I read a fantasy book with this plot once, where it turned out that the good and wise king—the protagonist’s main distant ally in a frightening world—really just had magic that let him commit murder then have eyewitnesses believe his words claiming innocence.
o3 believes this refers to Graceling, though the plot synopsis doesn't suggest a perfect match. Could you confirm/discomfirm?
I think sorting all posts by 'Top, inflation adjusted' and browsing by year is your best bet. E.g. 2016
The most recent comments show up in 'Recent Discussion' on the main page, regardless of article age. But, of course, though some people may see them, you are still more likely to get engagement if you comment on recent articles.
Don't know about wikitags comments.
I have, indeed, misunderstood the concept—will retract my comment.
re 2: Now that you mention it, I realized sharpening can be easily outsourced. My mistake.
re 1: I don't see it, buying pre-chopped onions is simply not equivalent to having a freshly chopped onion and some vegetables cannot be bought pre-cut. While cutting isn't a bottleneck for most people I had this chain in mind: (no cutting skills) -> (cooking takes more time and is less pleasant) -> (Less willingness to try new or complex recipes).
(Also, if you don't have proper technique, you're at a higher risk of cutting yourself. In that respect, it's like free climbing / using safety ropes)
re 3: I had self-experiments in general in mind (people run self-experiments, without knowing statistics, or even gathering data), but it did not occur to me that not all self-experiments are QS (probably most aren't). As written you are, of course, correct.
I think that the training wheels example is wrong. A quick search suggests they hinder learning how to ride a bike.
Anyway, I have a few more examples ([actual skill] / [scaffolding skill]):
Going into account settings and clicking submit makes LessWrong switch to light mode.
[On a more meta note, should I report such issues here, in the intercom, or not at all?]
Minor UI complaint:
When opening a tag, the default is to sort by relevance, and this can't be changed (to the best of my knowledge). More importantly, I don't see how it is supposed to be useful. Users don't upvote the relevance of a tag when it fits—the modal amount of votes is 1 and, in almost all cases, that is enough evidence to conclude that the tag has been assgned correctly.
In my experience, this is correct. There's a saying in my country, roughly: 'a real man begins at 180cm' expressed with varying levels of tongue-in-cheeckness. See also this comment from a hungarian.
So, I'd say it's one of the many advantages of the metric system.