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self_made_human  C'est la vie  1d ago (open.substack.com)   678 thread views

Escaping the Jungles of Norwood: A Rationalist’s Guide to Male Pattern Baldness

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Out of enlightened self-interest, I did a deep dive into the topic of male pattern baldness, and after freshening up on my rather rusty Bayes', I decided that I'd gone to enough effort to justify a proper blog post. Here you go.

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Whats the "ussri" name about btw?

He stuck to a regime and has a beard, which, if not quite Dwarkesh Patel standards, is eminently respectable.

As far as I know, beard minoxidil doesnt need to be kept up. Androgenic hair is easy to get and usually sticks around.

But this only holds if all the numbers are accurate and independent

I dont think Bayes theorem requires its numbers to be independent (whatever it would mean for a conditional to be independent of its condition).

It's no surprise I didn't think of this, since my anecdotal evidence is that there's no shortage of ungracefully balding Indian uncles both at home and abroad. But the numbers don't lie here.

It might be quite heterogenous within India, too.

Whats the "ussri" name about btw?

It's a frankly terrible pun that came to me in a dream. Possibly something to do with fully automated luxury space communism, with the homosexuality optional.

I dont think Bayes theorem requires its numbers to be independent (whatever it would mean for a conditional to be independent of its condition).

Oops. Not sure how that snuck it, the whole point is to find out conditionals and manipulate conditionals.

As far as I know, beard minoxidil doesnt need to be kept up. Androgenic hair is easy to get and usually sticks around.

I believe you're right, but minoxidil takes ages to show good effect. What I mean isn't that he's forced to keep it up while at risk of losing it all when he stops, but rather that he wanted it to get denser and denser, which takes a while.

My guess was USSR + SSRI, but that didnt and doesnt make sense.

No, no, you're right. I did say it was a bad pun. As a doctor in a very socialist medical system, SSRIs for everyone!

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