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The latest survey shows that the average LessWronger who entered his SAT or ACT is roughly in the top 0.11%. This is insanely high. For comparison, top 2% can be Mensa members. I do not know the correlation between SAT/ACT and IQ, but I know it's fairly high. Anyway, I'm...

Pick one (or several) of the following. I used specific examples, therefore anything similar still counts. 1. You have a friendly new acquaintance who is pretty much an average person. He is a theist and doesn't believe Evolution, you have already had a polite debate about that. Convince him to...

I'm considering reading the book by the title How to read a book. A friend of mine (his critical thinking is quite good, but certainly not as good as it could be, so I can't trust his opinion too much) said he has read it and that it helped him...

(copied and edited from my post in the Facebook LW group) I suspect that it would be obvious to most rationalists that the way people judge other people is flawed. Typically for a heuristic approach, it's correct to a degree, but with many faults. And it's wasting a big amount...

I'll first explain how I see expected outcome, because I'm not sure my definition is the same as the widely accepted definition. If I have 50% chance to win 10$, I take it as there are two alternative universes, the only difference being that in one of them, I win...

Since there aren't any subforums and I couldn't find a thread with information of what is relevant for Discussion, and I saw the threads here are relatively free, I've decided to ask my questions in a thread. - Can I post questions about this section? (sorry if no) - Can...