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I'm teaching one section of an intro-to-stat-for-non-math-folks class this spring as an adjunct. I'm planning to supplement the dry, fire-hose-y textbook with some outside readings (data journalism written by me, where students can reconstruct the analysis; excerpts from The Lady Tasting Tea; and some short posts from the Sequences). On...

TL;DR: Building humor into your habits for spotting and correcting errors makes the fix more enjoyable, easier to talk about and receive social support, and limits the danger of a contempt spiral. One of the most reliably bad decisions I've made on a regular basis is the choice to stay...

On a recent trip to Ireland, I gave a talk on tactics for having better arguments (video here). There's plenty in the video that's been discussed on LW before (Ideological Turing Tests and other reframes), but I thought I'd highlight one other class of trick I use to have more...

TL;DR: It can be helpful to reframe arguments about tone, trigger warnings, and political correctness as concerns about false cognates/false friends. You may be saying something that sounds innocuous to you, but translates to something much stronger/more vicious to your audience. Cultivating a debating demeanor that invites requests for tone...

This is a new thread to discuss Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and anything related to it. This thread is intended for discussing chapter 99, 100, and 101. The previous thread is at nearly 500 comments. There is now a site dedicated to the story at...

CFAR is coming to New York City at the beginning of November for our first full-scale workshop outside the Bay Area. And we need your help to run it smoothly. We're looking for volunteers in the tri-state area who can help us carry out all the behind the scenes logistics...

The next four-day CFAR workshops are in October (Bay Area) and November (NYC), but there are two upcoming one-day classes that may be of interest to LessWrongers. Making Habits that Stick - Sept 15, 3hrs, $90 Learn how to make new, useful habits and replace pernicious old ones. Andrew Critch,...