tomdekan

• tomdekan 20 Oct 2022 13:46 UTC

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  on: How To Write Quickly While Main­tain­ing Epistemic Rigor

  There’s one trick, and it’s simple: stop trying to justify your beliefs. Don’t go looking for citations to back your claim. Instead, think about why you currently believe this thing, and try to accurately describe what led you to believe it.

• tomdekan 19 Oct 2022 16:51 UTC

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  in reply to: gwern’s comment on: My search for a re­li­able breakfast

  There might have been some irony in the article. But good tips!

My search for a re­li­able breakfast

Com­bat­ting perfectionism

Pow­er­point joy—How I got 1.7 mil­lion views on Un­splash by nour­ish­ing the souls of office workers

• tomdekan 13 Feb 2022 17:02 UTC

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  in reply to: Gunnar_Zarncke’s comment on: Soup de­sign: Every­one likes it, but few know how

  Thanks Gunnar. I have added your recipe to the article at https://​​www.tomdekan.com/​​design-blindness

• tomdekan 11 Feb 2022 9:53 UTC

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  in reply to: Gunnar_Zarncke’s comment on: Soup de­sign: Every­one likes it, but few know how

  Actually Gunnar_Zarncke, may I add your soup recipe as a fun addition to the article?

• tomdekan 8 Feb 2022 9:27 UTC

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  in reply to: Bert’s comment on: Soup de­sign: Every­one likes it, but few know how

  I agree with you. You have to design/​build a lot of things to develop a design instinct.

  In case you find it helpful, one ‘executable strategy’ to develop a design instinct is making art. This could be sketching your room, painting a picture of a tree in your garden, or making 3D models on Blender. These design activities tend to transfer well to other domains.
  
  (Executable strategy concept: https://​​notes.andymatuschak.org/​​Executable_strategy)

• tomdekan 8 Feb 2022 9:20 UTC

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  in reply to: Gunnar_Zarncke’s comment on: Soup de­sign: Every­one likes it, but few know how

  Sounds tasty! Thanks Gunnar

Soup de­sign: Every­one likes it, but few know how

• tomdekan 8 Jan 2022 21:02 UTC

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  in reply to: gbear605’s comment on: Believ­ing in magic pyra­mids shows that you think differently

  Nicely put.

• tomdekan 8 Jan 2022 21:01 UTC

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  in reply to: Dave Lindbergh’s comment on: Believ­ing in magic pyra­mids shows that you think differently

  That’s an interesting comment about environmental destruction. I think that I disagree. I would say that almost environmental damage is bad. For example, I hate seeing people discard plastic wrapping or throw things out of their car window. Every action like that spoils a part of nature that has evolved over millenia. Increased scale certainly makes environmental destruction worse.

• tomdekan 8 Jan 2022 20:48 UTC

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  in reply to: Slider’s comment on: Rad­i­cal open­ness—say things that oth­ers strongly dislike

  Yeah, I think that you’re right about being radically open to yourself Slider. Although it can be easy to lose track of your thoughts on something. Publishing your thoughts has a way of galvanising your ideas.

  Publishing your thoughts also allows other people to add their own thoughts. I probably wouldn’t have thought about your comment unless I had posted the article.

• tomdekan 8 Jan 2022 20:43 UTC

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  in reply to: Dacyn’s comment on: Rad­i­cal open­ness—say things that oth­ers strongly dislike

  I agree with your main point that good ideas often take time and reflection. However, I think it is hard to know if a person, such as Kanye, has already done this reflection. Perhaps he has.

• tomdekan 8 Jan 2022 20:40 UTC

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  in reply to: ChristianKl’s comment on: Rad­i­cal open­ness—say things that oth­ers strongly dislike

  I like your thought that it is the job of rappers, and artists generally, to experiment with ideas. Having a group of people whose job is to be on the edge of art is an exciting thought.

  Regarding your point about genuineness, it’s very hard to know what another person actually believes. Maybe Kanye is deeply insecure about wanting to have sex with his wife’s sisters?

Believ­ing in magic pyra­mids shows that you think differently

• tomdekan 7 Jan 2022 9:47 UTC

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  in reply to: dawangy’s comment on: Rad­i­cal open­ness—say things that oth­ers strongly dislike

  Glad to hear it! Would be interested to know why.

• tomdekan 9 Nov 2021 20:36 UTC

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  in reply to: IrenicTruth’s comment on: How to Beat Procrastination

  For me, the equation seems more clearly expressed as:

  $Procrastination=\frac{\text{Expected outcome}\cdot \text{Expected enjoyment}}{\text{Impulsiveness}\cdot \text{Delay until outcome}}$