The quality of the newer evidence regarding sex differences in hunting - most of which is apparently not new evidence but rather reinterpretations of old evidence - is at least open to debate. It's worth considering the arguments and criticisms noted here: https://datepsychology.com/sex-differences-in-hunting/
The Luke anecdote may not be the best example, but the general idea is sound. Hermann Hesse in Siddhartha said, "Wisdom cannot be passed on. Wisdom that a wise man tries to pass on to someone always sounds like foolishness." That's slightly too categorical and strong, but still broadly correct and consistent with the point of the original post.
Following up on gjm's comment (sorry I'm a little late commenting on this post - I came to it via Scott Alexander's "Contra Hoffman" post), there was an interesting followup analysis of the cancer mortality effect in VITAL that concluded that "supplementation with vitamin D reduced the incidence of advanced (metastatic or fatal) cancer in the overall cohort, with the strongest risk reduction seen in individuals with normal weight." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2773074
This study is interesting because, among other thing...
David Metzler's "Ridiculously Huge Numbers" (YouTube)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/davidmetzler/playlists
Description: A comprehensive review of how mathematicians think about and notate huge numbers.
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Re: Paygating and Substack (congratulations on the new blog!): Is there a general forum to discuss the Substack business model and alternative payment ideas? Does Substack management even think about such things? The current model of subscribing blog-by-blog is great for frequent, consistent readers of the blogs in question. There are only so many blogs one can read – and only so many subscriptions one wants to pay – on a regular basis. The current Substack model doesn’t work well for occasional or sporadic readers – think of recommendations and links to s... (read more)