a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 9 Jul 2026 1:24 UTC

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  in reply to: Patodesu’s comment on: (Poor) Altru­ist—To help or not to help when we have limited re­sources, and how do we know?

  Ah, good point, thank you! Something I wrote might give the impression that it’s only for wealthy people; I’m sorry, that wasn’t my intention. I meant that, in general, it’s aimed at people with financial resources.

  And yes, I’ve been looking for success stories, asking around in groups, and I haven’t met anyone from a poor country (and who is a poor person) who has managed to progress and help more effectively over time. If you know someone who has and would like to quote me, that would be a great help!

The Em­pa­thetic Poor

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 15 Jun 2026 23:05 UTC

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  in reply to: StanislavKrym’s comment on: a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

  Sorry, I meant to talk about updating beliefs, not necessarily through calculations, but through intuition. I meant something like training reflexes, such as:

  predicting before observing;

  estimating confidence (“am I 60% or 95% sure?”);

  looking for contrary evidence;

  gradually updating;

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 15 Jun 2026 13:59 UTC

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  on: a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

  So, I saw that there is interest in education in environmental education. For example, I saw evidence here of interventions with tablets that brought benefits. But if the current problem is finding ways to align thinking with life, why don’t I find studies or proposals to educate, from an early age, towards Bayesian rationality?

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 15 Jun 2026 13:49 UTC

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  in reply to: Caleb Biddulph’s comment on: a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

  Interesting, creating super babies can be like creating super intelligent children where we don’t gradually build ethical alignment, what does that mean?

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 15 Jun 2026 13:47 UTC

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  in reply to: Mo Putera’s comment on: a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

  Well, thinking about education and how to gather evidence… but why don’t they consider educating using Bayesian rationality as a basis?

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 13 Jun 2026 15:34 UTC

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  I wanted to share a reflection and look for more interesting points with the group. I continue studying EA and it impacts me that education would not be a priority. See that they invest in AI security for its destructive impact, not for its chances in and of themselves. Investing in food because it shows more effects, including in learning, than investing in a good teacher. And I grew up knowing that education could save the world… But now I see, that apparently the problem could be that the evidence would be costly, slow and hugely dependent on the context. Furthermore, studying people deeply can generate problems related to ethics and morals. So how difficult is it for anyone to invest in education, would anyone have it? Did I leave any large blind spots?

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 22 May 2026 10:00 UTC

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  in reply to: Viliam’s comment on: a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

  Haha, I hope the laundry’s clean by now. I hadn’t realized that rumination isn’t just about dwelling on the past, but also about ruminating on future predictions… I don’t even know what to call overthinking, haha.

  For example, I might spend more time considering washing machine options because I enjoy thinking about them. And it’s an easier problem to solve than others I work on. So I’d “ruminate” thinking about various aspects, like “which washing machine has the most comfortable button to press?”, and I’d stop working, so to speak.

  Then, the more time and effort I put into planning my projects, the less time I spend procrastinating. Or does that not make sense?

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 20 May 2026 20:08 UTC

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  in reply to: Viliam’s comment on: a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

  So you don’t experience rumination?

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 19 May 2026 12:00 UTC

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  in reply to: Viliam’s comment on: a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

  Yes! It’s work, as I understand it, that kind of pre-meditation work, to properly wrap things up before practicing mindfulness.

  Like, to have loving-kindness in my rational side, to align myself properly and finish the work well before truly resting.

  You know, when a system doesn’t have a stopping criterion, it doesn’t know if it’s worth resolving now, if it’s too complex at the moment, or if it’s already resolved enough to rest. So, I’m looking for a way to align my internal investments and be able to pause. Does that make sense?

  How do you conclude your rational/​productive moment, Viliam?

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 6 May 2026 14:18 UTC

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  I practice mindfulness, especially with the Pomodoro Technique (working for 25 minutes and resting for 5 minutes in mindfulness). I practice mindfulness to be able to rest well during breaks and return to work better. But I have difficulties with mindfulness because I keep ruminating.

  I tried using the technique of labeling emotions, and it helped a little at first. But now it’s like saying “I’m irritated” and detailing the feeling, but it seems to only make me ruminate more: “Why should I be irritated?” “Should I be less irritated?” “How can I be less irritated?”

  Considering my difficulty with mindfulness and the technique of labeling emotions, I speculate that a considerable reason for my mind ruminating is because it doesn’t know if it’s worth the effort to solve the problem.

  You know? When a system doesn’t have a stopping criterion, it doesn’t know if it’s worth solving now, too complex for the moment, or if it has already solved enough to test? It’s as if my mind doesn’t know whether it’s worth investing in solving it or if it’s better to file it away for now.

  So, I speculate that asking myself some questions, a pre-meditation, like the 5 minutes at the end of a 25-minute Pomodoro, would allow me to align myself enough to improve my mindfulness practice; perhaps my mind would stop searching for solutions for a moment.

  Could I set up experiments and measure how much a mindfullness to focus analyzing physical EEG waves?Where does my reasoning break down? Has anyone tried something like this?

  What links here?

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a un­em­ployed pas­tor’s Shortform

• a unemployed pastor- de S Brito Gabriel 1 May 2026 18:57 UTC

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  I don’t know if it will work, but I’d like to talk about how to begin testing whether systems theory applied to adolescent attention would be useful. I’ve been treating the mind as a complex control system to reduce rumination before meditation.

  Could I treat the mind as a complex system that I could map and better understand?

  Could I map the stages of focus as: input, process, output, and feedback?

  Could I map complex functional layers, such as: bodily-reactive, intellectual-predictive, motivational-evaluative, or social-identity?

  I would like help with the following:

  1. Review whether the proposed algorithm would help reduce noise and perceived internal conflict, and if it left any gaps.

  2. Sketch out a specific experiment to think about how to test it and not get lost in abstractions.

  The challenge would be: Would the algorithm’s questions result in fewer priority conflicts, better time allocation, and improved decision-making?

  How could I conduct some kind of experiment?

  Maybe, conduct a crossover experiment (N=1) (EEG) comparing classical labeling with this systemic mapping of attention as preparation for meditation.