I agree, though I feel this framework helps me put into words how it is both important and difficult to actually negotiate/haggle. In particular the advice for engineers.
Trevor Hill-Hand
You can also grate butter, as in with a cheese grater, and that helps too.
I really like this, and I’m going to be trying this in an upcoming training at work, with the implict rule of “stop me if you don’t understand anything in green” made explicit.
Thinking about how to decide whether or not to highlight a given statement; I think I’m going to try go through and look for things that are the “end” of a line of thought, and those are the greens. So once we get to a green, that’s the end of a line, and a good spot for listeners to stop and ask questions before continuing.
On the other hand, some lines are “length zero” and are just a dangling green presented on their own, with the assumption being that you’ve already encountered the lines leading up to it somewhere else in your life.
Loved the narrative structure; lots of interesting insights that I felt like I was having right along with you. Towards the end you start making some pretty strong claims though; do you have any articles handy that measure the effects of vasodilation on psychological outlook?
I like it, sounds like it’s just a debate format that works well in a virtual setting.
I wonder if there’s a way to add an opening ceremony that helps determine whether this is a question of fact (proceed with the duel) or a question of politics/axioms/goals (cancel the duel).
I was a little disappointed that the ROT13 didn’t translate to “accented modern English” as the story stated.
But I’m loving this story.
I’d be interested in seeing the output, yes! I’d be willing to help with the graphic design so you could throw them up on Game Crafter or something.
Snapping to whole percentages might be better too. Having a displayed value of “87.23%” overstates how much control I have in choosing a specific value, given how the sliders work and how finicky per-pixel selection is.
I love this! I can imagine myself using this as an ad hoc calculator, especially when I need to explain my estimates to someone unfamiliar with probability. For that purpose it might be useful if I could fill in my own labels for all the variables. So instead of “E1/E2/...” the page could literally display “Drew a black marble/drew a white marble/...” or whatever I put in.
Without endorsing any other points (not because I agree or disagree, simply because I haven’t done my own research on them), I’d like to +1 the sentiment of, “Let us not tolerate status jabs/mocking others.”
I feel that the ideal rationalist writing will as a side effect avoid mocking, so it always feels a little out of place and unwarranted to me.
Came here to mention/upvote gwern style sidenotes.
I footnotes are useful too, for citations, etc., but sidenotes are more what I want most of the time.