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		eru 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 60k kids have avoided peanut allergies due to 2015... > I don't think you need to be a doctor to come to a conclusion that a system exposed to more learning data is more knowledgable. Be careful! You still need to explain why early exposure to lots of bacteria is good, but exposure to lots of heavy metals is (presumably) bad.

userbinator 7 months ago [–]

Hormesis is also a thing.

eru 7 months ago | [–]

Maybe. But whether it applies to heavy metals or not is an empirical question, not something we can decide from the comfort of our armchairs by coming to conclusions like "a system exposed to more learning data is more knowledgable.[sic]"

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