Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 17 March 2013 02:46:10AM 1 point [-]

I have lowered my prior for these kinds of explanations being correct; maybe it's the sudden surge of nutrients that does something to the memory? Who knows, but it reads like evopsych-inspired version of the narrative fallacy. If it works empirically, great, if it doesn't I'm not going to ask "why did my brain not react as if being saved from starvation"?

Comment author: MichaelHoward 17 March 2013 02:32:58PM 0 points [-]

See also that post.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 15 March 2013 12:50:42PM 2 points [-]

This possibility was also floated in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Master'sVoice(novel)

Comment author: MichaelHoward 15 March 2013 05:07:16PM 2 points [-]
Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 15 March 2013 03:19:18AM *  3 points [-]

What does science say?

There's some evidence that hunger may improve memory. Is this the kind of evidence you're looking for?

Comment author: MichaelHoward 15 March 2013 03:52:32AM 3 points [-]

See also this post.

You learn most quickly immediately after ending a long fast. Your brain thinks you just learned something that saved it from starvation.

Comment author: Manfred 14 March 2013 04:59:08PM *  19 points [-]

Gur pbeerpg (naq fgnoyr) nafjre vf mreb creprag, juvpu vf pbeerpg, orpnhfr mreb creprag vf abg ninvynoyr nf na nafjre :C

Comment author: MichaelHoward 14 March 2013 10:03:34PM *  0 points [-]

Ner lbh ernyyl mreb creprag fher gung'f pbeerpg? Pbhyq lbh fcraq rgreavgl tvivat nafjref jvgu gur fnzr zrgn-pbagenqvpgbel pbasvqrapr naq abg or evtug rira bapr?

Comment author: MichaelHoward 14 March 2013 04:51:46PM 4 points [-]

For extra loopiness, (C) should say 33-and-1/3%.

Comment author: MichaelHoward 12 March 2013 08:36:57PM 0 points [-]

You only need faith in two things: ...that some single large ordinal is well-ordered.

I'm confused. What do you mean by faith in... well, properties of abstract formal systems? That some single large ordinal must exist in at least one of your models for it to usefully model reality (or other models)?

Comment author: MichaelHoward 12 March 2013 04:22:37PM 2 points [-]

What is Turbocharging Training?

Comment author: MichaelHoward 12 March 2013 04:18:38PM 1 point [-]

What is the Planning Kata?

Comment author: MichaelHoward 05 March 2013 02:30:25AM 12 points [-]

For the sake of humanity, cute kittens, whatever it takes to get past your qualms about this being advertising...

Please promote this immediately to the front page so it can get as much attention as possible.

Comment author: MichaelHoward 08 February 2013 11:28:48AM 1 point [-]

WHEN: 11 February 2013 02:00:16PM (+0000)

This date is wrong. It's on Sunday the 10th (as shown in the post title).

Also, the time format is confusing. Couldn't we just say 2pm?

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