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probably more fun to read a book on cognitive biases than it would be to read wikipedia pages: https://intelligence.org/2015/03/12/rationality-ai-zombies/

our best guess is that homosexuality is partly explained by genetics, not fully. there's lots of headlines saying "genetic link for homosexuality found", which is ambiguous, so it'…

because it isn't obviously racist. you can't just say "more african americans and hispanics are arrested than whites or asians, therefore, police are targeting african americans an…

you should always write under a pseudonym: http://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1993/10/msg00759.html

people know that it refers to the chinese government, rather than the people. you can be more specific if you'd like, but it is unnecessary.

The name sounds more like a rehabilitation centre than a school. I think the average person is going to mistake it for 'Recourse Centre' (which probably is a rehabilitation centre …

Well I'm glad that you seem totally qualified to be our great arbiter of racism. What would we do without you?

The word is separate from the political beliefs of the person who happened to come up with it (or popularize it) first.

Your post is very politicized. There is no use arguing politics. http://lesswrong.com/lw/gw/politics_is_the_mindkiller/

An issue with problems like this, that are obviously bad, is that only positive examples are tested, or only examples that would increase the estimate of the scope of the problem. …

This is a good related article on the early days of WotC: http://www.salon.com/2001/03/23/wizards/