#Ideas

Maryam S. Khan

MaryamShKhan

1.Research thought of the day: if your original research question, and along with that your preliminary biases & conclusions, hardly shift during the process of thinking, collecting data, analysing sources,

Cory

corymassimino

The "marketplace of ideas" is at best an extremely strained metaphor and at worst a completely misleading one. Arguably the key feature of the actual marketplace is completely absent in

Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH

JuliaLMarcus

I wrote about our collective underestimation of people's drive to see loved ones, the limits of lecturing, and how all I want for Christmas is a new public health strategy.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/tis-the-season

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

This is a very smart piece.https://twitter.com/epicciuto/status/1280976010666749953 This point in particular.Fake free-speechers say they want to let ideas rise and fall in the intellectual marketplace, but what they object to is

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doodlemancy

wrt the concept of left-wing "bubbles," also... the right wing has never actually presented me with any new ideas. i've been seeing the exact same shit from them my whole

Daniel Radosh

danielradosh

80% of Republicans think the election was stolen. Trump will spend 4 years keeping that number up. Republicans in Congress will demure on whether THEY think Biden is legitimate but

Tren Griffin

trengriffin

1/ The benefits of writing down your ideas is one of the topics I discussed with Patrick OShaughnessy's father in our recent Infinite Loops conversation. I also argued putting your

Caraid

CaraidArt

It's been said before in a lot of different ways, but being able to draw things accurately from memory is not the pinnacle of being a good artist. It's a

Arvind Narayanan

random_walker

A vital skill for a researcher is to be able to take a step back when you have an idea for solving an important problem that no one seems to

astupple

astupple

I hope you don't mind if I give a critique of this episode, because to me it demonstrates how Popper is misunderstood, and the power of his ideas is lost.https://twitter.com/barttels2/status/1333220283264557056

evelyn douek

evelyndouek

In two weeks, Trump will be out of power, but platforms won’t be. They should be forced to live up to the sentiments in their fig-leaf rationales.My thoughts on the

Tina Fetner

fetner

Prepping for next term’s online teaching, I am running all ideas past my Grade 11 son, who is now an expert in online learning. Mostly he is reminding me that

Wolf Tivy

wolftivy

In 2012 or so on lesswrong, I realized there weren't any more discussions worth having. Maybe the community declined, or maybe individuals just naturally outgrow particular fora.I'm feeling that again

Hayek_Quotes

HayekQuotes1

The environment inwhich Popper and I formed our ideas was very much the same. It was very largely dominated by discussion with Marxists and with Freudians. Both these groups had

S-Curve Capital

S_curvecap

Questions I think don't get asked enough in HF interviews: "Talk about 3 ideas you passed on in the last year & what the process was - what were the

Josh Myers

ddhewty

I hate the idea of debate. alternatives to debate:reasoninggroundingsengagementtradingthe dozenssharinglovingshooting the shitan mbongiriffinginvitationjam sessionsciphersstudyplaythe ring shoutholding up that which holds you upcaredancingf

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