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Open Thread March 31 - April 7 2014

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

Terminology point rationality vs rationalism.

Rationalism should not be confused with rationality, nor with rationalization. -Wikipedia article on rationalism I frequently see peop

Meetup :St.Louis MO: Psycology of memorization, Thiel Fellow James Koppel, and games

Discussion article for the meetup : Psycology of memorization, Thiel Fellow James Koppel, and games WHEN: 24 November 2012 02:30:00PM (-0

[link]Mass replication of Psychology articles planed.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/is-psychology-about-to-come-undone/29045 The plan is to replicate or fail to replicate all 2008 arti

[Link] Bayesian Overconfidence

I just ran across an interesting working paper by P.J. Healy and D.A. Moore, providing a potenial explanation for several forms of overconfi

[Link] H+ article Rationality Training: Call for a Global Approach

http://hplusmagazine.com/2012/02/06/rationality-training-call-for-a-global-approach/ Dr.Ziesche calls for more globally accessible rationa

Startups as a Rationality Test Bed?

What attributes make a task useful for rationality verification? After thinking it over I believe I have identified three main components.

[link] A attempt to reduce Epistemic Viciousness in the martial arts/ an empirical analysis of WSD training.

http://kojutsukan.blogspot.com/2011/12/womens-self-defence-courses-effective.html http://kojutsukan.blogspot.com/2011/12/womens-self-defen

Rationality Verification Opportunity?

One of the challenges of rationality verification is that most people who are willing to contribute personal data for it are already familia