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Either way, the guy's a moron. He's basically a much better packaged snake oil salesman.
He's a very effective snake oil salesman.
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Meetup : Future Meetup for Indonesian LWers
Cool - I'll tell some of my Indonesian friends. I might need to visit Indo in 2015, so I'll look you up then.
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Things you are supposed to like
People's judgements on music often amount to "The pattern in which your brain releases dopamine in response to music is inferior to mine."
I can definitely imagine coming to love Beethoven's Fugue (which I played in the background while reading this post & comments) because - it's not fundamentally different to other pieces I've come to love. But I seem to be a neophile in many ways, and I've been exposed to certain types of music, so I count tastes as personal and I find the Youtube comments you quote to be ridiculous.
Re repeated exposure: The pieces on an album that start out as my favourites tend to lose much of their appeal before very long, and I might even skip those tracks; pieces that didn't grab me at first become my favourites and keep their appeal for much longer. (I can only think of one strong exception: As a teenager: I loved Rachmaninov's 2nd concerto from the first time I heard it, liked it more as I listened to it more, and continued to love it for years. I still play it in my head to get rid of an earworm.)
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Meetup : December Rationality Dojo - Online Communication: Conveying Ideas Effectively
Link for form has no comma on the end https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MCHH4MpbW0SI_2JyMSDlKnnGP4A0qxojQEZoMZIdopk/viewform
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Links passing through api.viglink.com?
The Adblock Plus add-on for Firefox and Chrome will hide viglinks.
So will adding the line
0.0.0.0 api.viglink.com
to the /etc/hosts file according to at least a couple of writings on the web.
Another option: Saving to "Pocket" (getpocket.com) and reading there works on Android, and presumably on other platforms.
I've purchased two of biology-related books by creationist-leaning authors based on this logic. They are still on the stack, so I can't say how the experiment worked out.
4.7 years later... Did you ever read them?
The wiki is down. Was the content saved?
Post 1 (http://habitua.net/how-to-use-rewards-to-defeat-procrastination/) : What's the goal of this post? I don't think it's wrong but I can't see the intention behind it.
The post about advertising also seems to lack a clear goal.
Post 1 (http://habitua.net/how-to-use-rewards-to-defeat-procrastination/) : What's the goal of this post? I don't think it's wrong but I can't see the intention behind it.
The intention was to give some direction as to the kinds of plans that can be effective in overcoming procrastination. I can see that more detailed suggestions would be helpful, and I'll look at that in future posts. I'm deliberately keeping posts short, so I actually get them done and posted.
The post about advertising also seems to lack a clear goal.
I thought that was an interesting insight into communication and the nature of advertising, but you're right - the goal was not so clear.
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Open thread, Sept. 29 - Oct.5, 2014
I'm looking for feedback on my blog drafts & posts - I'm not writing for specifically rationalist audience, but I'd appreciate intelligent feedback on accuracy, additional ideas to possibly include, as well as feedback on how I communicate.
Where is a good place to get such feedback? LessWrong has a lot of the right sort of people, but posting lots of draft posts to the open thread may not be popular.
My blog is Habitua - it's on self-improvement, attempting to be evidence-based as much as practicable.
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If you type ten-fingered, get an ergonomic keyboard. They really help prevent RSI. When I tried it, I could feel the difference within an hour, and I really hate typing on a flat board now.
An ergonomic mouse is good too. Looking up vertical mouse on eBay shows the kind of thing I mean. Reduces twisting by the forearm. That was a good investment for me, but then I suffer from RSI.