eyudkowsky

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by eyudkowsky 17y ago
You win the thread.
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by eyudkowsky 17y ago
Thou art looking too hard for logical fallacies. "Pretty much universally" is pretty much clear.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
So basically... we live in Europe, right?
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
If you're going to spend money on your blog's design eventually, you should do it sooner rather than later.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis not taken all that seriously any more
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Apologies for not noting this. Frankly I don't even notice NSFW ads any more.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
It's both. You're told you own the item, then suddenly that you don't own it any more.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Oh, that was subtle.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
One path to becoming a genius is to be as smart as an adult at age 14, then grow around as much between 14 and 24 as most people do.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
There is such a thing as personal variance, you know. The fundamental attribution error kicks in when you're trying to judge by single events. If you observe someone for a year, it's a lot more reasonable to expect them to be much the sam
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
You over 39?
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
My understanding is that the per-minute risk of car travel and plane travel are roughly equivalent. Per mile, of course, planes are a heck of a lot safer. But if you wear your seatbelt in your car, you should be willing to sit at the back
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Only one-way interaction between different selves? And you call this time travel.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
The Conspiracy
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
If you feel like not dying, I would suggest signing up for cryonics with Alcor or another reputable provider. Otherwise, frankly, quit whining. It's not like there are no alternatives to death.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
I met my mate on the Internet, but not on a dating site. There's a large difference!
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
The Simulation Argument is not that we are living in a computer simulation. It is that you must reject at least one of the 3 propositions: (1) we are not living in a computer simulation (2) the human species will give rise to descendants
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
What a gyp! This page doesn't tell me any ways to kill my users.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
I can't do creative work without air conditioning. Sad but true.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Why, what's wrong with OpenTable?
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Simple, useful, congrats.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Run. This doesn't sound like a situation that's going to get better over time.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Thanks!
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Clearly, they don't make bandits like they used to.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Where is this website?
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Microsoft doesn't have much of a choice if they ever want to challenge Google - they have to buy whatever they're offered in this space.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Godel Escher Bach The Moral Animal Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases Language in Thought and Action Probability Theory: The Logic of Science The Adapted Mind Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach The Feynman Lectures on
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Dvorak solved this for me permanently.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
Founding a nonprofit.
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by eyudkowsky 18y ago
No.

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