Bruce Lewis

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• Bruce LewisNov 11, 2023, 4:20 AM

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  on: How I Think, Part One: In­vest­ing in Fun

  I agree that audience score seems to be a better signal than critics score, but neither works consistently.

• Bruce LewisNov 10, 2023, 10:44 PM

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  on: Should Ad­vanced Place­ment High School classes dis­cuss Is­rael-Pales­tine? If so, how? If not, why?

  Should that topic be taught in AP history? I don’t know.

  If so, how? According to the AP history test. My search just now only showed “AP US history”, so if that’s the AP history in question, it would be in relation to US involvement.

  If not, why? Potential good reasons not to discuss the issue, if they are true: It’s not related to the test they’re preparing for. It’s a divisive issue for the students. Divisive issues distract from the goals of the class.

  OK so I’ve laid out the potential pros and cons for discussing Israel-Palestine in an AP class. If you figure out how truthful each pro and con is, then the answer to the original question should be obvious.

• Bruce LewisNov 10, 2023, 10:28 PM

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  on: Crock, Crocker, Crockiest

  It’s very hard to predict how a previously untried activity will go, since humans adapt to situations they’re in, and then adapt to the adaptations of others around them. I’d experiment on this soon with a small group. One possible failure mode would be if people told to talk about “anything they want” jump to topics that don’t offer the opportunity to practice either Crocker or reverse-Crocker.

How I got so ex­cited about HowTruthful

• Bruce LewisNov 8, 2023, 7:29 PM

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  on: Open Thread – Au­tumn 2023

  This is my first comment on LW. I was laid off from my full-time employment on October 27. I am working full-time in November and December on a web site I created for arriving at truth. My employer was kind enough to lay off a lot of my friends together with me, and a few of us have a daily meeting where we talk about our respective projects. One of my friends pointed me here, since she saw a lot of overlap. She was right. What I’m doing is very different from the posts/​comments/​replies structure you see here on LW and on most online forums, but my goals are very similar to LW’s goals. I look forward to bouncing ideas off of this community. I’ll have a lengthy post out soon, probably tomorrow.