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Yeah I could see it being useful for poker. If you do, defintiely report back your results. We need to crowdsource more data.

Yeah it's probably cognitive overload. Your brain is dumping what it feels it can't handle. Quad N-Back for someone with ADHD definitely sounds like a bad idea. Dual-N-Back is going to be far superior I think for most people's goals in general. Most people doing intellectual work don't need that level of cognitive flexibility.

@Jacob Morres The left is partially responsible, but it's also exaggerated at times. You can't blame leftists for every stupid thing conservatives believe. This would be leftists over-functioning. That being said, leftists are blind to the errors in their own worldview. And it does create unnecessary backlash at times.

I've not been consistent enough with it to say anything too conclusive. Here's a couple things I've learned though: 1) I think the InfiniteIQ on YouTube is wrong about Quad-N-Back. Quad-N-Back is NOT just a "harder" version of Dual-N-Back that forces your brain to work overtime. Quad-N-Back is fundamentally a different skill, requiring you to split your focus and training your ability to handle multiple cognitive streams at once. Dual-N-Back is forcing you hold a single cognitive stream for a longer period of time, improving long-term focus. Which one you want to do depends on your goals. Do you want cognitive flexibility? Train Quad-N-Back. Do you want to be able to do deeper, slower contemplative work? Train Dual-N-Back. 2) Audio is your bottleneck for Dual-N-Back training. Remembering where the shapes are on the board is the easy part. Much, much harder is remembering the audio sequence of letters. So you will automatically tend to lean your visual memory and just forfeiting the audio section. Don't do this. Spend time training audio only so that you keep improving in that area. Otherwise, your audio recall will lag so far behind your visual recall you won't be able to make further progress. 3) Progress is definitely possible. I've been able to consistently level up my average scores, beyond simply just getting used to playing the game itself. Which says to me training is possible. What results that exactly leads to in the real world, I don't know.

Anything feminine gets paid less because it provides less survival value in most scenarios. Do you acknowledge this?

@fabger works extremely well when done right, far better than cold approach. It has its own challenges though. You have to be more mindful of reputational damage or setting the wrong frame.

Keep in mind my point about asymmetrical value was specifically about the workplace. Femininity has unique advantages for dealing with children, which mostly still takes place at home or at school. It's not a coincidence that the division of labor has been what it has been for so long. Which is not to say women can't succeed in male-dominated fields. They obvious can and they do. But the point is they typically succeed by leaning into their masculinity, not their femininity.

Perhaps when he is older. But certainly not now. We've debated this before. Trump's victory should not be used by progressives as evidence that they must be popular. Progressives will not have the same success he had. Trump appeals to the lowest aspects of human nature and is completely willing to play into the corruption of the system. Progressives appeal to higher aspects of human nature and want to clean up corruption. The latter is much harder. That's the difference.

Brother, you're not grasping how ego psychology affects this whole issue. You mostly cannot listen to people when they tell you they want higher consciousness reform. People do not want real change. They are not even informed enough to understand what real change entails. Real change is extremely rare and is mostly forced upon people by the universe against their conscious will. What people want is the fantasy of change. That's the perfect ego self-deception. Tell yourself you are changing, when you're not.

I doubt Mamdani would get 10% of republicans as a presidential candidate. Obama only got around 9%.

It does not debunk it. He is still very far behind Sliwa. He is beating Cuomo and Adams, but that's more about how unpopular they are.

@Jannes a huge percentage of women interested in casual sex are already in a romantic relationship. Either the spark has gone out, or it was never really that strong to begin with. But they don't want to leave their relationship either, since it fulfills other needs.

Your former self trying to understand reality:

This is a public journal for me. I like it better than traditional journaling because I can get more perspectives. Your questions and comments help stimulate my thinking. Also, it's really helpful to have a chronological catalog of all your thinking. You can look back over the years and see how much your thinking has evolved. It's both fulfilling and cringe inducing

It's viewed as inferior because femininity generally offers less survival value than masculinity in the workplace. That's the beauty, innocence, and naivety of it. It's also why women can feel like they have to squelch their femininity to compete at work.

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Feminine women in general will have less interests in STEM topics. It's not emotionally stimulating enough. Feminine women want to feel and flow, not listen to some dry lecture and think about logistics.

Yellow is more inclusive than Green, hence greater love. Green can't recognize this yet. It still has to block out parts of reality that are anti-Green.

3-4 a day is actually pretty good if they are quality. If they’re just quick openers that don’t actually lead to a conversation, then I’d say you want to bump that up. You could do those all day and get no where. You need quality. If you need more options, why not move to Miami? You’re like a two hour drive from the best nightlife in the world.

@czar24 How many new women are you meeting each week?

I feel you. Escorts are not as fun, except for @Princess Arabia of course

In some ways, seeing an escort is the polar opposite of doing pickup in your early 20s. In your 20s, you probably don't have much money or social status. Pickup therefore forces you to win on sheer personality and logistics handling. This actually can add to the appeal of doing it. You feel like she's into you for YOU, not just because you pay her rent. Seeing an escort is the reverse. Your personality is irrelevant. You don't have to solve any logistical problems at all. You just flash some cash and that's enough. You as a person are barely in the equation. It's anti-game.

That's right. The women are usually more professional. They know why they are in this business (money) and why they aren't. It's the guys that often end up cracking in these scenarios and catching feelings.

I don’t deny that. Of course there are self-reinforcing dynamics. Okay, but the point is that’s still your perspective. It’s not safe to assume people will value community wellness over their sexual needs. It’s not safe to assume other people will value what you think they should value in general. There is no skirting the fact that escorts can consistently charge such high prices because the demand is there. Basic economics.