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[Link] Article about rationality and CFAR

8 Post author: Despard 09 September 2012 05:06PM

http://issuu.com/nervemag/docs/issue-2?mode=window&pageNumber=18

A friend of mine runs Nerve, the new science magazine at the university where I work, and I offered to write about rationality for their second issue. The article is just out, with some quotes from some people you might recognise! Enjoy.

EDIT: the Wordpress version is now up, for those allergic to Flash.

http://nervemag.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/why-are-smart-people-so-stupid/

Comments (8)

Comment author: gwern 09 September 2012 06:10:06PM 5 points [-]

I don't suppose there's a non-Flash version of the article?

Comment author: Despard 09 September 2012 06:31:17PM 2 points [-]

It'll be going up on Wordpress soon: http://nervemag.wordpress.com/

Comment author: Despard 11 September 2012 03:37:49AM 1 point [-]
Comment author: Rubix 09 September 2012 09:35:54PM *  4 points [-]

Julia Galef is quoted as Julie Galef on page 21.

Comment author: Despard 10 September 2012 10:29:35PM *  1 point [-]

Good catch. Just chatting to the editor to try to get this fixed - apparently there's a problem with the edit feature on issuu.

ETA: unfortunately it can't be changed. It can be re-uploaded but then they'd lose the view stats.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 September 2012 03:58:54PM *  0 points [-]

A good article, but t I think you introduced and name-dropped too much new jargon.

Comment author: AlexMennen 09 September 2012 06:26:52PM 0 points [-]

The brief description of Less Wrong in that article will sound very strange to anyone not already familiar with us.

Comment author: Despard 09 September 2012 06:35:58PM *  2 points [-]

I guess it does a little - the piece was edited slightly from my original submission. I don't think it sounds all that strange, though I'm almost certainly biased on that front...