StringJunky

We already have a natural model via the dreaming process. We can synthesize experiences as a lived experience within them.

Because you consume foods in a solution... that's what matters.

No neuroplasticity equivalent for learning then. You are thinking in hard-machine terms, when it's a software that's executing. If we can have experiences in our brains, which is just data, why would it be impossible to replicate via software? Why can't those software-based characters interact and share experiences, increasing their respective knowledgebases?

That's it, it is escalator! Been a while since I've been on one. Mixing with Americans is messing with my language.

The devil is in the details... using broad brushes hides them.

An elevator is the moving stairs here.

People can't be bothered correcting spellcheck would be the main one, I think. I do it myself if it's on. Not so much on here because people generally make the effort.

Especially if it's American. The 'correct' English is the one people use... it's always in flux. I've noticed American often uses archaic spellings from a UK perspective.

62.7659874% of statistics are made up.

Lots of people... Janine Rowling (H. Potter) for one well-known one. All the feminists that are complaining that all their hard work is being 'usurped' by 'men'.

Because he's concerned about the effect on elite women's sport... a valid concern. How much it matters, is what is being discussed. You can't just say MYOB.

I agree. Fact: trans-people exist. We need to accommodate them because they are not happy. Lots and lots of trials and participant feedback is the way forward, I think. We can theorize all we like, but only by trying things will we find out the real obstacles that need addressing and, hopefully, solutions.

The solution will be empirically-discovered as ideas are tried out over time.

If you search 'h pylori stool test kit' there's quite a few. They detect pylori antigens. Superdrug and boots do them.You could also go to a chemist and see if they provide that specific testing service. I would try the latter first as you will have on-hand advice. Also, if you have significant belly fat, that can contribute significantly, I find. The mass of fat there constantly presses on the stomach and when the top sphincter opens to release air, the sudden added pressure causes it to squirt acid out.

That's only correct if the acid reflux is periodic. Chronic acid reflux is not periodic.

I'll take the risk if its H.Pylori. would you rather have a statistical risk of cancer or have a tangible risk of ulcers, and potentially stomach cancer, oesophageal cancer, throat cancer, bad teeth, smelly breath, using antacids by the ton... and generally feeling unwell? This is what weighing up risk vs benefit looks like. The mechanism is there and understood.

Virtually no treatment is harmless.

If it's not worth saying, don't say it just to fill forum space and up your post count.

Condensation nuclei from seawater comes in the form of dimethyl sulphide, produced by phytoplankton. If we spray it in the air, I would have thought DMS would be liberated into the air at a higher rate?

If they charcoaled the trees they cut down and infused that with desirable minerals before working it in the gound, they might have a more sustainable system. They need to stop it leaching, and that's what the terra preta does. It holds onto the nutrient anions and cations until the plants need it.

It's just a request for more evidence. It's what we do. Is it not?

Yes, that's it. It is literally a self-contained system in an otherwise hostile environment. The solution for fixing a desert is right there, but I've no idea what the critical mass looks like, when it requires no more intervention. That default horizontal interlocking of roots is what creates a fantastic framework for things to latch onto, decompose into and compress in a compact manner to create a sponge to hold water and nutrients. The ultimate 'design' aim I think is to make it waterproof at the subsoil/humus layer interface.

Another fact about the Amazon is the humus layer is only 2-5cm deep! That's sand and clay underneath and very few minerals... everything is within the growing zone. Heat and moisture rapidly degrades dead matter to keep the system going.

That's a head turner. Makes a lot of sense. I should have realized actually that indigenous people understand the rythms of their locality. The Amazonians made charcoal infused soil called Terra Preta; I wonder if that technique could be advantageous to the desert dwellers that are trying to make their land more productive. The Amazon areas that have it, it constitutes 4-9% of the surface soil.

Women are just weak, spindly things...