Comment author: James_Miller 16 August 2015 06:23:14AM *  2 points [-]

Your original post caused me to make this PowerPoint presentation which I've used in my game theory class.

Comment author: Liron 16 August 2015 06:31:45AM 2 points [-]

Oh sweet. Great slides, lots of other valuable material there.

You Are A Brain - Intro to LW/Rationality Concepts [Video & Slides]

13 Liron 16 August 2015 05:51AM

Here's a 32-minute presentation I made to provide an introduction to some of the core LessWrong concepts for a general audience:

You Are A Brain [YouTube]

You Are a Brain [Google Slides] - public domain

I already posted this here in 2009 and some commenters asked for a video, so I immediately recorded one six years later. This time the audience isn't teens from my former youth group, it's employees who work at my software company where we have a seminar series on Thursday afternoons.

Comment author: pragmatist 13 April 2015 09:02:29AM *  1 point [-]

What exactly is that 70% supposed to quantify? Is the claim that, if I wake up tomorrow and no longer find my girlfriend physically attractive, I'll only be 30% as in love with her as I am now? Or is the claim that in 70% of heterosexual romantic relationships, if the male no longer finds the female attractive, he will no longer be in love with her?

Also, why do you consider this a "really good idea"?

Comment author: Liron 13 April 2015 02:26:23PM 2 points [-]

The former, except for the average male instead of you personally.

The type of this idea is "belief about the world", and it's good because it pays high rent in anticipated experience, like answering "yes" to your first question.

Comment author: DanielLC 13 April 2015 05:59:44AM 0 points [-]

Do you have a guess as to how much love in the reverse direction is physical attraction?

Comment author: Liron 13 April 2015 06:49:44AM 0 points [-]

15%

Comment author: falenas108 13 April 2015 12:08:58AM 1 point [-]

Is this idea for current Western society, or for love overall?

Comment author: Liron 13 April 2015 01:36:59AM 1 point [-]

Love overall.

Comment author: CurtisSerVaas 12 April 2015 11:53:16PM 0 points [-]

Also I should add this obviously isn't true for any males.

I think you meant to type many.

Comment author: Liron 13 April 2015 01:36:23AM 0 points [-]

Thx, edited.

Comment author: dxu 12 April 2015 10:25:15PM *  2 points [-]

Male to female

Are you specifying that direction of love, or are you simply referring to heterosexual love in general? If the former, why not the other way around (female-to-male)? If the latter, why not include other orientations?

Comment author: Liron 12 April 2015 11:25:03PM *  3 points [-]

The former; I was being precise. I don't think the reverse direction is true. My beliefs in both directions come from a combination of my understanding of evolutionary psychology plus anecdotal observations of myself and others. I can elaborate but I'll also ask why others don't believe this.

Also I should add this obviously isn't true for all males. I'm just trying to model the average case.

Comment author: Liron 12 April 2015 10:09:51PM *  0 points [-]

I have no idea what Thiel is thinking of, but I'll volunteer to get a brainstorm started:

Male to female love is 70% physical attraction. Yes, love.

Edit: I guess this related to race and gender, but I don't want to hold back one of my edgiest beliefs.

Comment author: TobyBartels 06 March 2015 06:30:33AM 4 points [-]

Nitpick: That's not the Chamber of Secrets.

Comment author: Liron 07 March 2015 05:10:01AM *  0 points [-]

Oh yeah, forgot the first book of canon ends in this Chamber of Secrets Jr.

Comment author: Liron 06 March 2015 12:18:14AM *  1 point [-]

Hey what ever happened with Snape's complicated potion in the Chamber of Secrets? Was that just a red herring?

Edit: I mean the other chamber.

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