lucidfox

Recently, I have noticed a cultural bias for the United States running through LW threads. It is perhaps to be expected of an English-language website, but for one that is about, among other things, overcoming bias, it is important to recognize one's own. Aspects of the bias I have observed...

"Check out this book/movie/show! It's got everything! Everyone and their mother is talking about it, and it seems just your type!" Sounds familiar? Chances are, more than once such hype made you, if anything, more reluctant to approach the work in question, and if you do, you may be up...

Before I move on to a summation post listing the various raised thought experiments and paradoxes related to mind copying, I would like to cast attention to a particular moment regarding the notion of "subjective probability". In my earlier discussion post on the subjective experience of a forked person, I...

The subject of copying people and its effect on personal identity and probability anticipation has been raised and, I think, addressed adequately on Less Wrong. Still, I'd like to bring up some more thought experiments. Recently I had a dispute on an IRC channel. I argued that if some hypothetical...

I'm reading a popular science encyclopedia now, particularly chapters about the history of physics. The chapter goes on to evaluate the development of the concept of kinetic energy, starting with Aristotle's (grossly incorrect) explanation of a flying arrow saying that it's kept in motion by the air behind it, and...

During discussion in my previous post, when we touched the subject of human statistical majorities, I had a side-thought. If taking the Less Wrong audience as an example, the statistics say that any given participant is strongly likely to be white, male, atheist, and well, just going by general human...

Not sure if I would be better off posting this on the main page instead, but since it's almost entirely about my personal experiences, here it goes. Two years ago, I underwent a radical change in my worldview. A series of events caused me to completely re-evaluate my beliefs in...