http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/ http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/a08/topics_from_procedural_knowledge_gaps/ http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/a08/topics_from_procedural_knowledge_gaps/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:38:36 +1100 Submitted by <a href="http://lesswrong.com/user/NancyLebovitz">NancyLebovitz</a> &bull; 39 votes &bull; <a href="http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/a08/topics_from_procedural_knowledge_gaps/#comments">11 comments</a> <div><p>About a year ago, we had a major discussion about <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/?sort=new">procedural knowledge gaps</a>. Here's what was covered....</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hlf">How to tell whether food is fresh</a> <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ix9"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ix9">pjeby claims that eating raw chicken is safe because the gag reflex identifies it fast</a> <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hlj"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hlj">How to buy investments</a><a></a></p> <p><a> </a><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hln">Memorizing the alphabet and other arbitrary lists</a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hms">Comparison of various how-to sites</a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hoi">General discussion of making things (including Less Wrong) easier to use</a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hp8">How jump start a stalled car</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hpf">How to use the Yellow Pages</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hrg">Cheap and easy healthy food</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hrw"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hrw">Questions about preparing a simple soup</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hrk">Exercise</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hrm"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hrm">Starting relationships, especially for heterosexual men</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3htv">Cooking in general</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3jb2"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3jb2">Browning meat</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i49"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i49">How to become bisexual</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hsq">How to transfer money from one electronic account to another</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3htp">How to buy a used car</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hwn">Interacting with police.&#xA0; (</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc">Don't talk to US police!</a> <a href="http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2641320.html?nc=5#comments">The rules are different in the UK</a>.) <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hvx"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hvx">How to speak clearly, slowly, etc.</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hvy">How to fold a fitted sheet</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hw4">How to make a will</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hwh"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hwh">How to order at a bar</a>. Also, some cookbook recommendations. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hxf"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hxf">Tipping in the US</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hxs"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hxs">Tipping in the UK and France</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hwt"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hwt">Spacial orientation</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hxi">Personal hygiene-- washing, soap, shampoo</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i6m">Haircuts for men</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ikw"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ikw">Haircuts for women</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3inl"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3inl">Growing and maintaining long hair</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i7e">Putting a cover on a duvet</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hyf">Telling the difference between flirting and friendliness</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3hzd">Choosing shirts that fit</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i0y">Left vs. Right (which hand, not political)</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i1g">Shaving one's face</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i36"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i36">How to end conversations politely</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ij7">How to make people laugh</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i4u"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i4u">Mailing large objects in the US</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i59">How to format comments at Less Wrong</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i5s"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i5s">How to declutter</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ib7">E readers</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ib7"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i81">Touch typing</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3i8a">Dvorak, etc.</a> <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ia0"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ia0">How often to see a doctor</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3iaa">Remembering to be polite</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3iau">Tying shoes</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ibl">Home maintenance</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3icq">What might melt in a dishwasher</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3imq">Kitchen knives</a>. <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3iqf"></a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3iqf">Sorting laundry</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3ig7">Does cranking up the thermostat heat the house faster?</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3io3">More about investment</a></p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3icz">How to not stutter</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3idf">How to be a good manager</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/5248">Scrubbing</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3jhh">How to use Google</a>.</p> <p><a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3j7d">How to talk to strangers</a>.</p> <p>Potential topics:</p> <p>How to give clear instructions.</p> <p>How to see things from other people's point of view</p> <p>Cool sidetrack: <a href="/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/3lmi">Fish and lightning</a></p> <p>Links and quotes:</p> <p><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-in-the/44846">Why grad school in the humanities is a bad choice</a> One probably could not devise a better system for keeping people with humanistic values away from power than by confining them to decade-long graduate programs with a long future of transient adjunct positions making less than the minimum wage. From <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Just-Dont-Go-Part-2/44786/">Part 2</a>. The first article is a nice example of applying the far view (look at how things are in general) to a personal decision.</p></div> <a href="http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/a08/topics_from_procedural_knowledge_gaps/#comments">11 comments</a>