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The General Factor Of Correctness
Posted:Fri, 24 Jul 2015 02:34:13 +0000
People on Tumblr are discussing Eliezer Yudkowsky’s old essay The Correct Contrarian Cluster, and my interpretation was different enough that I thought it might be worth spelling out. So here...
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Freedom On The Centralized Web
Posted:Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:12:36 +0000
I. A lot of libertarians and anarcho-capitalists envision a future of small corporate states competing for migrants and capital by trying to have the best policies. But the Internet is about as close...
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OT24: Hopen Change
Posted:Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:48:38 +0000
This is the semimonthly open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: 1. Obvious change is obvious. There are still some bugs to be ironed out, and ironed they will...
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Reverse Psychology
Posted:Sat, 18 Jul 2015 04:25:14 +0000
[Content warning: suicide] I. It all started when I made that phone call. I was really bad. All the tenure-track positions I’d applied to had politely declined, and I saw my future in academia...
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CBT In The Water Supply
Posted:Thu, 16 Jul 2015 04:35:00 +0000
[Epistemic status: Very speculative,
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Things That Sometimes Work If You Have Anxiety
Posted:Mon, 13 Jul 2015 04:16:13 +0000
Anxiety disorders are the most common class of psychiatric disorders. Their US prevalence is about 20%. They’re also among the least recognized and least treated. We have sort of finally beaten...
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Links 7/15: Link-Carbon Battery
Posted:Thu, 09 Jul 2015 03:34:27 +0000
Contrary to claims of dumbing-down curriculum, it looks like schools are assigning tougher reading material at earlier ages than in the past. To riff off Woody Allen, “I read War and Peace in...
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Cultural Evolution 2: Thanks For The Meme-Rise
Posted:Wed, 08 Jul 2015 04:07:47 +0000
Some points I gleaned from the comments of yesterday’s post: 1. Cultural evolution can happen in cases where a super-innovation allows one culture to conquer or overwhelm all others. For...
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The Argument From Cultural Evolution
Posted:Tue, 07 Jul 2015 04:25:21 +0000
[Content note: Discussion of debate over gay marriage] [Epistemic status: Very preliminary. Probably missing something. Looking forward to hearing what.] The term “cultural evolution” is...
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OT23: Thread, White, And Blue
Posted:Sat, 04 Jul 2015 18:07:25 +0000
This is the semimonthly open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. Also: 1. Comment of the week is queenshulamit on Pope Francis being a tricksy Jesuit 2. I’m...
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