Like, the one from youtube. But not the sexy model one. I do modeling, but it’s all in my head.
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Oh, that’s a great idea! me too!
Australian here,
I think that survey data suffers from some major anchoring bias. I’m betting that most people just put numbers all around the same areas.
I only noticed this because I was surprised to see my culture listed and I don’t think most people outside of Australia even know what Fairy Bread is, and probably think the term “Sausage Sizzle” sounds funny while never having been to a Bunnings. While we lay claim to the Meat Pie, I find it hard to back considering such a similar dish was served in the original globe theatre.
Stuff like Witchetty Grubs and Bush Tucker are probably illegal to serve in other countries. While many Australians eat Kangaroo, it’s mostly dog food. Americans are often surprised to read the back of their dog food cans. It’s not advertised that it’s Roo to You. Croc is so rarely eaten. I’ve only had it once or twice.
Drinks wise, we’ve got great coffee and VB.
People famously hate Vegemite and no one knows what a Chiko Roll is.
Anyway, that was a culture rant. I hope someone learnt something about Australian food.
I was diagnosed as a kid. I went through a. lot. of. therapy. Lots of special classes and making two thumbs up then pushing your knuckles together to make a bed that spells bed. That all helped a lot. But three things helped to the point where I hardly think about it these days.
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Minecraft PVP servers. You need to be able to effectively communicate with your team and taunt the enemy. And you need to be able to do it while someone is running at you with a sword.
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Fighting with Antivax people as a teenager on Facebook. The biggest slip up someone could make in a Facebook argument was mixing up “you’re” and “your”
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Talking to girls I liked who could actually spell things correctly. I got very good at rapidly googling how to spell words as I was typing a response.
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This was interesting for me. I’m currently learning the guitar and am torn between continuing or not. It is fun, but there is only a certain amount I can use my hands before I get RSI on any given day.
Besides for figuring out the limits of my hands, which has helped some with developing a better stretching routine. I haven’t had any major improvements in my life because of it.
I did notice that I learned much quicker than I have in the past when I’ve tried to learn instruments. Which tells me that my current character build optimisation towards learning and memory is working. That was a good data point to update on.
It sounds like you’re having a lot of fun though, and your brain sees music differently to mine. I hope it continues to be rewarding for a long time!
Sometimes, when I’m thinking about learning a topic, I’ll look at the first video in the YouTube CrashCourse series for the topic. Then I’ll turn that into Anki cards. They’ll then act as hooks of understanding going forward.
I think any topic’s introductory Crash Course video would work well for the video that you’re trying to make.
A potentially good way to avoid low level criminals scamming your family and friends with a clone of your voice is to set a password that you each must exchange.
An extra layer of security might be to make the password offensive, an info hazard, or politically sensitive. Doing this, criminals with little technical expertise will have a harder time bypassing corporate language filters.
Good luck getting the voice model to parrot a basic meth recipe!
Oh, it’s nothing exciting. Here are the changes I’ve made since last time.
Started taking longer morning walks and doing yoga
No Tv of YouTube, so that the guitar is like a super stimuli
Taking DHA algae powder instead of relying on walnuts for ALA, that converts to EPA, that converts to DHA and forms myelin sheaths in the brain
Spaced repetition
playing before bed
not cramming practice sessions. Instead playing for 20-30 minutes at a time.
“Whiteboards everywhere” and my non-ironic favourite band are debuting songs!!!
But, I’m only a year old rationalist and I live in Australia on a uni student budget. Still… I’m considering flying out. It would be pretty incredible to run some abstract improv workshops with other truth seeking nerds. I think I need to sit down and calculate.
Is this the type of event that a first year rationalist could attend and get value from/be welcome at? What is the likelihood that it will run again next year? Is there a prediction market for that?
Edit: There is now. https://manifold.markets/keltan/will-there-be-a-lessonline-2025
Duct-tape fixes are common in the wake of anything that goes publicly wrong. When people get hurt, they demand change, and they pressure whoever is in charge to give it to them. But implementing a proper fix is generally more complicated (since you have to perform a root cause analysis), less visible (therefore not earning the leader any social credit), or just plain unnecessary (if the risk was already priced in). So the incentives are in favor of quickly slapping something together that superficially appears to be a solution, without regards for whether it makes sense.
Wow, I kinda already knew this. But it had never been said so clearly and brought to the front of my mind in this way. It perfectly describes the strategies YouTube has used through its various apocalypses.
Yes! I’m quite sad that I’m about to finish the physical “How to Actually Change Your Mind”. I aim to read all of RFATZ but it’s about to be a lot harder when I have to do it on my computer. I hope that the other books will magically come into print exactly when I finish the book.
Maybe I could even write a sequence on this?
Teacher here, can confirm.
I am glad that my reply acted as an encouragement for you. It reminds me of comradery in an act of defiance. Though for me I believe my “Defiance” was actually Naivete of a culture that I am still bright eyed and fresh faced to. Walking like a toddler, Bumbling around, knocking things over.
Why am I glad you made this point? Because it might point toward an unspoken rule.
“Thou shalt not comment on old posts, lest thou desires to be struck down! What has been said is done! NO MORE FUN!”
It seems this rule isn’t imparted by the powers that be, but our own desire to stay unnoticed?
I hope to keep this lack of respect for unspoken customs as I become more acquainted with less wrong.Participation leads to learning so why not participate whenever you’ve got something to say. Worst case, the mods see it.
Hmmm, I think the original post was an interesting idea. I think your comment points to something related but different. Perhaps taboo words?
I wouldn’t say I have a good grasp on Nutrition either. But spent a bit of time last year making sure I could parry any uncomfortable comments about my nutrition my family might make because of my veganism.
It seems the main thing is B12. Even the hard core vegan types, who don’t want to give an inch to the “other side”will admit this one is necessary. That makes me believe it really is.
What I’ll say in this next paragraph might be very wrong. If someone sees this and can call me on anything I’m wrong about, I’d love that.
Before going vegan I took fish oil. That’s because I’d heard Omega 3 was “beneficial for brain function”. That carried over when I went vegan, but I mostly ate walnuts as my source. Then I learnt that there are 3 Omega 3 Acids. (I should have noticed my confusion about that “3”, but I was not a rationalist at the time). I then learnt that ALA gets converted into EPA or another chemical. So by skipping ALA and going straight to DHA you potentially don’t lose anything.
Looking back on this, I think when I’m nearing the end of my current DHA supply I might need to take another look at Omega 3 and its functions. Something about it still feels a little off.
I currently am completing psychological studies for credit in my university psych course. The entire time, all I can think is “I wonder if that detail is the one they’re using to trick me with?”
I wonder how this impacts results. I can’t imagine being in a heightened state of looking out for deception has no impact.
That’s a great idea, Thank you!
And here it is: https://manifold.markets/keltan/will-there-be-a-lessonline-2025
I now realize that my thinking may have been particularly brutal, and I may have skipped inferential steps.
To clarify, If someone didn’t know, or was reluctant to repeat a password, I would end contact or request an in person meeting.
But to further clarify, that does not make your points invalid. I think it makes them stronger. If something is weird and risky, good luck convincing people to do it.
To my knowledge, the man in this photo has claimed he was paid by Ruby Rose to pose for this photo and it is an extremely effective marketing scheme. The guy didn’t expect it to go viral and so spoke about it on a podcast.
However, this is only a possible factual correction. It should not take away from the fact that actual examples of people considered “Whales” or “Addicts” do in fact exist.
Note to self, write a post about the novel akrasia solutions I thought up before becoming a rationalist.
Figuring out how to want to want to do things
Personalised advertising of Things I Wanted to Want to Do
What I do when all else fails