excitement amount meme learning?
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Harvard and NBC News say the Covid epidemic is over

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/04/harvard-medical-professor-says-its-time-to-move-on-from-pandemic-.html

>It's time to let the young, healthy and "anyone who wants to move on" from the pandemic do so, said Dr. Stefanos Kales, a professor at Harvard Medical School.

>In a paper posted on LinkedIn last month, Kales said that for the majority of children and adults, "Covid-19 is not a serious threat, only a nuisance that impedes schooling, work and travel."

>"Once Omicron peaks, subsequent variants are likely to be even more mild," he said. "We badly need to allow the general public, particularly the young, to get back to normal life."

>He said he favors focusing Covid-19 efforts on "the vulnerable" rather than the population as a whole.

>"Many reasoned, outspoken and honest scientists have been making the point that Covid-19 is moving rapidly from a 'pandemic' … to an 'endemic' respiratory infection comparable to the common cold and flu," he said.

>In light of this, it's "past due" to rethink some Covid protocols, he said.

Really makes you wonder why Joe Rogan is being canceled if Harvard says the epidemic is over anyway
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No.14186955 ViewReplyOriginalReport
are there any drugs that are /sci/entifically proven to not lower IQ?
hard mode: no """drugs""" (e.g. caffeine) or lolweed
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No.14185696 ViewReplyOriginalReport
if global warming is real why are beach properties so expensive?
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No.14186612 ViewReplyOriginalReport
Can someone sum it up for me please?
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Why do scientists love their money so much?

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It is hard to believe corrupt rats are telling the truth, you know?
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No.14185272 ViewReplyOriginalReport
>Go to bed on a full stomach
>Have a vivid dream
What's the science behind this? Why does a full stomach make me have dreams.