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@phataku @MrReaganUSA By 1 standard deviation. That’s significant. Ray Dalio mentions that he’s seen people in Bridgewater increase by that much. It’s amazing. But people put limits on themselves. If they believe it can only be raised marginally, they’re absolutely right: about themselves

@jonmhong @MrReaganUSA Marginally, but not significantly. And, more importantly, those improvements are not heritable.

IQ tests consistently show Africans have extremely low average IQs. This is some of the most contentious data in all of science, always called "racist". So this African guy in Nigeria conducted a test himself! His results - Average IQ: 73.4 Median IQ: 69.7

@predict_addict What were the math problems particularly?

Russian math is on another level. In a rural classroom, barefoot peasant children were solving—mentally—problems that would slow down today’s MIT PhDs and quant researchers.

@KevinSzabo14 One of the big names here did a clever trick, saying something like, “this is a test to sort out all the AI. Everyone who comments on this thread will be blocked.”

Stop commenting with Ai! Fucking stop.

@PepcMax1969 @JesseSm26211261 @MrReaganUSA It’s absolutely like building a muscle. From first principles, IQ is formed from average synaptic connections, connections between brain regions. It can be improved.

@JesseSm26211261 @MrReaganUSA No, not really. IQ is difficult to improve, it's not like building muscle

@Tekeee “The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself.”

Gold is crashing. Silver is crashing. Crypto is crashing. Stocks are crashing. The dollar is crashing. Real talk what should we buy now?

@Yuchenj_UW I had a similar thought just today. There are a lot of places (restaurants, etc) that open late in the morning. Places are closed on Mon or Tue. They close early. It’s completely flipped from NY

Guys, SF is a magical city. Today, a beautiful Wednesday, I had a 4:30pm meeting with a friend at a café… it was closed. We walked 10 blocks, every café was closed. Finally found Blue Bottle, it closed at 5:30. Can some YC company please build what SF people actually want?

@kagglingdieter @kaggle Very cool!

50 Kaggle Gold Medals. 🏅 It’s hard to believe, but I hit a milestone that seemed impossible when I first joined @kaggle. 50 Golds.

@XH_Lee23 Wow I gotta make it out there

This place is where pressured Chinese people go to relax.

@Clear_Eyed_Take @midascabal Wrong

@midascabal Except their own people prefer to live in west when they have the option

The WEST is dead. China is where everyone will move towards.

@AlpacaAurelius Have you asked them their reasoning, and did you empathize? I could live anywhere in the world, and I chose SF.

@NapierHolland Have you noticed low ratings from people who don’t want to pay?

I've worked with 100+ startups. Free users do NOT become paid users. Why did anyone ever assume they would?

@lennartprimal These are wonderful places for people who are pursuing hedonistic happiness rather than eudaemonic happiness

Why live in Dubai when you can live in Sardegna?

@itsjessyin I moved back from NY. Are you considering moving here?

visiting sf next week and hoping to meet some cool and interesting people:) tl;dr on me: - fashion nerd, cofounded a techwear brand - spent the last few months building agents for apparel - former investment banker but spiritually an artist (lifelong painter, retired ballerina)

@robinhanson I like the distribution here

Do most people care too much, or too little, about money?

@AdameMedia Alright I’ll pull out my entire net worth

Trump has killed America. It was already dying but the chimp has put the cushion over its face. Fed Chair Jerome Powell gives the bad news: "There is effectively ZERO NET JOB CREATION in the private sector."

@Do_One_More @tailopez The US seems to be of that mindset, whereas China is just winning by improving themselves

@tailopez That’s a loser’s mindset. If your success depends on someone else failing, you aren’t playing the game—you’re just terrified of competition. Focus on your own growth.

Imagine facing Genghis Khan who’s life motto was, “It is not sufficient that I succeed, all others must fail.”

@ptaranat @yacineMTB Yep, you can continue to stack the Pareto on itself. 4% (.2*.2) make up 64% (.8*.8).

that’s bc pareto principle is one instance of power law with a specific exponent. the reason power law appears in nature is bc of preferential attachment in self organized nodes. nodes with many connections attract more nodes (river tributaries, neurons). systems driven slowly slowly to critical thresholds release energy in scale free bursts (sand piles, avalanche, forest fired) i could keep on going but this is so interesting for me i did my entire undergrad research on the topic. read up on self organizing processes and dynamical systems. the thing that blew my mind was dynamical systems applied to language and cognition.

Is there a tangible intuitive statistical explanation for why the Pareto distribution turns up literally everywhere I look?

@NoahKingJr I’m betting that the UAPs will disable those weapons like they have previously. Otherwise, I won’t think too hard. If I die now or later, I’ll reincarnate.

What is your plan if nuciear war starts?

@donatelli2026 Very true

the best thing you can do in San Francisco is literally to go and talk to everyone here most people are pretty open to chat. just go up to them and speak. say hi. show genuine interest in who they are and what they are doing the connections you'll make will be worth it