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Todays xkcd I guess there'll be a fair bit of traffic coming from people looking it up?

Information that surprises you is interesting as it exposes where you have been miscalibrated, and allows you to correct for that. I suspect the users of LessWrong have fairly similar beliefs, so it is probable that information that has surprised you would surprise others here, so it would be useful...

We've had similar threads before, but not for a while so I thought I'd make one. Basic rules, share links that are relevant to Less Wrong areas of interest, but aren't worthy of their own post. Please include a brief description with the link. (My own contributions are below.)

The podcast 'Stuff you should know' has done an episode on cryonics. Available here: http://podcasts.howstuffworks.com/hsw/podcasts/sysk/2011-08-30-sysk-cryonics.mp3?_kip_ipx=862998473-1315175433 I don't know much about the subject, but what do people think of it as a depiction of cryonics in popular culture?

The ability to write efficiently and persuasively is important in many areas of life, and especially for spreading rationalist memes and hence raising the sanity waterline. While there are a lot of very good and persuasive writers of both fiction and non-fiction on Less Wrong there seems to be relatively...

I've recently been trying to introduce some of my friends to less wrong. As a starting point I've linked them to HP:MOR and 'Three worlds collide' on the basis that they are both entertaining and accessible. But I'm not sure where to go next. Sending them to a main index...

Briefly Start the week is a popular BBC radio 4 program discussing scientific and cultural events in the UK. This episode covers a lot of issues relevant to Less Wrong. In their own words: "Andrew Marr explores the limits of science and art in this week's Start the Week. The...