Education, autodidactism, etc.: Another Wikipedia trip
It began with this conversation with my friend Chad on Skype: [09:54:34] Chad Stearns - Economist: A friend of mine met Aubrey De Grey [09:54:41] Chad Stearns - Economist:…
Unfinished paper: An evolutionary theory of the origin of same-sex sexual acts based on social bonding
I have had this on my computer for 6 months now, but i can't get myself to work on it. Basically just need to insert some references and look thru…
Mining data from OKCupid: using OKC’s questions as an IQ-test
Is it possible? Yes. In the exact same way that one normally makes an IQ-test, one can do so with OKC. Handpick a lot of questions that have to do…
Some thoughts about the principle of compositionality
This is another of those ideas that ive had independently, and that it turned out that others had thought of before me, by thousands of years in this case. The…
Another linguistics trip on Wiki
I just wanted to look up some stuff on the questions that a teacher had posed. Since i dont actually have the book, and since one cant search…
Wikipedia on contraception, abortion, and everything in between!
I really just was curious to know how whores in older times avoided getting pregnant... but it turned into a longer read. Here are some excerpts. Enjoy :) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_condoms…
Thoughts and comments: Is psychology a science? (Paul Lutus)
http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/index.html In order to consider whether psychology is a science, we must first define our terms. It is not overarching to say that science is what separates human beings…
Thoughts and quotes: Against Intellectual Monopoly (Boldrin & Levine)
Against intellectual Monopoly In general, this is an interesting book about patents. It is at times combatant in its language use, other times more neutral. I think it wud have…
Some quotes from Giving Debiasing Away: Can Psychological Research on Correcting Cognitive Errors Promote Human Welfare? (Scott O. Lilienfeld, Rachel Ammirati, and Kristin Landfield)
Some quotes from Giving Debiasing Away: Can Psychological Research on Correcting Cognitive Errors Promote Human Welfare? by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Rachel Ammirati, and Kristin Landfield. I was happy to learn…
Review of Patent Failure (James Bessen & Michael J. Meurer)
Certainly every person with an interest in patents shud read this book. It is rather clearly written, it is not overly long (260 pages), has a good use of illustrations.…
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