Tao is worried that AI will produce drugs that hit metrics but don’t actually cure the underlying disease.
Does that sound familiar? That’s (most of) modern medicine!
Think about optimizing for 25(OH)D and LDL metrics.
That’s how you get people taking Vitamin D supplements and statins, not realizing they’re targeting (mostly) symptoms and not root causes.
This is a slide from Terence Tao's 'Math 2.0' public lecture yesterday evening at Caltech. I am highly confident that, if the cure actually worked, almost any Stage 4 cancer patient would tell you that human comprehension of its mechanism is completely irrelevant to them.
@helios_brah@rfsafe It’s not just the frequency that’s problematic. It’s coming from the sky, so if you want to tan in the sun, there’s no way to shield from it. For cell towers at least you can hide behind a mountain or trees.
@taobanker Agreed. I've also noticed that as I get healthier, I have less frequent cravings for the dopamine rush from elaborate meals at fancy restaurants.
High quality ingredients plainly cooked is very satisfying.
@NoahRyanCo@superpower But you live in Florida, so you get plenty of sun exposure. You may not have the same labs outcome living in Toronto and eating the same way.
@jimmydean197 Of course this is not how the average American thinks about it, but you need to subtract out the equity from the monthly payment for a fairer comparison.
@montrealronin@nickmmark@KyzerMelody Standard supermarket pork is often 15% or higher LA. Not sure where you're getting 6-10% LA lard from.
First, that's already a significant increase. Second, biological effects are not purely linear.
@nickmmark@KyzerMelody That’s totally wrong. Pigs are monogastric and beef are not. Modern factory farmed pork has insanely higher linoleic acid composition than beef.
@AlpacaAurelius Is this even legal to build anymore? How do you incorporate tons of quartz glass windows in a home while still passing energy efficiency laws?
@SowingAlphaSeed I've had this exact model for half a year now. I put 4 caster wheels on it and push it inside and outside to work. Mount two monitors on it and put another 20-30 lbs on it regularly. No issues so far.
@seagertp@BlueLightDiet He’s primarily targeting SE/East Asians. Low mitochondrial uncoupling ability, but also expects high solar yield and magnetic pinning.
When the stable magnetic field goes away, you get bad CISS spin polarization and not enough uncoupling ability to dissipate pmf as heat.
You 20 years ago: "But where's the RCT?"
By the time the harm is proven beyond doubt, billions of people have already lived through the experiment.
Be careful with new tech and evaluate against the Lindy Effect (@nntaleb).
Countries around the world pushed LEDs and made incandescents illegal to buy.
Years later: "The shock revelation that light bulbs are wrecking your metabolism."
Billions of people traded their health for energy efficiency.
@freedomonfire@orrdavid Yes, deuterium is a huge part of it. You need to optimize your environment to allow your body to naturally optimize deuterium depletion.