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Epistemic status: Exploring new area, making bold claim What is a shittest? In conventional usage, a shit-test is a behavior strategy in which a woman challenges a man's status/value/loyaly/ by observing his response. Some common variants include: giving a man an unreasonable task to see if he does it (where...

How should a rationalist approach dating? - I have just finished Geoffrey Miller's excellent book Mate, a reductionist, signalling-heavy guide to how to attracting women for men. This post lays my "dating plan" a la Miller. I post for constructive comments and to give an example of applying LessWrong style...

I am currently improving my courtship skills and am reading Mate by Geoffrey Miller. The book relies heavily on evolutionary psychology, which I was previously critical of. My earlier perspective was that because we know little about the human evolutionary environment, evo psych is full of "fully general arguments". I...

I've seen discussion of IQ tests around LW. People imply there's a benefit to taking the test. I assume it is related to belief in belief or something. Can anyone flesh out this argument?

Beloved LessWrongers, Recently I experimented with radically changing my texting strategy to increase women's interest. It was stunningly successful because I fixed awkward conversation killers and learn to perform high-status behaviors. Reductionism OP, please nerf. I am now considering applying the same strategy to my in-person flirting. Ten or so...

I have seen a a post on LW that suggest RationalWiki is a poor source of information. Their post on Pick-Up Artists also avoids some key questions and focuses on the controversial points, making the article misleading. That is just two observations. What do you think about the site in...