A munchkin is someone who follows the letter of the rules of a game while breaking their spirit, someone who wins by exploiting possibilities that others don't see, reject as impossible or unsporting, or just don't believe can possibly work. If you have done something that everyone around you thought...
Watch the video response here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tsI_28O3Ws This was posted here on lesswrong a while ago, but they recently uploaded a new version of the video and I took the liberty of typing up a transcript. The video is fairly long, about 25 minutes. But it's incredibly engaging and I highly...
EDIT2: The video has now been posted, you can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tsI_28O3Ws EDIT3: I have typed up a transcript for this video, you can see it in this google doc or in the comments here. Just a heads up to the lesswrong community. Dr. Aubrey de Grey will be...