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Today we had a sudden cold snap here in western Pennsylvania, with the temperature dropping 30 degrees F.  I was walking through a white fie

I just saw another comment implying that immigration was good because it increased GDP.  Over the years, I've seen many similar comments in

It's great to make people more aware of bad mental habits and encourage better ones, as many people have done on LessWrong.  The way we deal

Rationality quotes are self-explanatory.  Irrationality quotes often need some context and explication, so they would break the flow in Rati

In theory, the free market and democracy both work because suppliers are incentivized to provide products and services that people want.  Ec

The lead article on everydayfeminism.com on March 25: 3 Reasons It’s Irrational to Demand ‘Rationalism’ in Social Justice Activism The

For some time now, "Promoted" has been reserved for articles written by MIRI staff, mostly about MIRI activities.  Which, I suppose, would b

I've said before that social reform often seems to require lying.  Only one-sided narratives offering simple solutions motivate humans to ac

When we talk about recursively self-improving AI, the word "recursive" there is close enough to being literal rather than metaphoric that we

I'm interested in how people form valuations of the opinions of others. One domain to study is art. We have a long historic record of how th