fedups

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by fedups 9y ago
The amount of effort arguing for its historical acceptance is a true testament to the rhetorical importance of status quo bias.
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by fedups 10y ago
Bonus points to those who see the corollary applied to their own team
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by fedups 10y ago
> In philosophy and rhetoric, the principle of charity requires interpreting a speaker's statements to be rational and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretation. [0] Although it seems supe
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The Unwisest Idea on Campus(journals.sagepub.com)
2 points by fedups 10y ago|0 comments
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The Unwisest Idea on Campus(journals.sagepub.com)
2 points by fedups 10y ago|0 comments
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by fedups 10y ago
As you note, this level of self-awareness may not be sufficient, but is probably at least necessary for information sources to provide the kind of value we expect from them. It's still encouraging to see, though.
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by fedups 10y ago
The tradeoffs of homeogeneity and diversity in democracy strikes me as an extremely important topic now, and I was looking forward to the article addressing the most comprehensive study on the issue (that I know of) by Robert Putnam [0]. Un
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Climatologist Judith Curry leaves academia over field's politicization(judithcurry.com)
8 points by fedups 10y ago|4 comments
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by fedups 10y ago
Many seem to hold as an axiom that action of any sort is the primary measure for success, and the greatest condemnation should be held for those who wish to prevent it. I've wondered how much of this is genuine and how much is a way of
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The Necessity of Credibility(currentaffairs.org)
1 points by fedups 10y ago|0 comments
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by fedups 10y ago
It's always politically easier to tax foreigners or outsiders more generally.
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by fedups 10y ago
Having society dependent so heavily on such a tiny fraction of the population makes it particularly vulnerable to events that affect that tiny slice. Especially for governments that are bad at long term planning for tougher times.
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In Democracies Straw Men Rule(econlog.econlib.org)
6 points by fedups 11y ago|0 comments
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Guide to the Most (and Least) Politically Diverse Colleges(heterodoxacademy.org)
1 points by fedups 11y ago|0 comments
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Sweden's Self-Inflicted Nightmare(nytimes.com)
35 points by fedups 11y ago|23 comments
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by fedups 11y ago
This does highlight the effort to maintain the historic paradigm of health professionals as gatekeepers in the face of wider and easier access to health information. Fortunately sources like snpedia.com still exist for those wanting to use
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by fedups 11y ago
I think it went beyond a marketing ban, unless 'marketing' extends to selling and displaying health related information.
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by fedups 11y ago
Boy is he gonna feel silly when he discovers that the climate exists
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L.A. labor leaders seek minimum wage exemption for firms with union workers(latimes.com)
2 points by fedups 11y ago|0 comments
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Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent(realclearpolitics.com)
7 points by fedups 12y ago|0 comments
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The Hounding Of A Heretic(dish.andrewsullivan.com)
25 points by fedups 13y ago|3 comments
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by fedups 13y ago
not to mention those who get offended by a comment on HN
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by fedups 13y ago
This is the most original and convincing argument against libertarianism that I've heard.
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by fedups 13y ago
It's surprising how prone we are to forget that people act on incentives.
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by fedups 13y ago
Yes, more identifying data for anyone supporting politically incorrect views, please. [0]: http://imgur.com/MqxipLU
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by fedups 13y ago
The HN patriarchy killed the links off pretty quickly [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6903584 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6899946
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by fedups 13y ago
> However, I worry you want 23andMe to independently validate each of these results before informing customers about them. Worse still would be a demand that the company validate the results with its specific testing kit . It would be