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Lauren knocks it out of the park , again, banger after banger.

carefully laying cognitive traps and trails to map behavioural patterns - I do this so effortlessly I have to telegraph my intentions to friends...of which there are now 0.

I used to tell my "my friend":: it's not about the words I use <words are just a vessel of communication >. I craft my sentences as such, such that they are most likely to elicit the response I seek [which almost never actually happens].... so I craft my sentences in such ways as to map other folxs' intentions and mental gymnastics they perform onto their own minds. It's not a lot of mental load for me to do this, anymore. It does alienate me from everyone (just about).

I don't do it to be mean or evasive or cunning. But when the alternative is:: Your message doesn't even get across... it's a necessary step to convey information in bi-directional fashion "without the subject even noticing I'm extracting their way of thinking" ...which is the point 👉 I don't care what you think, I care How you think-- for that is a way easier way to measure the friendship potential.

In response to the standard deviation part... eh, maybe. I do feel like I was adopted now...despite knowing cognitively that is highly unlikely. Their favorite sentence and my favorite prompt to rebel against:: because I said so. Nothing sends the rage-lava closer to the rim of volcano 🌋 than because I said so.

As to the standard deviation take 2::

I might have been born "a bump above" ...but the nurture <and their way of failing at it (looking at you bio-rents)...that's how I was forced to excel (early academically)... because when the response to "look, I got 98.5 on my test" is cronicly met with... that means you missed 3 questions - no hug for you.

I am the monster they failed to water into a beautiful flower I iz become

Tears ...lots and lots of selftears

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SoloD's avatar

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SoloD's avatar

Do not worry. The regular cattle will not be able to make use of the tech.

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William Joy's avatar

Not only intelligence will be subject to the possibility of enhancement. Hedonic setpoint will be just as tractable: https://williamjoy.substack.com/p/interview-with-david-pearce?r=2b1728

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