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Yes, that's why psychology is the hardest science.

This makes sense to me. I get a similar ick when I hear someone say "I enjoy consuming this type of content." They're not selling anything, but they are still adopting the soulless…

I appreciate this push-back. I keep a running list of words like this...content, product, device, experience, space, vehicle, resource, etc. I can't put my finger on why, but all o…

The key operation of Bayesian inference is integrating information. This can be from the same source (an additional coin flip, for example) or from different sources (coin flips, p…

Someone walks out of a magic store holding a coin. They propose a bet. If they flip it 100 times and the proportion of heads is within [0.4, 0.6], you win $100. If it's not, you pa…

> This is just the WSJ-reading "haves" justifying The WSJ has had a string of such apologetics lately. I know because family members keep sending them to me. Another example: https…

Paper reviews are traditionally blinded, so the reviewer doesn't know the authorship of the paper they're reading.

My own preference would be to build educational experiences on three pillars: 1. experiences. Intuition comes from experiences, and IMO an under-appreciated amount of 'education' i…

That faith and ethics can be so easily conflated points to a failure of Western post-enlightenment intellectual leadership. On the other hand, perhaps this is just responsibility l…

I think this agrees with the parent's point. How do you know when to refactor?

I'm not convinced. There is already an 'Auto' and 'P/A/S' setting option on most of these cameras. P/A/S is great for those who want control. I wish Auto was better for those who d…

The use of energy certainly equates directly to a higher standard of living. Oil seems like an implementation detail, with benefits as well as costs. Why not consider other impleme…

How so?

I wish "real" camera companies were more aggressive about offering computational photography post-processing, at least as an option. I've gotten spoiled by an iPhone. Despite my So…

Definitely, but the first 3 issues are also created by human co-workers.

Send it to a significant other, then discuss your differences. Will provide you with a new in-joke.

Well, for one thing, critical thinking and communication skills seem to be in short supply.

I learned to play guitar this way -- listening to CDs and scrubbing back and forth, writing down what I heard. It's great, but it only gets you so far. Learning pentatonic scales w…

Broadly speaking, gambling is just making decisions without knowing the future. It's everywhere.

The SPRT is probably already making your life better: it's used to decrease the cost of medical trails, optimize classifications in high-stakes examinations (i.e. for medical certi…

While possible, there are also many bodily processes that are finely tuned through eons of evolution, and destabilizing pressure leads to disorder. Sometimes it's difficult to know…

I'm partial to "culture is shared expectations". Which can, of course, be random, self-reinforcing, etc.

> lacking many core values to guide them This is a fundamental problem and one reason we're mired in this culture war. Social friction is caused by jostling based on group membersh…

Here's a recent write-up by a local: https://wburdine.substack.com/p/letter-from-an-occupied-minn...

Agree, targeted advertising in particular is a trojan horse for many other internet-fueled social ills.