[This text is a translation, and my English may not be perfect. I would appreciate any suggestions for stylistic improvements] The fire crackled in the fireplace, while it was raining heavily outside the window. The young dwarves, soaked from the rain, were sitting in chairs around the older dwarf. Welcome...
> Debates are life, the rest is just time to prepare. As a student, I played classic policy Karl Popper debates. The first thing we learned was sparring. The rules are simple: two people are given a topic, such as "an orange is better than an apple", and they randomly...
I run a channel on YouTube. One of the directions is the shooting of short feature films about rationality. Previously, we shot a video based on Scott Alexander's essay "ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS". This time we present to you an adaptation of "The Simple Truth" by Eliezer Yudkowsky. The video...
Normal World Errors are considered garbage here. That doesn't mean they don't exist here. It is just that it is customary to hide them, especially in a public space. Showing them is considered embarrassing to both the demonstrator and the audience. People who make mistakes are considered fools. People who...
- Hello, what is your question? - Good afternoon, I have some interference in reality. It looks like it's broken. - Ok, I understand. Let's check... (hums a popular tune for thirty seconds, tapping his fingers on the keyboard). Everything is checked, nothing unusual has happened in your world in...