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The should be taught what it means for a DNA test to be 99% accurate or at least it shouldn't be out of order for a lawyer to explain that as is currently the case.

You going to give a cost benefit analysis of any of these? I don't see any reason to see a better cost-benefit than wearing a biking helmet.

I don't quite understand the point concerning executable downloads and comparing hashes. Yes, comparing a hash found on a file downloaded from mozilla.com and a hash also on mozill…

To pick the most offensive analogy possible: You are free to start up your own competing government if you don't like how one is run. I'm not sure how creating (more) rights that g…

And how successful was Voat? http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/07/22/freedom-on-the-centrali...

As some have said above, things get awkward with gray areas. Would reddit be prevented from banning the many unethical but legal subreddits? I will bite that bullet, but many will …

Turbulence seems to be very weird. This article talks about the birth and death rate of puffs. In a modified version of the Navier-Stokes equation Terrence Tao was able to construc…

AIXItl though has the problem of self destruction. It is still modeled as an agent an so it would eventually destroy itself during its dovetailing. The agent model of AI is a bit t…

That is true for a uniform prior but not a general prior.

First two points are great, but why then we see this: "Given the ratings I have, there is a 95% chance that the "real" fraction of positive ratings is at least what?" What normal p…

Great job. Don't read more than the first sentence before voting.

What a crappy ruling. Yes the answer they got was right, but they never bothered to rule that sexual orientation is a (partial) suspect class. Now we have to wait for another rulin…

Poor people don't make 100k a year. Consider your hypothetical again for 20k a year and even 5 dollars a year. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/12/com...

BB(111) is not computable by "just computation". The issue is you have to prove that the programs that don't halt, don't halt. There is no general way to do this (Halting Problem).…