Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong - Less Wrong Discussion

Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:13:05 +1000

Submitted by jsalvatier • 54 votes • 439 comments

Update: Please use the most recent thread.

The LW Public Goods Team wants to encourage useful research projects (as well other kinds of projects) for the LW community. If you're interested in doing this kind of work, you might run into a problem that is best solved by good outside assistance. Without assistance you might get discouraged and stop working on the project or never even start it. We want to help you avoid that. Do you

Not know how to interpret a finding and want help figuring it out?
Need access to a particular paper and need someone with a library subscription to download it for you?
Need someone to edit your writing?
Not even know what you're having trouble with, but you know is that you're stuck and need someone to troubleshoot you?

Then, we want to help!

How do you request such help? For now, I think the best way is to post to the discussion section about your problem. That way other interested people can also provide help and be interested in your research. If you feel uncomfortable doing this, you may post to the public goods team mailing list (lw-public-goods-team@googlegroups.com) or if it's not too long after this was posted, post in the comments.

I personally commit to doing at least 3 hours a week of tasks like these for people doing LessWrong related projects (assuming demand for it; I'll be keeping a log) for at least the next month. Morendil has committed to doing at least an hour of this and atucker has promised to some as well.

Our goal is to find out whether this kind of help is effective and encourages people. If this kind of assistance turns out to be valuable, we'll continue to offer it.

If you would like to volunteer some time (a little or a lot), say so in the comments!

439 comments

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-11T08:56:03.952066+10:00

This has turned out to be an incredibly useful page. Thanks again, John! I wish I could upvote the article again.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-11T11:19:50.613602+10:00

This post is, I think, an excellent demonstration of what I keep telling people: if you can commit even a little bit of time over a long period doing something that people aren't voluntarily doing already, you can do something pretty useful.

For this patience claim, I usually use examples like Wikipedia articles or FAQs or self-experiments, but this page is also a good example: for a bit of menial annoying (but otherwise undemanding) work, John has materially assisted me in multiple articles (sunk costs, iodine, and lithium among others).

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-22T08:05:41.777456+10:00

And now others are helping and asking for help! It warms my heart.

You made me smile lots. Thanks :)

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-22T08:10:05.517265+10:00

I'm glad I could help!

The thing that really turned out to be useful, I think, is the inter library loan and the ease with which the university of washington lets you use it (no fees and just a simple web form). I wonder if we could get you and gwern direct access to it somehow. If it were my account, I'd just give you my login, but it's a borrowed account itself.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-22T08:35:08.714061+10:00

I wonder if we could get you and gwern direct access to it somehow.

That might be a little dangerous. When I was using SUNY SBU's ILL for my own projects and filling occasional requests, I eventually got cut off for over-use...

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-23T00:47:34.878786+10:00

Okay, so we need to find someone who doesn't use ILL for their own materials. I've now made quite a few requests, and I haven't been cut off, how long did it take you to get cut off?

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-23T00:49:10.008538+10:00

It was during the second semester, towards the end, so I think it was March or May.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-30T05:40:32.263179+10:00

Request for comments from others who frequent this page:

I have been feeling that the academic literature is severely underused outside academia, including here on LW. Every now and then, I see a discussion that I think of interrupting to say, "Why don't you guys go on Google Scholar to learn more about this from people who have already thought about this? [As opposed to trying to come up with the same ideas by yourselves.]" (Access isn't a problem: abstracts often provide the information that one is looking for, and besides, free access to the vast majority of cited articles is available within hours from, e.g., here and Reddit's r/scholar.)

I'm hesitant about making this sort of comment because there is a clear potential for signaling: "I read journal articles that smart people read; I'm so smart. [You don't read these articles; you're not smart.]" From an outside view, I can imagine people making this sort of comment to signal intelligence (related), so I'm worried that my belief that the academic literature is underused is coming from a rationalization of a desire to use this signal.

If the literature is indeed underused, one possible explanation is that online journal access and search is a very recent innovation. If I'm not mistaken, it was very difficult for the general public to access any journal article ten years ago (and searching for specific information would have been a daunting task even for specialists).

Any thoughts?

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-30T06:58:14.206775+10:00

'Discussion is not about Information'? If I saw people using Google routinely, I would wonder if maybe there's some sort of recentness issue; but I see even sophisticated young techies who literally grew up using Google failing to do so. I can't count how many times on LessWrong, Reddit, Wikipedia, or IRC I have spent 5 seconds in Google and refuted or confirmed someone's speculation. There's a reason LMGIFY is an acronym.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-30T07:21:19.856136+10:00

Huh, this was actually the first explanation that came to mind. I wanted to check if I was being too cynical (or too caught up in my own signaling), so I avoided mentioning it.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T18:16:49.852735+10:00

This is certainly true, I often do this myself and notice I could Google something and still don't do it. It's usually when I'm hanging out with friends and we're speculating about something because it's fun to speculate rather than because we want to figure something out.

shminux on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-30T07:36:18.465829+10:00

I see a discussion that I think of interrupting to say, "Why don't you guys go on Google Scholar to learn more about this from people who have already thought about this?

A former coworker of mine used to say in such circumstances: " Shall we make it up or look it up?"

satt on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-30T10:25:45.687248+10:00

(Access isn't a problem: abstracts often provide the information that one is looking for, and besides, free access to the vast majority of cited articles is available within hours from, e.g., here and Reddit's r/scholar.)

Beware trivial inconveniences!

I do agree with your main point, though. I've had experiences like gwern's of being able to dredge up information to check guesses (or comments that just trigger my BS detector generally) in 5 minutes with Google, Wikipedia, or even my PDF folder.

razor11 on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-08T03:37:31.536027+10:00

There is a website called ezproxy dot blogspot dot com which posts occasionally working password to library sites and universities' online resources. It might prove useful to some people here.

demented on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-10T22:15:46.491552+10:00

password2password dot eamped dot com also offers the same feature as well as a subforum specifically for article requests. It makes sense to have an account there. 55face dot blogspot dot com too posts occasional passwords to library sites. It makes sense to bookmark it too. Of course, the best option would be to use your local library itself..

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-14T02:33:32.579447+10:00

I'm starting to think it may be time to start a new article; besides being more manageable, one could go through the old one, identify any remaining outstanding requests, and copy them over. As it is, probably no one is going through the old ones because it's too hard to work out which ones haven't been filled...

Also a good excuse to tote up some statistics like '300 papers provided' etc!

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-14T17:46:32.949729+10:00

I haven't noticed this being unmanageable recently, but I can see it becoming so. I wonder if there is a better solution than another thread though. Bug tracking software (perhaps github) might work well because people can open a request and then once it's found, the thread is hidden.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-15T02:52:20.088463+10:00

People don't want to use a separate site; if they did, no one would be using this page because they'd be using the subreddit devoted to this, or the equivalent Wikipedia reference request desk, etc.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-15T03:49:49.179272+10:00

This service has mostly turned out to be used by a couple of people. Do you prefer to use LW proper? I was under the impression that this service was mostly valuable because we have access to ILL requests and because we're more interested in helping than elsewhere.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-15T05:07:56.505466+10:00

I do, yeah. And it is easier to keep up here.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-15T16:38:32.002185+10:00

Hmm, okay. Have you noticed this thread being unwieldy in some way? What is your main concern?

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-16T03:52:04.291984+10:00

As comments increase, more of the page gets buried in click-to-continue wrappers, so any kind of navigation gets harder. It gets harder for me to refind old requests I might need. It gets harder for anyone to look through for unfilled requests. And so on.

I also don't like pages with too many comments on pure aesthetic grounds. As good a time as any to pull the plug and inaugurate a second article. (Would be good for your karma too, which you deserve!)

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-07-09T16:30:01.888888+10:00

I am interested in obtaining the manuals and test booklets for the following psychometric inventories:

NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R)

Publisher's product page.

The NEO-PI-3 and NEO-FFI-3 would also be useful. (The manuals for these three inventories seem to be identical.)

Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM)

Publisher's product page.

The SPM(+) and CPM would also be useful. (The manuals for these tests are split into several sections/volumes.)

I am not able to buy these inventories from the publishers: the NEO PI-R requires an S-level qualification (certificate, license, or relevant undergraduate degree), while the APM requires a B-level qualification (certification/membership in professional organization or relevant master's degree).

Furthermore, I cannot find any copies of the manuals or test booklets online, so I assume the publishers are serious in suppressing distribution; if you get hold of a copy, PMing me is probably a better idea than posting it publicly.

I would be happy to obtain either the manual or test booklet for any of the aforementioned inventories. (I'd also like to know how I might be able to get these materials, free or otherwise.)

Douglas_Knight on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-25T11:59:45.351222+11:00

Have you tried interlibrary loan? Lots of university libraries have them.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-26T02:23:04.773207+11:00

That's a good idea, thanks.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T08:24:16.889342+11:00

"Prolonged release melatonin in the treatment of primary insomnia: evaluation of the age cut-off for short- and long-term response".

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-31T13:06:40.021230+11:00

Done

daenerys on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-25T14:09:10.505777+11:00

Can anyone access this : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00381.x/full

“Hindsight bias- A Primer for Motivational Researchers” by Mark Pezzo, at the Wiley Online Library.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T01:59:51.401277+11:00

Don't have direct access but have requested and should have an electronic copy in 1-3 days.

James_Blair on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-09-07T11:56:32.777369+10:00

This sounds like a good idea, thanks for committing the time for it! On reading I had two thoughts:

While I'm assuming that you're willing to try helping with anything, people with more technical problems will appreciate a summary of what skills you can provide in particular.
I'm also wondering if there is demand for this in a format more like HN office hours.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-09-07T15:37:28.583533+10:00

1 - Good idea!

I pride myself in giving actually useful editing, not just trivial things. I will,
- tell you when things don't make sense
- tell you you have to rewrite or add sections
- cross out chunks with abandon
- give you organizational advice.
I have access to the University of Washington's library system, so I can download most papers.
I know quite a bit of Bayesian stats
I have an engineering background.
I have Lots of programming experience.
I like having something explained to me and then repeating back my understanding

I'll have to ask the others to post what they think their strong points are.

2 - I'm not actually familiar with HN office hours, so I will have to take a look. Thanks for the link!

ChrisHallquist on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-18T16:23:20.491887+10:00

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working for the Singularity Institute on a project tracking AI progress over the decades. One section I'm working on is on logistics AI. I'm trying to find information on a program called NONLIN apparently used by the Navy. The paper Russell & Norvig cite as a source on NONLIN is not available free online, far as I can tell:

Tate, A. and Whiter, A. M. (1984). Planning with multiple resource constraints and an application to a naval planning problem_ in Proc. First Conference on AI Application, pp. 410-4 Lb.

If anyone can get me this paper, PM me, and I'll send you my e-mail address. If you happen across other sources with information on NONLIN, that would be appreciated too!

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-19T07:37:33.858554+10:00

I've submitted an Inter Library Loan request. Should hopefully have it in a couple of days.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-19T00:35:03.553070+10:00

I don't have the paper you are trying to find, but here are three pharmaceutical papers on using NONLIN (found via Google Scholar): [1] [2] [3]

ETA: Actually, I think that might be a different NONLIN... It wouldn't surprising for two independently developed nonlinear fitters to be both named NONLIN.

ChrisHallquist on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-20T19:08:52.388647+10:00

Thanks. Unfortunately, I think that is a different NONLIN - the one I'm looking for handles logistics.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T18:09:23.816029+10:00

Finally got it

ChrisHallquist on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-18T17:10:21.437241+10:00

Also useful for a different part of the same project would be

Early, J. 1970. "An efficient context-free parsing algorithm" Communications of the ACM. Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 94-102.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-19T00:15:43.167746+10:00

Here.

maverickmath on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-11T21:31:00.224307+10:00

A model of decision-making involving two information processors. COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS, Volume 2, Number 2 (1989), 119-149.
Design of interactive systems—a formal approach International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Volume 37, Issue 1, July 1992, Pages 23–46.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-12T04:29:14.165536+10:00

First

Second

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-12T04:34:41.796505+10:00

Requested #1. Here's #2.

maverickmath on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-12T21:40:12.787080+10:00

Thank you.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-20T03:56:42.514379+10:00

http://baywood.metapress.com/index/VQJDT1YD5WVBRYPJ.pdf

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-23T10:38:13.214365+10:00

who is likely to acquire programming skills

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-20T05:02:20.574972+10:00

Requested

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T12:15:57.884860+11:00

Does anyone know how to get this 1959 paper from I.J. Good? I don't even know where to look for an old "IBM Research Report" from 1959.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T13:18:58.925555+11:00

http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/papers/58DC4EA36A143C218525785E00502E30/$File/rc115.pdf

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-09-09T03:22:45.956405+10:00

I'd like a copy of "The Flynn effect puzzle: A 30-year examination from the right tail of the ability distribution provides some missing pieces" (old Wired discussion).

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-09-09T03:52:32.062990+10:00

Sent to your email. I am a little nervous about posting them somewhere public. I'd appreciate advice on this topic.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-09-09T04:43:48.578271+10:00

Thanks; it's interesting so far. (The SAT and ACT series seem to, if anything, contradict the thesis - everything but math scores have stagnated or actually fallen.)

As far as posting goes publicly, I host a lot of PDFs (for the DNB FAQ, mostly), and lukeprog (one of his selling points) hosts what must be hundreds* of PDFs so far. Neither of us has had any trouble so far, and in one case, The Notenki Memoirs, I believe the publisher has even been contacted by someone wanting to turn my ebook** into a legitimate one - no takedowns so far (somewhat to my surprise).

* My local mirror of commonsenseatheism.com lists 573 PDFs

** I not merely host TNM, but I made the ebook single-handedly from my scans

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-09-09T04:49:20.422944+10:00

Thanks! maybe I will host on a dropbox account publicly.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-09-09T09:39:54.112461+10:00

Already done: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5317066/DNB/2011-wai-flynneffect-exists-in-smartpeople.pdf

lessdazed on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-12-08T09:20:48.230313+11:00

Please help me find:

"When the Only Constant is Change," Negotiation, Vol. 8, No. 12, December 2005

Ployart, Robert E., Jonathan C. Ziegert, and Lynn A. McFarland. “Understanding Racial Differences on Cognitive Ability Test in Selection Contexts: An Integration of Stereotype Threat and Applicant Reactions Research." Human Performance 16 (2003): 231–259.

Social influence effects on automatic racial prejudice. By Lowery, Brian S.; Hardin, Curtis D.; Sinclair, Stacey Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 81(5), Nov 2001, 842-855.

Thank you.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-12-09T02:51:49.622377+11:00

I wasn't able to find 1 (edit: still can't find it free, but it looks like it's available here for $5 USD), but here's 2 and 3.

I'm happy people are starting to use this.

beriukay on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-08T11:59:35.571938+11:00

I found this from the Harvard Business Review, which had a block of text that looks a lot like this, which I have downloaded as a .pdf in case it magically goes away. Is that what you were looking for?

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-08T10:49:37.687975+11:00

I've made a new thread with the intent that new requests should go there. I'll probably still fill requests there, but please monitor requests at the new thread if you're helping out.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T01:02:34.483920+10:00

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13546783.2012.713178

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T05:26:55.874768+10:00

Here.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T07:16:02.373751+10:00

Thanks!

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-21T04:37:00.328392+10:00

Two resources (I've rot13ed the names and URLs):

Yvoenel Trarfvf (yvotra.bet) – This enormous book repository has been mentioned a few times before on LW. yvotra.bet and tra.yvo.ehf.rp (you need a non-US VPN/proxy to access these) are the official mirrors. A list of mirrors operated by others can be found through Download -> Mirrors (and in the grandchild comment below).
Fpv-Uho (fpv-uho.bet) – This offers proxy access through ~20 different university libraries. It worked well on a few papers that I wasn't able to access otherwise. This should be especially useful if you don't normally have VPN access to a library. (If the current proxy doesn't have access to your paper, just click the refresh icon on the right to switch to another proxy.) Again, looks like you'll need a non-US IP.

Also, I acquired a copy of FineReader and would be happy to OCR any scanned paper or book that you have (I've tried some open-source and free online alternatives and found them lacking). Just leave a comment here as usual.

I will be applying OCR by default to future requests that I receive as scanned documents. This includes some image manipulation (deskewing, contrast enhancing, etc.) and lossy compression (in general, the final product is more readable than the original, despite the compression). Let me know if you don't want these applied and prefer the original un-OCRed scan.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-21T17:27:58.339782+10:00

I'm a little confused. The first two links redirect to books.google.com for me. Is that cause I'm in the US? What's the best way to read more about Library Genesis?

Sci-hub.org redirects to myescience.org, is that correct?

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:03:26.370476+10:00

o_O Huh. No, I did not anticipate these redirects for the first and third links...

I just found the reason on their forum (can you access this?):

the USA were blocked from access, because it is the only source of copyright abuses. They want it shut, they'll see it shut.

Looks like they want to remain obscure, at least in the US:

search google with double quotes "tra.yvo.ehf.rp" [rot13ed] and find all unique messages that discuss LG in the most open places (harvested by google crawlers often). Try to contact authors of the messages and kindly ask them to remove any mentioning of LG from the postings.

Here is the current list of mirrors (rot13ed); I'm pretty sure the 4th and 5th work in the US:

yvotra.bet
tra.yvo.ehf.rp
obbxsv.bet
jjj.yvotra.vasb
yvotra.vasb (guvf vf nccneragyl ba n qvssrerag freire guna jjj.yvotra.vasb)
jjj.yvotra.arg (guvf frrzf gb unir gur fnzr VC nf jjj.yvotra.vasb)
iahxv.bet
obbxbf.bet
h76i7un6w4wzgm3x2yfrnfb5dl36ykf77xyubizcghsjpbqbingd.o32.v2c/ (guebhtu V2C)

Their IP filter list for yvotra.bet must not be very good because I can access it through my Rochester VPN (I'm in the UK right now).

Yeah, it seems like Fpv-Uho redirects to myescience.org in the US, but that's not the correct site. The site that I see looks like this: imgur.com/XpVa3. I suppose people in the US will need a VPN or proxy to access it. Maybe try the free proxies on proxy.org? (I've been using this paid VPN service for ~1 year without issues, but there are plenty of other commercial alternatives.)

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:17:41.278819+10:00

Very interesting. Have you found this site pretty useful above and beyond what your university gives you?

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:27:33.725017+10:00

Fpv-Uho is occasionally useful for me. E.g., I was actually unable to access this paper that Gwern requested below through any of my three university VPNs (Rochester, Oxford, Chinese University of Hong Kong), but I managed to grab it off one of the library proxies through Fpv-Uho.

(Yvoenel Trarfvf is obviously useful for anyone who wants to download books.)

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-12T10:30:20.085514+10:00

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5915.1975.tb01046.x/abstract

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-13T06:08:14.999195+10:00

Here.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-13T07:24:14.795890+10:00

Thanks mucho!

Jack on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-07-09T07:59:43.762041+10:00

For people retrieving articles: what is the easiest request format for you? I've been providing links to the article in databases but I just realized it would be easier for me to retrieve with links to a google scholar search.

JJXW on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-21T07:08:27.032839+10:00

Some more older stuff I am looking for. Any help finding them would be greatly appreciated.

beriukay on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-08T14:35:56.757390+11:00

Andrew, A.M. Learning Machines, 1959. Found here.
Booth, Andrew. How Much Can Machines Learn?.
There's a book at the local library, so I can get you some selected chapters.
In the works.
Same as #3.
Same, but may be in ebook form.
Also not found.
Same as #3.
Williams, J.D. Toward Intelligent Machines
Not found.

Edited: Added #2 to list. Edited again: Added #9 to list.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-28T03:17:37.692420+10:00

Sorry, very little luck.

Not found.
Not found.
I can't get a whole book, but I could probably get a chapter out of a book
Same.
Same.
I don't think I can even get a chapter from this book.
Not found.
No access.
Not found.

RichardKennaway on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-08T21:03:30.319380+11:00

If you're still looking for "Latest Methods for the Conception and Education of Intelligent Machines", my university library has the issue of the journal this appeared in (Behavioral Science 4: 248-51; July 1959). Let me know if you want a copy.

JJXW on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-09T17:36:30.791384+11:00

Thank you very much for the offer. I am not looking for this text anymore.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-02T02:14:22.379275+10:00

"Environmental Lithium Exposure in the North of Chile—I. Natural Water Sources"

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-02T05:38:33.106040+10:00

here

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-31T12:47:38.546484+10:00

Supplementary iodine fails to reverse hypothyroidism in adolescents and adults with endemic cretinism

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-02T05:38:57.363080+10:00

here

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-06-01T06:59:46.065515+10:00

Requested.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-28T12:28:48.448204+10:00

"The effect of iodine supplementation on cognition of mildly iodine deficient young New Zealand adults"

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-29T02:22:36.600507+10:00

I don't have easy access to it, because it's a book, but I sent a request to her using what I think is her email (found here).

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-29T10:34:15.646515+10:00

Good idea. I was hoping there was some easier way to access theses than emailing the author, which is something I try to do as little as possible.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-29T11:36:13.493302+10:00

Do you just avoid that because you feel like it's rude to use the author's time, or are there other reasons?

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-29T11:53:51.421879+10:00

The former. They held up their end of the bargain, as it were, by actually producing whatever.

maverickmath on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-22T22:57:45.985196+10:00

1) Moore & Whinston (1986). A model of decision-making with sequential information-acquisition (Part 1). Decision Support Systems. Volume 2, Issue 4, December 1986, Pages 285–307.

2) Moore & Whinston (1987). A model of decision-making with sequential information-acquisition (Part 2). Decision Support Systems. Volume 3, Issue 1, March 1987, Pages 47–72.

3) Brehmer (1992). Dynamic decision making: Human control of complex systems. Acta Psychologica. Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1992, Pages 211–241.

Thanks in advance.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-23T01:17:33.561668+10:00

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-01T10:21:10.955654+10:00

Graber et al. (2012), Cognitive interventions to reduce diagnostic error: a narrative review.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-02T01:25:18.768856+10:00

Requested.

infotropism on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T20:23:27.636925+11:00

Hi, could anyone help me obtain

"Limits of Scientific Inquiry" by G. Holton, R. S. Morison ( 1978 )

and

"What is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable." Brockman, John (2007)

Thanks in advance

razor11 on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-08T03:25:23.114550+10:00

The second book on your list can be found here: http://free-books.us.to/get?nametype=orig&md5=5982F61815B32A27FF6C27D946EF4D36

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T16:45:13.044594+11:00

Needed: Good (1959). Could a machine make probability judgments? Computers and Automation 8, 14-16 and 24-26.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-05-05T01:44:26.056129+10:00

Here it is

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-28T13:07:58.885657+10:00

I can't get direct access either. Looks like the University of Washington has physical copies of v.2 (1953)- v.21 (1972) for Computers and Automation which one can request (presumably stored off-site in a warehouse), so if you know anyone there...

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-04-29T14:29:36.635642+10:00

Heh, I actually do. I'll submit a request. (now done)

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T14:57:52.345616+11:00

Needed: Good (1982). Ethical machines.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T14:53:51.246791+11:00

Needed: Michie (1991). Machine intelligence and the human window.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-31T13:05:52.901754+11:00

Here

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-25T10:23:58.743459+11:00

Can anyone get behind the paywall to grab me this article?

I.J. Good (1970). Some future social repercussions of computers.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T01:54:25.143751+11:00

I don't have direct access, but I've requested it, and I should have an electronic copy in 1-3 days.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T09:23:14.549736+11:00

He got it off of Reddit.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-26T09:32:30.035111+11:00

Funny quote from the article:

...by 1980 I hope that the implications and the safeguards [concerning machine superintelligence] will have been thoroughly discussed...

Sorry, Jack. It's 2012 and I'm afraid the implications and safeguards concerning machine superintelligence have still not been "thoroughly" discussed.

KPier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-12-03T12:00:16.537233+11:00

Cognitive Heuristics and American Security Policy, Kanwisher, 1989. http://jcr.sagepub.com/content/33/4/652.short

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-12-07T08:40:46.972410+11:00

Bam! Done.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-11-10T11:12:37.930528+11:00

Note to self: can always request from authors if LW, WP, and Reddit fail.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-03-03T07:45:51.259585+11:00

Okay, here are the other articles I found:

3 - comparing the means

4 - statistical problems

5 - natural selection

6 - life history and bioeconomy

7 - Effects of nutritional lithium supplementation

9 - Effects of nutritional lithium deficiency

10 - Drinking water lithium

12 - Naps and modafinil

Notes: Luke mentions #1 here perhaps he has it and would scan it for you?

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-02-26T10:49:36.153833+11:00

I have this post under RSS but I didn't get updates about this. I'll try to find these articles. I've had difficulty getting access to the first 5, but I think I may be able to order scans from them from the library. I'll be trying that.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2011-12-01T11:13:29.226821+11:00

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29304719/Papers/Aesthetics%20as%20a%20liberating%20force%20in%20mathematics%20education.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29304719/Papers/Creatine%20supplementation.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29304719/Papers/Sci%20Transl%20Med-2011-Levine-107ra109%20%281%29.pdf

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-02-27T17:55:51.633342+11:00

Really bad haul for these:

Most of these I did not have access to, but I put in a request for the library to get me a scanned copy, which should be free. If I get them, I'll post them.

I generally do not have access to electronic copies of books.

7 - link

9 - The book can be found in my library, so if it's especially important, I could find it and scan it.

wallowinmaya on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-12-20T04:24:13.124704+11:00

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14622741

Can anyone send me the full text? Thanks in advance

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-12-20T07:51:38.882473+11:00

here

wallowinmaya on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-12-21T05:33:59.541370+11:00

thanks!

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-05T07:06:58.943716+10:00

Richardson, James T. 1991. "Cult/Brainwashing Cases and Freedom of Religion," J. Church & State, 33:1, pp. 55-74.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-05T18:56:06.848759+10:00

Here

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-06T09:42:47.148137+10:00

Thanks.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-04T06:08:47.202214+10:00

Legarde, D., Batejat, D., Van Beers, P., Sarafian, D., Pradella,S. (1995). Interest of Modafinil, a New Psychostimulant, During a Sixty-Hour Sleep Deprivation Experiment. Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology, 9(3), 271-279

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-06T07:34:55.589461+10:00

Here. Have any of these modafinil papers proven particularly useful? Do you update your modafinil survey?

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-06T09:32:27.157949+10:00

Thanks.

I update all the time (183 edits since I created it in 20 February 2009), although offhand I couldn't say how many papers I request I then use more precisely than >80%.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-04T07:09:24.600524+10:00

Requested.

Epiphany on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T14:54:41.440935+10:00

It's not clear to me whether the offer is to help with any project, for LessWrong articles, or research projects for SI. The title says "for LessWrong" but that may just mean "for any member of LessWrong".

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T17:51:13.275630+10:00

My heuristic is "if it is of interest to LW people then it counts". Does that help? What's your project?

Epiphany on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-27T13:52:31.329608+10:00

I want to offer assistance, actually, but I'll probably be back here to ask for some later. ;) Here is what I offer:

I know tons about psychology. If there's something you don't know the word for, or don't think has been covered, or are looking for a reference for, I'm an excellent person to ask about that. In addition to knowing a lot about psychology in general (like abnormal psychology), I have also specialized in an arcane area of psychology: gifted adults. I say this is arcane because if you wanted to get a psychology degree that covers gifted adults, the closest degree to that would be developmental psychology, however developmental psychology is focused on children with learning disorders, contains some information about gifted children, and leaves gifted adults out for the most part. Since there were other reasons that getting a degree was not very useful in my case (in addition to them not teaching enough about the population I'm most interested in, even according to an award winning school teacher, school isn't a great way to learn, and I have several learning differences that give me big advantages when learning on my own and big disadvantages when learning in a school environment), I chose to learn independently rather than getting a psychology degree. I don't diagnose or treat anyone, obviously, or claim to be a psychologist, but I can cite and summarize what I've read and suggest perspectives based on my experiences and information. These may be extremely useful.

This knowledge is relevant to LessWrong members for two reasons: 1.) According to the last survey, LessWrong's average IQ is 140. This information may be useful for you guys in understanding yourselves. (I fully intend to do some writing for this group - that's a key reason I joined). 2.) People interested in artificial intelligence may want to know random things about human intelligence.

I normally rely on the internet or on libraries for information, but I also own some books on these topics which may be useful if look-ups are needed.

I don't think a time commitment is appropriate, as the amount of information I will be asked for is likely to be totally random, resulting in many weeks where nothing is asked for. This will encourage me not to factor in the commitment when I consider how to use my time each week, and that's not a good way to deal with commitments. So, I'll do this on a random basis. As long as the purpose of the research is ethical, I'll be more than happy to look for a way to fit you in with my priorities.

To get my attention, reply to me directly or PM and make it clear that it's about this offer.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-28T03:51:44.707984+10:00

I'm certainly happy to have your help. However, this service has come to be used primarily as a library for academic papers. I don't think many people will request your services unless you do a little bit of advertising that you're here. Perhaps make a discussion thread about it.

I'm more than happy to help you out when you need help.

Cyan on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T14:49:35.086356+10:00

I'm looking for:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cjs.5550360409/abstract

http://www.jstor.org/stable/91337

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T17:55:25.331664+10:00

First Second

Cyan on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-27T06:01:53.334595+10:00

So awesome.

Thanks, John.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-27T09:37:43.062147+10:00

Glad to help :)

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T14:01:08.396248+10:00

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570868307000857

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T17:56:28.363014+10:00

Here

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T22:13:58.106485+10:00

Thanks!

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T02:38:37.786079+10:00

Differential effect of caffeine administration on calcium and vitamin D metabolism in young and adult rats

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T06:53:38.208839+10:00

Here.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:35:09.793803+10:00

Downloaded, thanks.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:24:03.355103+10:00

Requested.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-20T09:43:25.602492+10:00

"An Introduction to Japanese Society’s Attitudes Toward Race and Skin Color", Debito Arudou

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-20T15:30:53.257374+10:00

Requested.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:26:17.120620+10:00

My request was canceled by ILL staff because it has not been released and/or they couldn't get a hold of it elsewhere. I'll try again in 2 months.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:34:30.219426+10:00

OK, thanks.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T07:52:47.606743+10:00

Here. Got it from Fpv-Uho. :D

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-25T08:27:25.845087+10:00

Thanks.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T15:29:06.139474+10:00

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15027570.2012.708265

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T17:47:01.950700+10:00

Requested.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-21T04:28:24.601873+10:00

Here.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T06:31:48.597541+10:00

per http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/ej3/scientists_make_monkeys_smarter_using_brain/7g2x

https://springerlink3.metapress.com/content/h842v2702r60u481/resource-secured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=12ddod2vvllvk4223fq3ka1z&sh=www.springerlink.com "Memory for the order of briefly presented numerals in humans as a function of practice" by Alan Silberberg and David Kearns
"Do young chimpanzees have extraordinary working memory? ", 2010, Peter Cook and Margaret Wilson

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T08:34:21.736795+10:00

I've added them to the original thread.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-16T10:16:23.407872+10:00

Peter Rossi, "The iron law of evaluation and other metallic rules". Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. 1987;4:3–20.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-18T03:00:37.268270+10:00

Here.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-18T03:52:27.786806+10:00

Thanks.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-16T19:39:23.851960+10:00

Requested.

Konkvistador on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-14T04:31:05.052301+10:00

Need access to a particular paper and need someone with a library subscription to download it for you?

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6018/772.short

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-14T05:33:28.981722+10:00

here

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-13T08:08:10.994354+10:00

http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/T-AFFC.2012.29

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-13T14:05:01.069134+10:00

here

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-11T21:14:33.486834+10:00

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-11T21:48:06.746991+10:00

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-11T23:00:34.640198+10:00

Thanks!

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-11T21:11:08.798962+10:00

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-9991.2012.00504.x/abstract

and

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-9991.2012.00503.x/abstract

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-11T21:47:57.701272+10:00

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-04T15:02:29.984923+10:00

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/132/3426/555.extract

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-04T17:03:26.854346+10:00

here

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-04T17:34:44.667163+10:00

Thanks!

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T06:01:22.412683+10:00

Research into smoking or nicotine and human cognitive performance: does the source of funding make a difference?

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T11:15:15.268415+10:00

Here.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T11:20:30.614455+10:00

Thanks.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T04:19:48.318272+10:00

Subjective effects of modafinil, a new central adrenergic stimulant in healthy volunteers: A comparison with amphetamine, caffeine and placebo

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T12:56:54.004671+10:00

Requested.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-05T05:02:50.790002+10:00

Here.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-05T05:24:19.565130+10:00

Thanks.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T03:49:09.511328+10:00

"Optimum rehearsal patterns and name learning" pg 625-632; TK Landauer, RA Bjork. In: Practical aspects of memory ed. Gruneberg, 1978 ISBN 0471912344

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T12:27:42.030414+10:00

Here.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T12:30:06.588124+10:00

Wait, I recognize that URL... I assumed it was one of Bjork's later papers or works, like the one I got the original citation from. >.<

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-02T13:00:00.547867+10:00

I was actually under the same impression from the Google result page, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was in fact the paper you sought.

laakeus on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-26T05:48:48.766116+10:00

I'm interested to hear what are your thoughts on Bjork's lab's findings. As I understand, they do recognize spacing effect, but try to make theories beoynd that.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-30T12:33:46.918694+10:00

http://www.springerlink.com/content/j0ug38722j1w4648/

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-30T23:39:45.809414+10:00

All five: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-31T04:57:05.846736+10:00

Awesome, thanks!

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-30T12:33:38.963323+10:00

http://www.springerlink.com/content/r0h4k71w7w5n8271/

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-30T12:31:46.179246+10:00

http://www.springerlink.com/content/l8r6320425q7740t/

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-30T12:31:26.114756+10:00

http://www.springerlink.com/content/l17880x83r5m1w70/

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-30T12:30:09.179531+10:00

http://www.springerlink.com/content/t55l7513054213t6/

ChrisHallquist on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-28T15:57:11.841779+10:00

Here's another paper I've identified as potentially useful, for same project as was mentioned in previous comments:

Shah, Huma; Warwick, Kevin (June 2010), "Hidden Interlocutor Misidentification in Practical Turing Tests", Minds and Machines 20 (3): 441-454

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-28T16:23:44.286972+10:00

Here.

ChrisHallquist on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-28T16:30:53.452643+10:00

Thanks!

Looking over this thread, I'm impressed by how many of these requests you've managed to answer.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-28T15:21:06.111829+10:00

Does anyone know any other place where we can ask for free ILL requests? I think jsalvatier and I can request only a single chapter out of each book without running into copyright issues, but there are some (out-of-print and as-yet-unpirated) books from which I'd like to get more than two chapters in electronic form. (AFAIK, Reddit's r/scholar doesn't do ILL requests.)

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-28T17:02:33.691513+10:00

I have a one or two friends who would probably do ILL requests for me.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-21T05:44:17.692018+10:00

I seek the following book chapters. Could someone submit ILL requests for me?

Ruddick, William. 1980. “Concluding note.” In Philosophers in Medical Centers, edited by William Ruddick, 81–2. New York: Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs. OCLC:7424036
Hooper, Edward. 1999. “The quieting of Louis Pascal.” In The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS, 365–74. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co. OCLC:39905078
Pascal, Louis. 1986. “Judgement day.” In Applied Ethics, edited by Peter Singer, 105–24. Oxford: Oxford University Press. OCLC:13820779

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-21T09:45:47.479903+10:00

Requested.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-08T17:12:23.939893+11:00

Hey, I got full-book scans of these books, so I won't need these chapters anymore.

benthamite on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-10T02:17:48.152219+11:00

Hey Vincent. Would you mind sending me copies of the three papers? (I assume the first two relate to the third, which I read, and liked, a long time ago. If they are unrelated, I'm not that interested.) My name is Pablo Stafforini, and my email address is FirstName@LastName.com, with the obvious substitutions. Thanks!

beriukay on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-16T01:51:27.769256+11:00

I was in the works of getting the Quieting of Louis Pascal chapter when this request got canceled. Here's that one, if you still want it.

benthamite on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-16T02:32:31.201395+11:00

Vincent kindly sent me all three items already, but thanks anyway.

gwern on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-16T11:55:50.776239+11:00

I've finished reading that chapter, and it's a pretty strange story (the Wikipedia article indicates his AIDS hypothesis is even more refuted these days). Why were you interested in it?

benthamite on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-10-16T16:03:34.394492+11:00

I was interested in that article, which I have yet to read, only because it was authored by Louis Pascal. I'm interested in Pascal because he authored this other article (see here for discussion).

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-15T22:05:49.905257+10:00

Have you heard back from the library?

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T07:11:51.474974+10:00

Sorry for the long delay here. The issue is that I didn't get e copies of these as I normally do, but instead they placed holds on the books, and I still have to go see if they're available yet. I'm also in SF till the 22nd.

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T07:13:11.363433+10:00

I'll try to work this out when I get back.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T07:45:18.776030+10:00

No problem, there's no rush. Thanks for doing this. (I've found the third item elsewhere, so please disregard that.)

jsalvatier on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-19T17:48:37.835374+10:00

By the way, would you like to have a skype chat sometime next week? I think it would be interesting to talk, and I'm curious who you are.

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-09-21T03:42:36.718674+10:00

Sure. IIRC, my Skype username is (rot13ed) lhivapragr. I actually prefer IM through Gchat, where I can be reached at (rot13ed) nolpwlirl@tznvy.pbz.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-18T14:11:59.674829+10:00

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/08/15/science.1226355.full.pdf

VincentYu on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-18T23:59:25.391772+10:00

Here.

lukeprog on Free research help, editing and article downloads for LessWrong

2012-08-19T03:04:16.400383+10:00

Thanks!