That depends on the relationship between the people involved
I should have mentioned this question was inspired by a conversation with a co-worker and their opinion about the way you should pursue relationships with the other sex. Which properly reflects some sort of larger dating advice conspiracy which tells you how to act.
Power balance isn’t something to worry about but feel free to object.
Breaking them down into different cultures sounds okay, but is there some other general consensus?
So I asked him, “In the least convenient possible world, the one where everyone was genetically compatible with everyone else and this objection was invalid, what would you do?”
That’s a pretty damn convenient world. It’s basically like saying “In a world where serious issue X isn’t applicable, what would you do?” which might as well be the better question instead of beating around the bush.
Sorry if this was posted before.
Too long. Clearly LW needs a drop-down or something.
Personal question time: any practical difference between ‘ask’ question: “Would you go to the beach with me?” Versus ‘assume’ or ‘command’ statements: “We’re going to the beach on Thursday”. Would people comply more with the first statement or the second?
If other societal memes vanish/degrade/change with time, why not quotes? Why do they carry an intellectual value despite the fact they’re (big number here) years old?
http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/06/09/all-debates-are-bravery-debates/ → Also relevant. Some people might agree with one extreme and disagree with the other. Lincoln’s advice is probably not going to be useful to someone who is not sure about if the thing they say is foolish. Your own idea is a slippery slope—a fool will quite rightly be told eventually to shut the hell up. Nothing to revel in, and probably best not to reveal, unless you live in HPMORverse or some 5th-level thinking universe (or whatever the right description for ’what’s my opponent thinks I think he thinks..” is)
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What was so wrong with the ending of HPMoR? rot13 please.
What are your thoughts about virtual courses? I can see something like PDFs being freely available to download and an IRC channel for communication between students/teachers.
Makes it harder to go to a bar and grab some beers but it saves you the whole financial trouble and various other troubles.
I think the idea is that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence is the main factor is the “less funded” charities. Appeals to emotion are seen as either manipulative or not extraordinary enough. Appeals to intellect (a million is a statistic?) are looked upon as more favorable because you can tell what actually happens.
Many people might disagree with you but I think you have the right idea here. Some people might just disagree with selectivity in the way you interact with others. Does LessWrongers believe that selective interaction is morally or ethically unjust?
What does social justice even stand for these days? It sounds like a noble cause but it’s also somewhat unrefined.
I mixed it up with ‘featured articles’. Sorry.
How does the promoted thing even work? There’s only one article that was written recently (one year ago), two from 2009 and one from 2007. (all sequences)
It was more about ease-of-access to people you wouldn’t keep in contact with. Facebook just makes it much easier.
Good point nonetheless.
My impression is that later in life many people remain in touch with their friends from university and rather few with their friends from high school. If I’m right about this, the social advantages of the public school are shortish-term only. (That doesn’t make them unimportant.)
Does that hold true now that we have magical facebook?
Wait a sec.. didn’t we have a thread like this some time ago?
I’ve been reading HPMOR for the past week (currently at TSPE aftermath) and I’d like to recommend it to anyone who hasn’t read it yet.
The article looks like they’re trying to say how awesome their game is.
Any TECHNICAL difference between that and, say, a decent rogue-like algorithm? I have a feeling that it’s scaled-up rather than technical up.
Also, couldn’t see a GitHub link, so I’m assuming this is proprietary and therefore have no reason to trust whatever they say.
Can you back up “vegitarias are jsut as healthy or even healthier than non vegitarians.”?
I couldn’t find ‘nutrition’ here. Was there a reason this part was ignored?
One last thing: what do you think about synthetic meat? I’m curious because I never see it mentioned—it’s basically the ‘everyone wins’ situation.
FRIENDLY EDIT AND WARNING: I have a feeling this might be a sensitive topic so don’t feel bad if a few people go at you or something. (Last guy that touched a sensitive issue didn’t do well.)
Marriage: Civilization’s BIggest Mistake
Something that bothers me about this is the all-too-common idea that kids are unruly and will cause endless destruction. I remember my parents being anxious to leave me alone at home and me thinking “Umm what? What could I do?” and being proud the house didn’t look like whatever’s left after a direct hit from a nuke.
Why’s that?
Depends on the question, but sometimes you can find things with a well-done web search. If you’re asking a question that can be answered with a simple web page then people will rightly tell you off. You can try appealing to them and MIGHT get an answer but it could also result in backslash with them treating you as an up-sucker.
It’s similar to but not identical to a catch-22 where you can always ask a question, but you MIGHT be looked upon as an idiot or you can look for the answer on your own and MIGHT find it. Emphasis on MIGHT because in a real catch-22 there’s no escape route.