Rudi C

I am looking for nonfiction non-historical books that aren’t too dumbed-down/light (essentially, a book that needs careful reading, not something skimmable), but still readable on an e-reader such as Kindle (so equations should be very scarce, and the book should be available in a reflowable format such as EPUB). Some...

Inspired by seeing Morality as "Coordination", vs "Altruism". * Coordination: a) To do more win-win stuff. b) To band against some outgroup (win-win-lose). * Selfish genes: E.g., your genes make you care about your family directly, as they are carrying your genes. * Empathy: E.g., just thinking about how being...

There was significant interest in zinc early on. It seemed like one of the most promising avenues for protecting oneself against Covid-19. Searching on both Google and Lesswrong itself, I do not see new research on it. (This is the closest thing I found; A metareview that says there is...

Epistemic status: Mathematical reasoning by an amateur, but I feel confident that it’s mostly correct. Update: There is a Wikipedia page on this with lots of details and other similar problems with different answers. This paper referenced there seems a good summary. The problem I was reading The Equation of...

As people have been recommending visualization as a mnemonic technique here, I am curious how you utilize it for a formula like this. I can encode it using metaphors: The lambda, which represents the rate, is a working factory machine. k, which is the number of incidents, is a pack...

When a nasty political problem (like the current SSC situation) hits my consciousness, I'm habituated to Do Something About It. I feel an urge to investigate the political climate, find allies, and fight back against the threat. In the current Internet age, and with my nonexistent political clout and social...