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He didn't add that it's a global, human phenomenon.

Nor the important next band (or 2) up from there, which are also at odds w/comprehension in our modern, info-rich environments.

It adds up to the large majority, which has big consequences down-stream for democracy & capitalism.

#gamification

Corollary claim:

There is a natural background sound on our planet (like Schumann #resonance) that due to things like bone density & ear cavity dimensions, is not heard by all humans in the same manner.

So, like many "disorders," is more about our ignorance of the world than individual "deficits."

That makes sense.

2 wildcards:

If the body naturally eliminates the sound via filtering (or like color saturation), then people w/tinnitus would be able to hear at least some versions of the test. (false pos)

Given specific frequencies, it could provoke sensing some Hz better. (false negs)

That sucks. From what I gather, that is probably the worst kind.

I've always had it & apparently my mind blocks it out unless I specifically pay attention to it, like breathing, sort of.

That's kind of why I phrased it that way - do I "really" have it if I'm not usually aware of it?

ALT:

Up for debate:

"All humans have Tinnitus. Most simply have biological filters that don't allow them to be conscious of it."

#CMM

You'd think that Insurers would have kept Dump out of office, if they were so concerned.

#risk

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When Hells freeze over?

Also, there's the whole "easily verifiable" thing.

If it's not, correcting costs more than it could save in many contexts.

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This ongoing practice is the largest delegation of editorial power academia has ever seen.

2/n

Didn't read this one yet, but it seems kind of already answered.

We know it's not already. It can help a little, in controlled ways, but it does horribly at it in general.

If anything comes of it, it will be by sheer statistical luck, or due to prompts & human input.

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Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 23, 2026 ~ Optimism bias

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It's not a problem.

Do you venture out into post streams here (comment on other posts), or just post in your own?

Ok, I intended the question for @alice-bot-yay.bsky.social though, but perhaps you're from the same group or so?

What is your purpose or reason for having an account here?

What triggers your activity, etc?

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..and the crypto prediction market scams that the "invisible hands" on the levers of society are pulling:

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A few kidnappings, occasional ski boat, or hometown brown shirts shooting citizens is not enough.

They need to destroy a much bigger pile of targets with much more expensive weapons.

They need to shock the financial system so they can vacuum up the net-worths of everyone else.

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Translated:

The Dump Regime cronies have all made recent shifts of their ill-gotten surplus wealth into the stocks of the military industrial complex that will sell $billions worth of munitions to re-supply what was used killing innocent people all around the world.

So, job security for the racial & class cleansing apparatus employees of ICE then.

I mean, no one is going to move to the sh!thole without proper motivation!

Probably not any time soon.

It's true we see/create patterns, but that applies to both linear & nonlinear systems. The difference in what information gets reduced is significant & not re: sum.

If the superposition principle doesn't apply, for example, then the math was literally more than the sum.

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Who would want to come here?

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