| Post & comment count |
Date |
Author |
Title or First Words |
| TheWorldOfParmenides Reddit Conversation (5) |
2019/09/17 |
Anonymous |
>TheWorldOfParmenides: I saw the email discussion group. Decided against participating. Looks like what is discussed is not of interest to me at this time. I appreciate the invitation but grammar, Rand, Apple and image analysis are not interesting to |
| Open Discussion (2019) (451) |
2019/09/16 |
curi |
schools should stop making ppl read stuff they don't want to read
if ur bored by it, then either 1) you shoudn't read it; or 2) you should read it but don't know how/why well enough, you're missing some knowledge about why it's interesting and usef |
| Alisa Discussion (51) |
2019/09/16 |
Alisa |
#13509
> You don't talk about relationships.
Good point. One exception to my lifespan-related goal is that I might do something risky to save a loved one who is, say, trapped in a burning building or something. That should be a really unusual s |
| Submit Podcast Questions (123) |
2019/09/15 |
Anonymous |
Most people are bad at judging what is bad / good research. How does one become better at judging what is bad / good research? What are some of the most common things to look for? |
| Food (2) |
2019/09/15 |
Anonymous |
#13520 People don't judge things by economic efficiency.
People don't actually think the price of something tells you the amount it matters.
People don't conserve stuff based on its price.
People have *social metaphysics*. They are second-han |
| Brandon Cropper Is Not an Objectivist (8) |
2019/09/14 |
Deutschian |
> What are the potential referents that you see for "its"?
It could be referring to "Ayn Rand's philosophy" or "The idea that males are innately or genetically are predisposed to violence is incompatible with Ayn Rand's philosophy".
The latter s |
| FI Posting Tips (6) |
2019/09/13 |
Anonymous |
Introductory Stuff |
| Sucking In Your Gut (7) |
2019/09/13 |
Kate |
> #13498 Sure, he attempted to address the topic, but "I disagree. I think most women spend more time sucking in their gut and adjusting their makeup than thinking about programming or math. There are fewer women qualified to be programmers, but it's |
| List of Fallible Ideas Evaders (10) |
2019/09/12 |
curi |
#13494 No? |
| Critical Review of Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature (6) |
2019/09/12 |
curi |
#13491 Updated the link to http://bactra.org/weblog/520.html |
| What To Read (67) |
2019/09/12 |
curi |
I also reread *Elantris* by Brandon Sanderson. It's great but I've read it too many times. I didn't pay a lot of attention. (I'm reading these books with Voice Dream Reader. I often read audio+visual, but also a lot with just audio, and with audio onl |
| Rationally Resolving Conflicts of Ideas (166) |
2019/09/11 |
curi |
> I’ll try respond to more of what you wrote when I get the chance.
To be clear (since I didn't say anything), my plan is just to wait for this. |
| Open Thread: Diet and Exercise (104) |
2019/09/08 |
Alisa |
Eating when not hungry |
| Politics Discussion (64) |
2019/09/04 |
Anonymous |
#13440 Do you have any summary, conclusions, arguments or explanations? It's like a big pile of data. What do you make of it? Have you analyzed it? |
| Anne Discussion (42) |
2019/09/04 |
Anne B |
I'm up to Lecture 3 and Homework 2 in Peikoff's grammar course. So far I think I'm learning from it and I plan to continue with it. |
| David Deutsch Smears Ayn Rand (7) |
2019/09/02 |
curi |
> This tells us a lot about Deutsch. He should not be taken seriously at all.
I don't agree with what I think you mean. His older works remain some of the best there is. E.g. his books and physics papers should absolutely be taken seriously.
For |
| Podcast Discussion (9) |
2019/08/27 |
curi |
I have disabled Cloudflare's DDOS protection, so the podcast should hopefully work correctly again now.
I have set up some firewall rules with Cloudflare and nginx which are, at least currently, adequately blocking the attack. |
| Autism and Murder (1) |
2019/08/23 |
Anonymous |
>Sullivan described Mrs Hodgins [who murder-suicided her son and herself] as someone who 'adored her son. They were very close.'
>She added that however parents with autistic children are 'very close to that line of going over the edge.'
i.e: sh |
| Mario Odyssey Discussion (121) |
2019/08/21 |
Anonymous |
> Here’s what I’m doing exactly:
> 1. Rotate d-stick 2 rotations, then keep it in the direction I want to go. This starts a spin.
> 2. Then press B. This starts a jump.
> 3. Then immediately press and hold ZL. This starts a groundpound.
> 4. |
| The Four Best Books (9) |
2019/08/18 |
Anonymous |
#13322 Can you link to a representative, productive, impressive discussion by that community? |
| Open Thread: Objectivism Discussion (136) |
2019/08/18 |
curi |
Nicholas Dykes, supposed Objectivist critic of Popper, is a passive-minded Kantian.
https://conjecturesandrefutations.com/2013/07/27/a-refutation-of-nicholas-dykes-on-karl-popper/#comment-19447
https://conjecturesandrefutations.com/2013/07/27/a- |
| Programming Discussion (12) |
2019/08/17 |
Anonymous |
>> I will make sure to watch Feynman's lectures on computation.
> That's a book.
Thanks. I was hoping for it to be both as Feynman is a great lecturer. |
| I Changed My Mind About David Deutsch (19) |
2019/08/16 |
curi |
#13308 You can get some hints from LT's rationalizations. And from how he rationalized his attack on Rand.[1]
He also e.g. accuses me of not giving people enough of a viable alternative to change their mind to which is accessible from where they ar |
| Race and IQ "Realism" (11) |
2019/08/15 |
curi |
#13303
Serotonin is involved with thinking. The details are not well understood. But it's understood to have some broad, wide role (kinda like neurons are not fully understood but are understood to play some role in ~all thinking).
Why would peo |
| Critical Rationalism Epistemology Explanations (39) |
2019/08/14 |
curi |
TheRatWay wrote on the FI Discord re https://curi.us/2124-critical-rationalism-epistemology-explanations#c13292 :
> Curi I am a bit confused at your response here.
>> If it's a universal theory (X), and you (tentatively) accept one failed observ |