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Intelligent Individuals Don’t Make Groups Smarter(wired.com)
7 points by msluyter 16y ago|1 comments
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by msluyter 16y ago
Although the darwinian in me has no problem with lotteries as a tax on those who don't understand probability, I'm uncomfortable with the fact that they generally constitute a regressive tax -- the common wisdom is that the poor spend a lar
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by msluyter 16y ago
Also in the top 10 were casino workers, telephone operators, nurses and home health aides. And Mathematicians (#9). Complete list is here: http://hanson.gmu.edu/temp/DivorcebyJob.xls
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by msluyter 16y ago
I looked at the complete list (linked to from Robin Hanson's blog: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/09/low-divorce-jobs.html ). Mathematicians are #9.
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by msluyter 16y ago
What I find odd about this is the ranking of mathematician. I would have thought they'd be on par with engineers. Anyone have an explanation why they'd rank so high?
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by msluyter 16y ago
For me it's mostly just the combined search & url field. Once you get used to that, anything else feels awkward.
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But with more moderate values, it's really anyone's guess as to whether it will hold or not. I recently read a discussion about this in the NY Times in which economists tried to pinpoint the inflection point of the Laffer curve. Most put
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by msluyter 16y ago
There are lots of anecdotes like these, but one factor often overlooked is social capital. That's difficult to measure, but consider the difference between a fairly cohesive and inter-reliant sub-community on the one hand (Italian) vs. one
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by msluyter 16y ago
The Wire, though fiction, is a pretty compelling antidote to the attitude you describe, imho.
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by msluyter 16y ago
Incidentally, Lesswrong has had a substantial impact on my thinking, and I recommend reading through the sequences, starting with Map and Territory and Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mysterious_A
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by msluyter 16y ago
I thought there was already a dictator like that, named Steve Jobs. ;)
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by msluyter 16y ago
Just curious; if made publicly viewable, what's to prevent spammers from creating an HN account and harvesting these?
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Dup: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=1621108
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by msluyter 16y ago
In the Euripides play about Helen of Troy: My life and fortunes are a monstrosity, Partly because of Hera, partly because of my beauty. If only I could shed my beauty and assume an uglier aspect The way you would wipe color off a statue.
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by msluyter 16y ago
A good place to start would be "Why I Am Not an Objectivist," by Michael Huemer: http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/rand.htm
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by msluyter 16y ago
Somewhat tangential, but related: does anyone else question age stratification, generally? In the days of the single room school, older kids would mix with and tutor the younger ones. Or perhaps, a teenager would apprentice in a trade with
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by msluyter 16y ago
I'm not arguing that you shouldn't exercise, merely that it probably takes more than exercise alone to lose weight. There are many other great reasons to exercise.
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by msluyter 16y ago
Here's the article I was thinking of when I wrote that: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/phys-ed-why-doesnt-...
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by msluyter 16y ago
I'm not sure these studies support your case. I didn't bother to read all of them, but for example, according to the first one: During the first 6 months, the low-carbohydrate diet group had greater reductions in diastolic blood pressure,
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by msluyter 16y ago
I don't believe the evidence is on your side. The reason carbs damage us more than merely their caloric content is, to quote Dr. William Davis of The Heart Scan Blog: "Carbohydrates increase small LDL particles. Or, in the cholesterol-spea
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by msluyter 16y ago
I disagree with his advice on vitamin D, especially for those over 40 who have lost most of their ability to synthesize it from sunlight. See: http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/getting-vitamin-d-...
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by msluyter 16y ago
Why is it so hard to eradicate confirmation bias? Well, for one, even if you're acutely aware of it, you'll just tend to believe that your beliefs are that much likely to be correct. "After all, I've taken confirmation bias into account!"
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by msluyter 16y ago
I vote for: (average income - average COL) / average COL = relative purchasing power
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by msluyter 16y ago
Full disclosure: I'm writing this comment when I should be working... ;) I think the advice is reasonable, but a little simplistic. It could all be roughly summarized as "just buck up and get er' done," which isn't really that enlightening.
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I think it's sort of interesting that the solution for the problem of all of these virtual groups splintering or again becoming polarized against each other is essentially an autocratic one. But what's to stop "First Nation" -- our virtual
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by msluyter 16y ago
This. I would add that meetup.com is a fairly decent avenue for making friends. At a minimum, folks you meet will have a common interest, and you'll be less likely to face the problem above (though let's face it, any social activity can ma
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My understanding is that we lose the ability to synthesize vitamin D as we age.
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Dr. William Davis, whom I follow for his cardiology related advice, also advocates taking vitamin D for optimum heart health. He notes that most people lose the ability to synthesize vitamin D as they age. Here's a typical post on the subje
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by msluyter 16y ago
Sorry to nitpick grammar, but this sort of stood out: "Not contempt with any of those solutions I investigated doing it with pure CSS..." (contempt -> content)
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I generally like David Brooks -- "the liberal's favorite conservative" -- and am mostly impressed by the fact that he incorporates modern neuroscience into his account of economic and moral reasoning. However, sometimes I think he gets over

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