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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 21 points 3 months ago (22 children)

Aren't smaller, better-connected brains more likely to be from an intelligent person? I'm not sure there's a relationship between intelligence and brain size in general.

Also, huge head does not imply large brain inside the head.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Our brain shape science basically boils down to:

missing big pieces usually makes it work less well.
folds and creases seem good?
Not too much fluid!
Not too little either!
front part seems pretty important for thinking.
middle too.
"stuff" in the brain is almost always bad for thinking. Like rocks and things. Neurons, blood and the right blend of fluids are great.
phrenology is pretty wrong. Like, super wrong.

Beyond that, we know a bunch of stuff about brains and neurons and how they all piece together, but just based on lookin', we're pretty bad at judging a person based on their head and brain.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 12 points 3 months ago

missing big pieces usually makes it work less well.

I fucking love science.

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