"Why do humans, pets, and even lab animals of many species kept in controlled lab conditions on standardized diets appear to be increasingly obese over the 20th century? What could possibly explain all of them simultaneously becoming obese?" "Why does writing in the morning (anecdotally so far) seem to be so effective for writers, even … Continue reading Open Questions – Gwern.net
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Echo Chamber Test
"[D]oes a community’s belief system actively undermine the trustworthiness of any outsiders who don’t subscribe to its central dogmas? Then it’s probably an echo chamber... ...An echo chamber doesn’t destroy their members’ interest in the truth; it merely manipulates whom they trust and changes whom they accept as trustworthy sources and institutions. And, in many … Continue reading Echo Chamber Test
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