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Huera30

I'm curious if we know, is there a 180cm effect? Does the rest of the world get away with being a whole inch shorter without feeling the need to lie?

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.

Huera10

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? 

Huera70

Oddly enough, you're the second person to post about this.

Huera10

I think sorting all posts by 'Top, inflation adjusted' and browsing by year is your best bet. E.g. 2016

Huera20

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.

Huera10

I have, indeed, misunderstood the concept—will retract my comment.

Huera10

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.

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Huera*20

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]):

  • Playing chess well / reading algebraic notation
  • Writing blog posts / touch typing
  • Cooking / cutting vegetables (also other things)
  • Cutting vegetables / sharpening knives
  • QS self-experiments / knowing statistics
  • Programming / debugging
  • Parkour / running
  • Dancing / aerobic endurance (This might be stretching the concept a bit)
     
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Huera10

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?]

Huera10

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.

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