At least we tried? #tfr

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Cake day: March 14th, 2021

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  • The annoying part of this for me is that Gates’ name needs to be dropped in, presumably to get attention. But so it goes.

    It’s interesting to see that the concept of butter in the comments seems to be a significant trigger for a bunch of people (in the /c/science posting of this article). This is another level to the problem.

    But the main problem which no one seems to have commented on (maybe because it is mentioned at the end of the article) is, like many animal product substitutes, production cost and scaling.

    Animal products are so embedded and subsidised (and/or at least true externized costs ignored), and politically connected, potential eco-friendly alternatives like this have a really extra hard time getting off the ground even if I could one day be cheaper.






  • “In the non-violent condition, however, participants with higher scores in Machiavellianism had a higher increase in cortisol” - linked study

    So people trying to be manipulative bastards in ‘nice’ games increase thier stress? Interesting.

    Unfortunately the source study appears to be paywall and not yet on sci-hub, so don’t know what specific games they used. As to how they define Machiavellianism, I assume something toke this:

    “In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism is a personality trait characterized by interpersonal manipulation, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a strategic focus on self-interest.” - Wikipedia