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Replying toHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 19, chapter 88-89

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 19, chapter 88-89

There was a burst of something that was magic and also more, a shout louder than an earthquake and containing a thousand books, a thousand libraries, all spoken in a single cry that was Hermione; too vast to be understood, …

This is one of the saddest things I have ever read.

Also, it reminds me of Ed Fredkin's work on digital philosophy; specifically, conservation of information:

In ordinary physics, conservation of information is not something that has the same absolute character as conservation of momentum. If DP makes sense, then that would mean that in the real world information could never be lost, and as a consequence we might conclude that information would be conserved, absolutely, just as momentum is conserved.

I predict once Harry inevitably becomes omnipotent, he will recover Hermione's pattern, and reconstitute it in the center of a Hermione shell.

Replying toThe Decline Effect and the Scientific Method [link]

Mietek_Bak13y

The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method [link]

1941

The experimental analysis of appetite. Psychological Bulletin, 38, 129-164.
With W. B. Singer. Studies in affective reaction: I. A new affective rating-scale. Journal of General Psychology, 24, 281-301.
With W. B. Singer. Studies in affective reaction: II. Dependence of affective ratings upon the stimulus-situation. Journal of General Psychology, 24, 303-325.
With W. B. Singer. Studies in affective reaction: III. The specificity of affective reactions. Journal of General Psychology, 24, 327-341.
Motivation. In W. S. Monroe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational research. New York: Macmillan.

1942

With W. F. Thomas. A study of organic set: Immediate reproduction, by different muscle groups, of patterns presented by successive visual flashes. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 30, 347-367.

1943

Emotion in man and animal, its nature

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Mietek_Bak13y

The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method [link]

Here's a list of Young's scientific publications. I've highlighted five with titles which, to me, seemed relevant to the question.

1918

An experimental study of mixed feelings. American Journal of Psychology, 29, 237-271.
The localization of feeling. American Journal of Psychology, 29, 420-430.
Tunable bars, and some demonstrations with a simple bar and a stethoscope. Psychological Bulletin, 15, 293-300.

1921

Pleasantness and unpleasantness in relation to organic response. American Journal of Psychology, 32, 38-53.
The vibrations of a tuning fork. Science, 54, 604-605.

1922

Movements of pursuit and avoidance as expressions of simple feeling. American Journal of Psychology, 33, 511-526.
Series of difference tones obtained from tunable bars. American Journal of Psychology, 33, 385-393.

1923

Constancy of affective judgment to odors. Journal of

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Mietek_Bak13y

The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method [link]

The study mentioned in your first link is most likely "Preferences and demands of the white rat for food", by Paul Thomas Young. This paper is includes a section tantalisingly named "Spatial factors in the feeding behavior of rats", which turns out not to be related to Feynman's story:

Eight rats showed marked individual differences in spatial behavior between the extremes of right and left dominance. The tendency of an animal to eat the test-food in a given position, right or left, frequently appears instead of preferential discrimination. Two attempts were made to control the factor of position.

The path of approach to the test-foods was moved bit by bit to the right or

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