loup-vaillant

On fora.tv. This discussion is about methods to overcome adverse events and challenges so that (1) you don't panic when they hit you, and (2) you're not traumatized afterwards. There's little explanation about how to do it, but it was enough for me to pattern-match it with "rationality sub-skill". It...

From Hacker News. > 1. We're going to build the next Facebook! > 2. We're going to found the next Apple! > 3. Our product will create sweeping political change! This will produce a major economic revolution in at least one country! (Seasteading would be change on this level if...

From Being a Realist (even if you believe in God): > theists and untheists can and should meet half way and at least agree on the logical necessity of being a realist. My mother, who doesn't call herself a theist (I think she's agnostic), doesn't even accept realism. She doesn't...

(Edit: Thanks for the helpful comments. Also, downvoting this thread to oblivion was probably a good idea —and it'd better stay buried. Sorry for the noise.) (Sorry for the mind-killing topic, but here is the only place I can hope for something remotely rational.) Lately, I have noticed the existence...

Edit :Excellent suggestions in the comments. Two of them stood out for me: 1. "Untaught" may be better. It is less connoted (if at all), conveys about the right meaning, and can be understood by about anyone (thanks, shminux). 2. Using a word to name a category can raise walls...

I am currently translating Eliezer's "The Sword of Good" in French, and hit a rather thorny problem: How do I translate the words Equilibrium and Balance, given that both words are present in this fiction? Those two words are rather synonymous, and I can find but one French translation: équilibre....

> Fate surely exists. > > People cannot choose the place, era and circumstances under which they are born. As a result the condition under which each person lives is different the moment they're born. > > This is fate. > > And it's natural… > for the world to...