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New study on choice blindness in moral positions
Haladdin50

Online dating. Put up a profile that suggests a certain personality types and interests. In face-to-face meetup, even if you're someone different than was advertised, choice blindness should cover up the fact.

This tactic can also be extended to job resumes presumably.

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3khafra
Either that's already a well-used tactic amongst online daters, or 6'1", 180lb guys who earn over $80k/year are massively more likely to use online dating sites than the average man.
3A1987dM
I wouldn't like to be standing in the shoes of someone who tried that and it didn't work.
0Vaniver
Tom N. Haverford comes to mind.
New study on choice blindness in moral positions
Haladdin20

Confronted with a choice between (a) "the person asking me directions was just spontaneously replaced by somebody different, also asking me directions," and (b) "I just had a brain fart,"

Schizophrenia. Capgras Delusion.

I wonder how schizophrenics would comparatively perform on the study.

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NancyLebovitz110

A man who'd spent some time institutionalized said that the hell of it was that half of what you were seeing was hallucinations and the other half was true things that people won't admit to. Unfortunately, I didn't ask him for examples of the latter.

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Can we teach Rationality at the University of Reddit?
Haladdin50

There has been an interest check in a rationality course Course on logic and critical thinking which garnered significant interest: 261 upvotes at the time of this post. A course in rationality certainly seems to hold the interest of redditors, especially since 200+ upvotes are quite rare outside of the big 30 subreddits.

The original poster of the interest check is websnarf. If anyone is interested in helping him out, PM him, as he stated that he didn't create the syllabus yet

Of course, running a concurrent course is also an option since he seems to be foc... (read more)

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Notes on the Psychology of Power
Haladdin00

I've seen too many comments like yours on Facebook or on Reddit without a hint of irony to think that it's a joke. Or maybe I'm just terribly dull when it comes to differentiating what is and isn't humor.

I suspect it's the latter.

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7Zetetic
I think it's fair to say that most of us here would prefer not to have most Reddit or Facebook users included on this site, the whole "well-kept garden" thing. I like to think LW continues to maintain a pretty high standard when it comes to keeping the sanity waterline high.
0arundelo
No problem; even before your comment I considered adding a disclaimer so that people wouldn't misinterpret it as a slam against feminism. (The downvote on the great-grandparent wasn't from me, by the way.)
Notes on the Psychology of Power
Haladdin-20

Feminism is necessary because of auto-correct feature that suggests closely related words that are used more often?

The word "patriarchy" and its derivatives are used extensively by feminists and feminist scholars. If anything, the fact that the word "patriarchy" pops up more often can indicate that there is more awareness of current and historic gender asymmetry. Also, the word patriarchy is bound to be used more often simply due to historical context.

There are legitimate reasons for the feminist movement to continue. This is not one of them.

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-1arundelo
I was making a joke (hence the smiley). I thoroughly agree and consider myself a feminist.
Welcome to Less Wrong! (July 2012)
Haladdin80

Hi, LessWrong,

I used to entertain myself by reading psychology, and philosophy articles on Wikipedia and following the subsequent links. When I was really interested in a topic though, I used google to further find websites would provide me more information on said topics. Around late 2010, I found that some of my search results led to this very website. Less Wrong proved to be a little too dense for me to enjoy; I needed to fully utilize my cognitive capabilities to even begin to comprehend some of the articles posted here.

Since I was looking for enterta... (read more)

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Advice On Getting A Software Job
Haladdin20

If I want to become a system administrator instead of a programmer, which of these advises would still apply? Also, is it feasible to become a system administrator if I don't have a bachelor's in a related area of study?

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