MichaelGR11 March 2010 01:52:48AM1 point [-]

Ha! And totally unintentional, I assure you :)

MichaelGR10 March 2010 04:01:41PM2 points [-]

My parents drink coffee before going to bed. I've always assumed that it was because withdrawal during the night would be worse than the "stay awake" effect, but maybe there's another explanation.

In response to comment by Hook on Open Thread: March 2010
MichaelGR09 March 2010 03:10:20AM* 0 points [-]

Original hardcover was 244 pages long, so 100 pages is a significant addition. Probably worth waiting for.

In response to comment by Hook on Open Thread: March 2010
MichaelGR08 March 2010 11:03:26PM0 points [-]

Is there a description of the changes somewhere?

MichaelGR08 March 2010 06:53:38PM3 points [-]

I've just finished reading Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.

I think most LWers would enjoy it. If you've read the sequences, you probably won't learn that many new things (though I did learn a few), but it's a good way to refresh your memory (and it probably helps memorization to see those biases approached from a different angle).

It's a bit light compared to going straight to the studies, but it's also a quick read.

Good to give as gift to friends.

MichaelGR03 March 2010 03:36:13AM0 points [-]

I wish I could come, but it's on the other side of the continent for me. Have fun!

MichaelGR02 March 2010 01:39:01AM8 points [-]

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.

--Admiral Hyman G. Rickover

MichaelGR01 March 2010 11:06:53PM* 1 point [-]

Thanks. I recently read this because it was linked on Hacker News, but I see that it's also linked from a LW post.

MichaelGR01 March 2010 10:27:23PM* 16 points [-]

Science is the only news. When you scan through a newspaper or magazine, all the human interest stuff is the same old he-said-she-said, the politics and economics the same sorry cyclic dramas, the fashions a pathetic illusion of newness, and even the technology is predictable if you know the science. Human nature doesn’t change much; science does, and the change accrues, altering the world irreversibly.

--Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Discipline (2009), p 216

MichaelGR01 March 2010 10:26:40PM* 33 points [-]

John, when people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

-Isaac Asimov, The Relativity of Wrong

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