Quote of the Day

the unsuitability of the human cortex for philosophical work. On this view, our most celebrated philosophers are like dogs walking on their hind legs—just barely attaining the threshold level of performance required for engag- ing in the activity at all.

--- Nick Bostrom. Superinteligence, 2014. p 59.

TIL: being fat can be contageous

that Covfefe is an asshole.

If you take microbiome from a fat mouse and transplant it into a thin mouse, the latter becomes fat. Also, there's a successful shit-pill therapy that cures a number of gastroenterological disorders.

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