PRISMs, Gom Jabbars, and Consciousness(Hacker News thread) is about some interesting thoughts on consciousness and torture. Of course, Dune fans will recall what a Gom Jabbar is ( Read more... )

For instance, this blog post has potential to be more than a Mindless Link Propagation(MLP) blogger-me-too. Has. But I predict by the end(onrushing faster than I, and I alone, would like...), it will be just that ( Read more... )

Some days, I feel that some regard my attitudes toward "technology" as being a bit of a luddite. Which causes everyone a little confusion, since I obviously like computing a lot.

But then I see articles like this: Networks are Killing Science. Of course, I apply this critique to quite a few "machine learning" and statistical analysis type ( Read more... )

What if interviews poorly predict job performance? What if dating poorly predicts marital happiness?

I like the article, if nothing else, because now I have a new phrase to use: homosocial reproductionDoes my fascination with that rephrase relate to a form of latent immaturity of the type we expect from 12 year olds? Probably. Do I care? No. At ( Read more... )