Never trust another computational agent unless you can see its source code?
Suggestion: upon seeing a topic of interest, tag the person you'd like to write about it, if someone comes to mind.
What about the nails scattered around here http://lesswrong.com/lw/oh/righting_a_wrong_question/ ?
Essentialism also seems very prominent in human pleasure, per "how pleasure works" book.
As far as supernatural theories, I am in an interesting position as far as taking some meditation training from a martial arts teacher; on one hand I (surely hope!) am not "aligning meridians of the body" while doing the breathing exercises, on the other hand I don't want to dismiss this incorrect "model" too early as it might be of further usefulness, given that these systems tend to be very ancient.
Yep, got that one right (it was a no-brainer)
Here is the direct link to Vassar's talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFkK1O8cuto&feature=player_embedded
-men and women: men aren't supposed to dress like women and vice versa.
agreed, support your theory
-fish and mammals
yes, probably wrong way to phrase it, but I agree about the essentialism of "fish with scales" being "fishy fish" - that's a very sharp observation, actually.
I believe certain investors used some sentiment as counter-indicators. Jim Cramer comes to mind.
-- your local ex-rabbinical student :)
Not to trivialize this, but Phillip Fry helps me think about it, by going back in time and being his own grandfather:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_That_Ends_Well
for him, whether he was prior to his father is an unanswerable question, but the story is causally consistent.